When Louisiana conducts its Republican presidential primary on Saturday, it's not about who comes out on top. Instead, it's about the message that emerges from the contest.
It was on Mali's state television that a rebel faction of the military announced Thursday it was staging a coup to overthrow the democratically elected President Amadou Toumani Touré. On Friday, the station in Bamako ceased broadcasting as rebels constructed barricades around the capital in anticipation of a countercoup by loyalists.
In the wake of public outcry over the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, many of the nation's most influential politicians have spoken out about the case. President Barack Obama and nearly all the Republican presidential candidates have made sure to weigh in on the scandal.
House Republicans are pushing for a short-term extension of federal transportation funding, resisting pressure to pass a comprehensive bill.
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, the former president of Somalia and a controversial leader, dies at the age of 77.
The United Nations' Central Africa envoy believes Joseph Kony is hiding in the Central African Republic.
Here is a breakdown of the three days of oral arguments before the Supreme Court on the Affordable Care Act.
Before a much anticipated election, Burmese state television announced Friday it will postpone voting in three Kachin state districts
Sri Lanka has rejected a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution urging the country to look into alleged war crimes committed by the military in 2009.
The American Bar Association surveyed academics, attorneys, and journalists who follow the U.S. Supreme Court to gather opinions about the outcome of the Affordable Care Act arguments set to begin Monday.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was charged with the murder of 17 Afghan civilians on Friday. Charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder, the 38-year-old soldier could face the death penalty if convicted.
After departing Seoul, Erdogan will reportedly fly directly to Tehran to discuss with Iranian officials details of the Korean summit.
In effect, this law would allow for Breivik to be locked up forever in a top security mental hospital unit.
The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote Monday on whether or not to do away with tax breaks for the largest oil and natural gas companies.
The leader of the three-day-old coup in Mali says he will step down and schedule elections once security is established in the country.
Remember SOPA and PIPA? Those pesky bills that threatened Internet freedom were presumed dead, but one Kickstarter project hopes to bring back the dangerous bills and flush them away again -- on toilet paper.
Despite the ongoing controversy over Egyptian crackdowns on foreign and American NGOs, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that the U.S. will resume annual military aid payments to Egypt of $1.3 billion.
Legendary screenwriter, Tonino Guerra, died at 92 in his hometown in Italy on Wednesday.
Figures from industry analysts Experian Catalist showed drivers were paying an average £1.42 a liter, as fears over Iranian supplies have seen the price of crude oil soar more than 12 percent since January.
On Friday, Israel allowed nine Egyptian tankers carrying nearly half a million liters of industrial fuel to pass through the Kerem Shalom border crossing and into Gaza, enough to run the plant for about a day.
Although the area around the incident is rife with gang activity, police discounted that Gorbuntsov was targeted by local gangsters.
Of the 47 delegations at the Geneva talks, 41 voted in favor of the resolutions against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, while Russia, China and Cuba voted against it.
Mitt Romney will have a massive problem after he receives headship of the Republican Party: Defeating President Barack Obama.
The European Union approved attacks against land-based targets in Somalia on Friday as part of its effort to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa.
French Prime Minister, Francois Fillon, asserts that French terrorist Mohamed Merah could not have been arrested before the Toulouse massacre.
Although leaders of the military coup in Mali appear to be rounding up and jailing potential opponents among politicians and policymakers, they seem to be trying to minimize disruptions to the economy and daily life, leaving in place government ministers in charge of finance, trade and industries.
China has already vowed to boycott the tax, while the U.S. and Russia have also objected to the scheme.
Analysis by the two government-backed lenders, which have cost taxpayers over $150 billion since their 2008 bailout, shows loan forgiveness would keep hundreds of thousands of Americans in their homes while saving money.
The EU announced it was to suspend development operations in Mali Friday, after mutinous soldiers overthrew President Amadou Toumani Toure, sealed the borders and allegedly arrested members of the government.
Conservative blogger Tara Servatius of Charlotte, resigned on Thursday, after posting an offensive photo of U.S. President Barack Obama on the John Locke Foundation's website earlier this week.
