Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Tuesday urged the US and the European Union to lift sanctions on Myanmar, following a historic by-election in the country which saw pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and her party registering a landslide win.
Sunday's historic elections in Myanmar and the planned North Korean missile launch dominated the agenda at the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or Asean, summit in Cambodia on Tuesday.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is examining Groupon Inc (NASDAQ: GRPN) for its revision of fourth quarter financial results, reported the Wall Street Journal, citing a person familiar with the situation.
She yearned for what she describes as a “lost nation.”
Police said the victims were six women and one man ranging in age from their 20s to 40s. Authorities confirmed the arrest of One Goh, a Korean native and naturalized U.S. citizen who is believed to have been a student at Oikos University.
Syrian opposition groups have declared Rifaat should be also be subjected to western sanctions since he committed crimes during his reign in Syria.
Colombian rebel group FARC has released 10 non-civilian hostages, after keeping them in captivity for a period of 14 years. The 10 victims, four soldiers and six policemen, were released on Monday in a unilateral gesture of peace by FARC, which until recently had resorted to kidnapping and drug trafficking to fund their revolt against the Colombian government.
Colombia's largest rebel group released its final 10 military hostages, ending the 14-year-long nightmare for the victims and their families on Monday. The last 10 of the non-civilian hostages, four soldiers and six policemen, held captive for 14 years, were picked up in a helicopter, provided by the Brazilian government, by the Red Cross rescue team from an unspecified site.
The US stocks rose Monday on the back of strong manufacturing data, lifting Dow Jones Industrial Average to the highest level since 2007.
Spoiler: Mitt Romney is probably going to be making a victory speech after the Wisconsin, Maryland and D.C. primaries Tuesday night.
In an effort to keep Russia-Chechnya conflicts from erupting on British soil, U.K. intelligence is pushing for the deportation of a Chechen man who was allegedly planning to assassinate Akhmed Zakayev, a political rival of Chechnya's President Ramzan Kadyrov.
With an economy four to five times the size of Greece, a financial collapse and bailout of Spain would be unthinkable for Europe.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, finance minister of Nigeria, is gaining favor from several quarters for the presidency of the World Bank over two rival contenders.
Sherman shrugged off media reports that Iran was becoming a serious divisive issue between the U.S. and India.
United Nations special envoy Kofi Annan told the Security Council that Assad had agreed to withdraw forces from population centers and stop using heavy weapons early next week.
The U.S. government has until Thursday to respond to BP's accusation that it is withholding information on the size of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.
Tribal fighting has broken out in post-civil war Libya while militias do battle for territory in Tripoli. Is the government strong enough to respond?
A six-day operation led federal agents to arrest more than 3,100 immigrants who had criminal records or had re-entered the United States illegally, the government announced on Monday.
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy announced a five-year deal for computer support for the world’s most sensitive telescope.
A new ad produced by Priorities USA Action alleges Romney had pledged to protect Big Oil's record profits and massive tax subsidies.
Mad Men takes place in the 60s, but got the attention of modern-day politicos when a character in the AMC show took a slap at Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's father.
The chief of the junta in Mali had promised to restore civilian rule and call new elections, but has so far not done so.
A Planned Parenthood clinic in Appleton, Wisconsin was set aflame briefly by a homemade bomb on Sunday, causing slight damage to an exam room. News of the explosion comes not long after Wisconsin state legislature passed anti-abortion legislation.
The satellite photos appear to show a mobile radar trailer, and rows of empty fuel oxidizer trucks according to the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
As the international community weighs options for halting the bloodshed in Syria, members of Congress and the Obama administration have emphasized alternatives to an outright military intervention.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the U.S. authority issuing permits to drill for oil and gas, announced Monday it will be hosting a series of public meetings ahead of a new round of oil and natural gas development lease offerings in the Gulf of Mexico.
Nigerian rebel group Boko Haram has established bomb-making factories in the southern state of Kogi, a sign that the group is spreading around the country and could be gaining strength.
A major donor to President Barack Obama's re-election effort is accused of impersonating a bank official to defraud a businessman of more than $650,000.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, the No. 2 Democrat, brushed away concerns that the tough questioning of the health care law from the U.S. Supreme Court was a sign the justices would strike the law down.
While services are held in Argentina and the UK to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Falklands War, questions have arisen regarding the future of the Falkland Islands.
