The race to succeed U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson (R-Ill.) may get a little bit hotter after former Miss America Erika Harold announced she is considering a candidacy.
If the U.S. Supreme Court upholds part of the Arizona immigration enforcement law, it can still be struck down through lawsuits claiming civil rights violations after the law goes into effect.
The Arab League condemned South Sudan's military aggression in the oil town of Heglig on Thursday.
At least six people were killed in Nigeria on Thursday morning when suspected members of the Boko Haram rebel group attacked offices of ThisDay Newspapers.
The discovery of the world?s former most wanted man threatened relations between the U.S. and Pakistan.
The first part in a saga of litigation and claims for damages following the BP 2010 Gulf oil spill is just days away from being finished.
Just days before the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's killing, Vice President Joe Biden directly appealed to students while boasting President Barack Obama's foreign policy achievements and slamming presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney as out of touch.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned home early Thursday after 11 days of cancer treatment in Cuba, putting an end to ongoing rumors of his death.
Joe Biden literally said the President has a big stick, I promise you on Thursday. Here's videos of 5 other gaffes he's made as VP.
Seattle-based KIRO-TV claims to have spoken with a government subcontractor who saw Secret Service agents pay for in San Salvador in 2011 ahead of Obama's 2011 visit.
King Abdullah II accepted Awn Al-Khasawneh's resignation on Thursday, according to reports
Brazil's congress voted late Wednesday to approve a bill that eases regulations on how much forest farmers are required to preserve on their land, marking a victory for the country's influential agriculture lobby.
The final list of Egyptian presidential candidates was announced on Thursday, and 13 men will face off in the first free presidential elections in the country in decades.
Sharpening the edges of an election-year fight, U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ari., denounced as imaginary claims that Republicans are conducting a war on women.
The South China Sea may appear to be little more than a vast bay filled with rocky uninhabited islands. But global trade routes and underlying oil reserves have made this body of water the frontline for a tense standoff between China, the Philippines and the United States.
U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rates dipped to 3.88 percent in the week ending April 26, staying near record lows as the housing market remained mixed, mortgage financier Freddie Mac said Thursday.
Sean Penn won the 2012 Peace Summit Award at the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates on Wednesday, further demonstrating a trend of celebrities getting the recognition for millions of people's work for humanitarian causes.
As Chinese investigations into Bo Xilai, the disgraced former boss of Chongqing and Politburo member, continue, the rest of his family and their business dealings are under the spotlight.
Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK), the second-largest producer of natural gas in the United States, announced on Thursday that it was stopping a controversial program that gave its chief executive officer a stake in the company's wells.
Opposition leader Tymoshenko, 51, has been on a hunger strike for nearly a week, after alleging guards punched her in the stomach and twisted her body as they transported her to a local hospital to treat a spinal condition.
Gantz had earlier stated that he believed international sanctions will force Iran to give up its atomic ambitions.
More than a third of the $200 million poured into Super PACs this election cycle has flowed from a mere 10 donors, including seven individuals, according to an analysis by the Center for Public Integrity.
Economic and business sentiment in the euro zone fell in April, according to two widely followed surveys.
Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor was found guilty of aiding and abetting crimes against humanity including murder, rape, terrorism and conscripting child soldiers by an international court on Thursday.
She also said that this new dynamic may lead to significant changes with respect to Pakistan?s relationships with the U.S. and India.
University of Colorado student Madalyn Starkey went to local Boulder, Colorado bar, the Sink, on Tuesday night for a couple drinks with friends. Little did Starkey realize, but her night out would end up being with President Obama, and a hilarious viral photo.
Madalyn Starkey, a student at the University of Colorado, had no idea that Mr President would soon be causing her to go viral on the internet.
The Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, India, is set to become the costliest airport in the world, as the Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) that operates the airport has got approval to hike the airport charges.
While rebels claim the blasts were caused by intense shelling, state media organization SANA said armed terrorist groups had accidentally detonated a bomb that leveled nearby buildings.
The latest photos suggest that the magnitude of Pyongyang?s military build-up might have been grossly exaggerated.
