Local regulations in New York state will continue to play a part in the issuance of permits for the controversial drilling practice known as high-volume hydraulic fracturing.
The vote comes amid widespread public anger over tough austerity measures and allegations of corruption, with 235 lawmakers voting against the government - four more than was needed to topple Ungureanu.
Palestinian minister, Abu Daqa, stepped down from his position after accusing the Palestinian Authority (PA) of censoring websites criticizing the leadership.
A federal district judge issued a last-minute preliminary injunction that blocks the implementation of Department of Labor rules that stiffen employer obligations under the H-2B non-farm seasonal work visa. The rules were set to go into effect Friday, April 27.
Tens of thousands of protestors will march in Malaysia on Saturday to demand election reforms.
The Bank of Japan will expand its Asset Purchase Program by an additional 5 trillion yen ($62 billion) to increase the purchase of Japanese government bonds, exchange-traded funds and Japan real estate investment trusts, the bank announced in a statement Friday.
The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives defied a veto threat by President Barack Obama on Friday and voted to take money from his healthcare overhaul to pay for an extension of low-interest federal student loans.
A memo from former CIA Director Leon Panetta, which confirms President Barack Obama's decision to proceed with the mission to hunt down Osama bin Laden, has been released. It notes that the timing, operational decision making and control [of the mission were] in Admiral McRaven's hands.
For the second straight Friday, Egyptian Islamists rallied in Cairo's Tahrir Square to protect the revolution that brought an end to Hosni Mubarak.
The U.K. banned all exports to Argentina's military Thursday amid heightened tensions over the long-standing Falkland Islands dispute.
The space shuttle Enterprise rides on the back of a modified Boeing 747 jet on Friday, bound for JFK Airport. The shuttle's new home will be Manhattan's Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.
Shares of Hon Hai Precision Industries (TPE: 2317), more widely known as Foxconn and as the main contractor for Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the world's most valuable technology company, plunged Friday.
Reuters reported Friday a U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee investigation has concluded there is little evidence the CIA's torture methods produced counter-terrorism successes.
Mitt Romney may never have anything that comes close to President Barack Obama's hip and stylish image, but the likely Republican nominee is hoping to use Obama's reputation -- against Obama.
Ernst Welteke, one of the architects of Greece's entry into the monetary union in the mid-2000s, said that if Athens were to abandon the euro the European Monetary Union (EMU) would survive.
A series of at least four explosions shook the Ukrainian city of Dnepropetrovsk on Friday afternoon, injuring at least two dozen people in what authorities now suspect are terrorist attacks.
In a joint declaration statement issued Friday, the United States and Japan have agreed to the removal of 9,000 troops from Okinawa island.
Ann Romney is considered one of likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's greatest assets on the campaign trail. But will her multiple sclerosis affect how active she can be in backing her husband?
The attack, which occurred in the Midan area of the city, was the second to strike the capital on Friday and the latest in a string of bombings in Syrian cities in recent months.
Osama bin Laden's three widows will arrive in his home country of Saudi Arabia on Friday after being deported from Pakistan earlier in the day.
India will file a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization against the US over its visa policy, which India says is discriminatory to Indian companies, the Wall Street Journal has reported quoting a Ministry of Commerce official.
Romney campaign calls it sad that the Obama campaign is using an event that unified our country to once again divide us.
West-African regional bloc ECOWAS will send troops Mali and Guinea-Bissau to try to pressure their new juntas to reinstate civilian rule.
Police have detained three young men in Copenhagen, Denmark, on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack.
The alarming data comes only a day after credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the country's debt rating from A to BBB+, citing a worsening budget deficit, worries over the banking system and poor economic prospects.
Socialist contender for the upcoming French presidential election Francois Hollande has said that, if elected, he will uphold the law banning burqa, or the veil used to cover face, enacted by incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives.
The US and Japan have reached a deal to reposition thousands of US troops from the island of Okinawa, which is considered a key strategic asset for Washington in the Asian region.
The Bank of Japan said Friday that it is further easing the monetary policy so that the economy could recover from deflation and grow more strongly.
The CISPA cybersecurity bill, opposed by many Internet freedom advocates, passed the House Thursday evening despite a White House veto threat.
Sen. James Inhofe is launching an investigation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over comments a top EPA administrator made about enforcement of environmental laws.
