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A new controversial bill regarding birth control has been advanced in Arizona which would allow employers to fire women who take the pill to prevent pregnancy, rather than for health purposes, based on religious and moral beliefs.

The UN and human rights activists estimate that at least 8,000 people in Syria have been killed over the past 12 months during the regime’s brutal crackdown on dissent. Untold thousands of others have been arrested.

Labels like liberal and conservative have become so over-used that I frankly must admit I have no idea what they even mean anymore.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai wants local security to have more authority in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the Taliban has suspended peace talks.

Marking with the first anniversary of the Syrian revolution which has taken a violent turn, supporters of the President Bashar al-Assad took to the streets on Thursday waving flags of undying loyalty.

The United States sought on Thursday to allay concerns over delays and escalating costs for its new F-35 fighter, telling its eight partner nations there would be no further delays in the rollout of the radar-evading aircraft.

The oil and natural gas industries await the outcome of a battle between federal regulators and proponents of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking -- a debate that's already center stage in Pavillion, Wyo., where the drilling practice has raised safety concerns.

Claims for jobless benefits fell back to a four-year low of 351,000, providing more evidence that the labor market is healing.

Addressing the Knesset in a special session regarding the recent conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militants of Gaza, Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu said his country has the right to defend itself against all threats.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted a big state dinner for the British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha, Wednesday night at the White House. Here are some pictures of the Belles in Blue, Michelle Obama and Samantha Cameron, in color-coordinated gowns, at their elegant best at the White House State Dinner, honoring the British Prime Minister David Cameron.

Despite an extended revolution against his regime leading up to a bloodbath, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad seems to be relaxed and apparently in a joking mood about bringing in political reforms to his country.The trove of emails leaked from the personal accounts of Assad and his British-born wife shows that the President had taken advice from Iran on countering the uprising with violent crackdown, and that his family remains insulated from revolution which many fear may soon turn into a civi...

The main factors responsible for the widening of the current account deficit are the increase in the goods and services deficit as well as the decrease in the surplus on income.

India's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will present the budget to the Parliament on March 16 at a time when there has been a considerable worsening in the government's finances.

The comments from Premier Wen Jiabao at the close of the National People’s Congress on Wednesday have sparked interest in the outlook for China’s property and exchange rate policies and in the prospects for political reform according to Capital Economics.

The central bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) left its repurchase rate on hold at 7.5 percent on Wednesday which according to Capital Economics is the most important since the end of the civil war in 2009.

American sergeant who shot dead 16 Afghan villagers while they slept flown back to US base.

Concerns raised by Delta Air Lines about the fairness of U.S. Export-Import Bank loans to help Boeing export aircraft are complicating President Barack Obama's push to quickly renew the bank's charter.

Fitch Ratings revised down its outlook on Britain's AAA rating to negative Wednesday, warning the nation could lose its top-notch status in the next couple of years if the government eases back on its debt cutting stance.

President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron discussed the possibility of releasing emergency oil reserves during a meeting Wednesday, two sources familiar with the talks said.

Forty percent of Americans say the slaughter of 16 Afghan civilians by a U.S. soldier had weakened their support for the war, a poll showed Wednesday.

In his final public statement before his 14-year prison sentence, disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said he took responsibility for his crime but said he still believed he was on the right side of the law.

Oscar-nominated actor George Clooney testified before Congress on Wednesday about a humanitarian crisis taking place along the border of Sudan and South Sudan, where residents have been forced to seek refuge in the Nuba Mountains for fear of being killed by constant aerial bombing. Clooney returned from an eight-day trip in the area on Tuesday.

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum mistakenly asserted today that Puerto Rico cannot achieve statehood unless English is the island's principal language.

A deal Senate leaders struck Wednesday would speed up the confirmation process for 14 of President Barack Obama's stalled judicial nominees.

This will be the first such case filed against a former military official who operated during the years of the dictatorship.

President Barack Obama's approval rating is at 49 percent and 50 percent a piece, according to new surveys from Gallup and Reuters/Ipsos.

In a sign of progress towards reforming America's immigrant detention system, officials have launched an innovative new facility in Texas.

Greece's cabinet unanimously approved the terms of its international bailout on Wednesday, hours after euro zone countries formally approved the 130 billion euro ($169 billion) financial package that Athens needs to stay afloat.

Rick Santorum may have been declared the victor of the Deep South, but Mitt Romney is anything but a loser. The former Massachusetts governor still won more delegates at the end of the day.