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Sudan is demanding that July's African Union summit be moved after host nation Malawi said that President Omar Hassan al-Bashir was not welcome at the meeting.

Malawians have faced severe shortages and other economic problems since the IMF drastically reduced lending facilities last year.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will officially register Monday to participate in the October elections amid growing speculation surrounding his health as he continues to battle cancer.

Rush Limbaugh reached new heights, or depths, of metaphoric understanding Tuesday, dubbing President Obama Barack Kardashian, to lambaste the President's celebrity status and red carpet friends. The White House's response was dismissive, as is usually the case when asked about Limbaugh.

Congress has not raised the federal minimum wage since 2006, when it increased from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour.

Punters in London pubs say the power station is cursed, but its latest purchase is far from extraordinary. The influx of Asian and Arab investors to England -- as well as to the United States, France, Greece and elsewhere -- is emblematic of the current economic state of the world.

A Greek morning talk show erupted in violence Thursday when the spokesman for the far-right Golden Dawn party punched a leftist female politician in the face and threw water at another.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, meeting in Beijing, offered statements of support for Teheran. That's bad news for American, and Western, influence in Central Asia

The British Army will see its manpower to 82,000 soldiers by 2020 from the current 102,000 level.

Global stocks rose Thursday after China unexpectedly cut its interest rate and continued rising even after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke declined to commit to more economic intervention to boost the U.S. economy.

Germany, Holland and Austria have also threatened a similar boycott.

The price of gold on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell by more than 2 percent on Thursday, ending six days of consecutive price increases so far this month.

Syrian authorities have denied they perpetrated the atrocity.

President Obama and Mitt Romney have both raised tens of millions of dollars, but they have taken different routes to get there.

Israel plans to build hundreds of new homes in West Bank settlements. The announcement came as an effort foundered Wednesday in parliament to skirt an Israeli Supreme Court ruling ordering the demolition of apartment buildings in a settlement unauthorized by the state.

The 43rd president is the only former commander-in-chief with an approval rating below 50 percent.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has become the latest leader to challenge, and ultimately humble, the Iron Chancellor.

I propose Toby and Kristen co-host the show, Romney said from backstage at an unknown location. See? I just put two people back to work. You're welcome, America.

A sweeping effort to suspend the deportation cases of thousands of immigrants has produced few results so far, according to a New York Times analysis.

President Barack Obama's coming out in support of same-sex marriage and a celebrity fundraiser raffle helped contribute to the huge increase in fundraising to $60 million in May, but most of all it was millions of people contributing small donations. But Mitt Romney managed to raise even more.

Florida Governor Rick Scott vowed on Wednesday to continue a disputed effort to purge ineligible voters from the rolls, defying a federal order to halt the process.

A new partnership agreement between the United Kingdom and Norway will strengthen the energy connection between the two countries, said UK Prime Minster David Cameron on Wednesday

In 2009, the Economist Intelligence Unit devised an acronym for six emerging countries, CIVETS, which includes Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa. These countries were categorized as the six countries with the best chance of high, long-term growth.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has once again condemned the government of Bashar al-Assad and its unconscionable crackdown on dissidents, which has so far lasted 15 months and resulted in between 10,000 and 15,000 deaths.

anetta?s bluntness suggests that the façade of cordiality between Washington and Islamabad has all but evaporated

Bounties totaling $33 million are being offered by the State Department, including $7 million for al-Shabab's founder, Ahmed Abdi aw-Mohamed

The outflow from India-focused funds reached an alarming rate in May amid concerns about the sharp fall of the Indian rupee against the dollar and sluggish policy reforms from the government, according to a report.

North Korea profiles its citizens based on their families' loyalty to the ruling Kim dynasty. Fealty to the ruling regime plays a crucial role in deciding citizens' education, job, healthcare, food security, and even a partner in marriage, says a study carried out by a US-based human rights group.

Syrian rebels Thursday accused troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad of massacring dozens of people, including women and children, just a few hours before a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting was to evaluate the crisis in the country.