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The Sunlight Foundation's new Politwoops tool allows users to see tweets deleted by U.S. politicians.

Tolley added that at least four of the tunnels go under the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) which separate North and South Korea.

The Somali militant Islamist group al-Shabab has made another threat to target buildings in Nairobi, Kenya, following a bomb attack Monday in the city's downtown.

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A newly introduced Republican alternative to the Democrat-backed DREAM Act affirms a key disagreement between the two parties: whether young undocumented immigrants should have a chance to become U.S. citizens.

After a long period of instability and conflict, we now have ahead of us an opportunity for genuine peace and security, Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Thursday.

Only the Supreme Court can finally decide this unique case, wrote First Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Michael Boudin.

During the summit, Suu Kyi was protected by a team of bodyguards and did not speak to media

The question is whether, in light of growing human rights problems from China and Russia to the Middle East and North Africa, the United States is doing enough to factor human rights into its foreign policy.

The former Louisiana governor, who championed a reform to the nation's campaign finance system, plans to form a nonprofit to tackle those issues.

Euro zone annual inflation is expected to be 2.4 percent in May, down from 2.6 percent in April, a report from the European Union's Eurostat statistics office said Thursday.

Increased support from female voters has helped elevate Mitt Romney's favorability rating to its highest point so far, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll.

With hopes of changing Moscow's stance on Damascus, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that Russia's relationship with Syria is bringing the country toward civil war.

Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), the biggest computer company, may have overbilled New York City by as much as $50 million to upgrade the 911 system, Comptroller John Liu charged.

Corroborating the fears of an economic slowdown, India's economic growth slumped to 5.3 percent, a nine-year-low in the fourth quarter ending March 31, according to a Thomson Reuters data. The growth rate was 9.2 percent in the same period a year earlier.

Another worker riot has flared up in Eastern China, fed by anger and frustration against the government.

Pakistan Thursday test fired a medium range cruise missile capable of delivering nuclear and conventional warheads within a range of 350 kilometers.

Chinese security officials have detained hundreds of Tibetans in Lhasa following multiple self-immolation protests against the Chinese control over Tibet, a US-based broadcaster has reported.

Japan's industrial production gained in April from the previous month but remained below expectation, raising concerns about the country's faltering economic growth momentum.

An honorary consul of Syria in the United States quit Wednesday, saying his decision was motivated by the killings of more than 100 civilians in Houla.

Police in Scotland charged a former spokesman of British Prime Minister David Cameron with perjury on Wednesday for remarks made in court over the phone hacking scandal.

The Bureau of Ocean Safety Management announced on Wednesday it will be extending a public comment period for a draft impact statement needed before parts of the country's Atlantic seaboard are opened to geological surveying.

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Wednesday that Israel should consider unilateral action if peace talks with the Palestinians prove to be impossible, a statement widely interpreted as a call for his country to withdraw from the West Bank.

Democratic lawmakers from Florida are urging Gov. Rick Scott to abandon an effort to clear ineligible voters from the state's rolls, pointing to early warning signs that legitimately registered voters could be barred from voting.

The new bill would prevent financial executives from obtaining insurance policies that protect their paychecks.

Take a look at the above video. Ignoring the introduction, is it more like a campaign ad created by an anti-Obama super PAC, or a short feature produced by a news organization?

Can you really protect your allies while still cutting the military? That's the conundrum the U.S. is now facing, even as it talks about pivoting back to Asia and returning in force to the Western Pacific.

Democrats in a state where fracking has ignited a furious political debate say a law currently regulating the practice doesn't go far enough, and propose a new one

Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David Cohen said in Washington on Wednesday that he will travel to Moscow in the very near future.