President Barack Obama's nominee to become the next U.S. ambassador to Iraq withdrew his name on Monday after Republican lawmakers questioned his suitability following revelations that he had engaged in an extramarital affair with a journalist who later became his wife.
Prince Salman has been appointed Saudi Arabia's new crown prince, placing him next-in-line to succeed King Abdullah.
Monday reports indicate that violence has once again surged in Syria, following the Saturday suspension of the United Nations monitoring mission due to unsafe conditions.
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was blown away by the sandwiches at WaWas, repeatedly mispronouncing the Pennsylvania-based supermarket chain's name as he recounted his first time visiting a WaWa during a campaign stop in Cornwall, Pa. Is the former Massachusetts governor out of touch?
The Russian cargo ship MV Alaed, which is allegedly en route to Syria with helicopters and other munitions, may have to change course now that British marine insurance company has withdrawn its coverage.
Although it is not entirely clear what the council will do, it does not have a precedent in recent Egyptian political history.
Greece's conservatives are close to forming a coalition government following their narrow election victory, a party official said Monday.
In a victory for environmentalists, Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Friday canceled the construction of a planned resort in Baja California.
Marion, a law school student at the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas, has no political experience whatsoever.
With Sunday's Greek election result doing little to ease long-term fears that the country still faces a messy exit from the euro, the G-20 delegates are left speculating how to tackle a spiraling crisis with no clear end in sight.
Luka Rocco Magnotta was flown back to his native Canada on Monday where he will face trial for the first degree murder of student Jun Lin
Nigerian rebel group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the three suicide attacks on churches in Kaduna state on Sunday, saying that the bombings were retribution for past Christian atrocities against Muslims.
A new report shows that the Ethiopian government, caught up in an ambitious, nationwide agricultural overhaul, is facilitating the mistreatment and forced relocation of small-scale farmers in Omo Valley.
The surprise decision Monday by the Reserve Bank of India to hold its interest rate steady because of inflation concerns puts fresh pressure on the ruling Congress Party to find a fiscal solution to the country's flagging economy.
Rwanda officially ended the Gacaca community court system for prosecuting suspects from the 1994 genocide.
There's concern among some U.S. lawmakers that recent national security leaks that allegedly originated in the White House may have, among other consequences, jeopardized the security of Americans conducting the operations.
A couple of astonishing weapons ended the world?s most horrific conflict: atomic bombs. The significance of the resulting explosions cannot be overstated.
Twenty years after the 1992 Earth Summit, world leaders are returning to Rio de Janeiro to negotiate further progress toward sustainable development. However, the potential for this year?s Rio+20 Summit to have a similar impact is less likely.
A new policy to halt deportations of young undocumented immigrants has already boosted President Barack Obama's standing among Latino voters.
?The new government in Greece must fulfill their commitments quickly,? says German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
China also towed some of its fishing vessels out of the area as the storm approached but reportedly left surveillance vessels behind.
A Samsonite scare that a brand of luggage made by the company may contain unusually high levels of a cancer-causing agent led Samsonite to pull the luggage off of Hong Kong shelves.
It's been overlooked -- it's received very little coverage by the popular press -- but it's worth repeating: one benefit of the U.S. health care reform legislation will be: enhanced employee mobility.
Greeks woke this morning to a confusing result that, while tilting ever so slightly toward the pro-bailout parties, does little to ease the threat of a devastating exit from the euro zone that still hangs over Athens.
After the Church bombings, two of which occurred in the city of Zaria and one in Kaduna City, a mob of Christians in Kaduna state retaliated by killing more than 50 people.
The BRICS are expected to release data Monday on their contributions to the International Monetary Fund/European bailout package at the G-20 Summit in Mexico.
Germany remains skeptical that anything positive will be accomplished in Greece anytime soon.
John Edwards' legal troubles might be over but the former U.S. senator and ex-presidential candidate's tumultuous personal life is about to be put through the wringer again, courtesy of ex-mistress Rielle Hunter's tell-all book to be released next week.
Iran has been suspected of developing nuclear weapons, and the world powers in the Russian capital will spend two days trying to get Tehran to stop the enrichment and storage of uranium to 20 percent and open a secret military facility to United Nations inspectors.
A deft political move by the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, or SCAF, led by Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, has all but annulled the significance of the presidential elections.
