The top echelons of the Communist Party of China may be discussing a delay of a key congress later this year that would determine who will replace the nation's top nine leaders.
Gabriel Shumba, chief of ZEF and a Zimbabwean human rights attorney, praised the ruling.
A new poll out Tuesday finds that half of Americans support legal recognition of gay marriage. It's the second year in a row that more Americans favor than oppose the idea in the Gallup poll.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury froze the assets of four key operatives of the feared Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel, including two sons of drug kingpin Joaquin Chapo Guzman Loera, in the fifth such designation directed against the Sinaloa Cartel's leadership.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called off holding early elections with a surprise announcement Tuesday that he would be forming a new coalition government with major opposition party Kadima.
Tsipras has only three days to form a new unity government.
Voters in three big U.S. states Tuesday will weigh in on several closely watched campaigns. Here is what's at stake
Munter wasn?t viewed as a ?good fit? for the Pakistan job.
Ron Paul 2012 supporter Jason Paige, the original singer of the Pokemon TV show theme, has remade the song with lyrics pro-Ron Paul campaign lyrics. Watch a hilarious video of the new remix here.
The leading opposition figure went on hunger strike after accusing prison guards of beating her as they tried to move her to a hospital for treatment for a back injury.
A month-old naval standoff between China and the Philippines gets more serious as Beijing warns Manila it has made a serious mistake.
In contrast to President Obama, the chairman of the Democratic Caucus said House Democrats overwhelming support same-sex marriage.
U.S. and European stocks as well as commodities fell hard Tuesday on worries about the effect of a possible Greek departure from the euro zone.
In another public effort to pressure Congress to act, President Obama plans to release a five-point list of legislative proposals favored by the White House.
Homs and Idlib have experienced such heavy fighting during the 14-month old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad that they qualified as localized civil wars, according to Jakob Kellenberger.
The IAEA has posted no comment yet on the reported death.
The billionaire investor George Soros is planning to pour $2 million to two groups supporting Democratic causes, the latest signal that an anticipated deluge of general election spending is underway.
Al Jazeera's English-language correspondent in Beijing, Melissa Chan, has been denied press credentials and visa renewal by Chinese authorities. The move has prompted Al Jazeera to close its Beijing bureau.
India Tuesday conveyed to the US that it has to look at the Western sanctions on Iran beyond the issue of energy, as it has critical stakes in the region.
Mitt Romney's former presidential rival Rick Santorum officially endorsed the likely Republican nominee late Monday night after weeks of dodging questions about his support.
After conservative leader Antonis Samaras failed to form a coalition government in the wake of Sunday's fractured Greek elections, now comes the leftists? attempt to forge such an alliance.
Prime Minister Marian Rajoy said on Monday the government was ready to step in to save banks, starting with Spain's fourth largest, Bankia, which was first in line for state aid.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned Pakistan that it must do a better job of fighting terrorists operating within its borders, according to the Press Trust of India.
In an unexpected development, Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday called off early general elections hours after announcing his decision to hold polls on Sept. 4, almost a year earlier than it was originally scheduled. Israeli President Shimon Peres' office has confirmed the cancellation of the elections.
Among the flurry of decrees Vladimir Putin issued after returning to the presidency for a historic third term were calls for faster privatization and government-sponsored boost in capital investment and closer ties with the US, based on equality, non-interference in internal affairs and respect for one another's interests.
Myanmar can post six percent economic growth next year if the right reform steps are taken by the government, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.
Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum endorsed his one-time fierce rival Mitt Romney on Monday, a move that may help the party's presumptive White House nominee win over religious conservatives.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached an agreement with the Kadima opposition party for a unity government, canceling an early election he had called only a day before.
Richard Lugar, the six-term senator from Indiana struggling to beat back a Tea Party-backed rival in Tuesday's Republican primary, made a last minute appeal for votes by saying his challenger will lose to a Democrat in November.
The announcement Monday that militants sought to attack an airliner with an improved underwear bomb in a plot foiled by U.S. and allied authorities shows their determination to build bombs that can pass through airport security, U.S. officials said.
