Hoping that governmental reform can end a year of violence, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that new, multi-party parliamentary elections will be held on May 7.
Amin cited that the Ugandan Indian community had exploited the local economy and refused to integrate with the African people after a century in the country.
The U.S. is seeking additional oil output from Saudi Arabia to fill a lack of supply arising from upcoming Iranian sanctions, but likely won't need the boost until July, when the EU plans to embargo Iranian crude oil.
With Republican senators eager to get a jobs bill to President Barack Obama's desk, Majority Leader Harry Reid offered a vote in exchange for dropping a filibuster of the president's judicial nominees.
As Russia prepares to join the World Trade Organization his summer, the U.S. Congress is under increasing pressure to repeal a Soviet-era trade restriction called the Jackson-Vanik Amendment. But some senators don’t want to repeal the sanctions just yet--at least, not without applying certain conditions.
Droukdel, an engineer by training, reportedly fought in Afghanistan where he received bomb-making training.
Liberalism, with all of its fringe groups taken together, is a very curious ideology.
U.S. Rep. Bob Turner (R-N.Y.), who shocked the political establishment in September when he upset the Democratic candidate in a heavily Democratic area of New York City to replace disgraced ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner, announced Tuesday that he will be challenging U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (R-N.Y.) this year.
With spiraling gas prices figuring to play a prominent role in the 2012 election, voters trust President Barack Obama more than Republican lawmakers to tame prices at the pump.
A full-text of the Federal Open Market Committee's statement from March 13 meeting.
Lawmakers are considering a tax break for mass transit users in New York City. The tax break would apply to LIRR, NJ Transit and New York City subway riders, according to Huffington Post.
For the first time since his arrest on Jan 20, Megaupload creator Kim Doctom sat down to be interviewed for New Zealand's Channel 3 News. During the 20-minute interview, Dotcom explains how he created the website, why he never broke a single law, and passionately exclaims that he will take on the entertainment industry because he knows he is innocent.
Polls suggest both of the Southern states up for grabs Tuesday night will be close races, and not just between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. Newt Gingrich has a rare chance to rack up another win, and either he or Santorum could still emerge as a strong alternative to Romney.
The multi-billion dollar Iron Dome missile defense system managed to intercept a significant portion of short-range rockets fired into Israel, restraining public opinion and buying Israel's leaders time to effect a climbdown.
The United States is pressing Saudi Arabia to boost oil output to fill a likely supply gap arising from sanctions on Iran, Gulf oil officials said, adding that an increase in production is unlikely to be needed before July.
Le Pen is expected to make an official announcement of her candidacy in the Pas de Calais in northern France, a National Front stronghold.
A Bloomberg National Poll showed 38 percent of Americans saying their situation is better than when Barack Obama took office, an increase from September, when 27 percent said the same.
Mitt Romney's presidential campaign is broadcasting its confidence heading into potentially decisive primaries in Alabama and Mississippi, issuing an email that dismissed outright Rick Santorum's chances of winning the nomination.
The Assembly, the state legislature's lower house, allocated $100,000 to study the effects on public health of the controversial practice of horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in which millions of gallons of water and chemicals are blasted into the ground to split apart rocks containing natural gas, then pumped out to extract fuel.
President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron will spend two days together, doing fun things like watching college basketball, but also getting serious and talking about Syria.
Obama's approval rating has fallen to a record low of 41 percent. What does this mean for the general election? The numbers tell a complicated story.
The Georgetown law student criticized those who demonized and smeared me, an indirect shot at radio host Rush Limbaugh, who had called her a slut. Fluke said women and men from across the country have written to express support for her view that contraception needs to be treated as a basic health care service.
The last Israeli airstrike occurred on Monday after which a small salvo of around six rockets was fired from Gaza across the border into Israel.
Spain announced it will adhere to budget cuts demanded by the European Union, ending the first tussle over new, stricter budgetary rules within the trading bloc.
Syrian forces are laying landmines on the country's borders to stop refugees from escaping, the Human Rights Watch reported on Tuesday.
Mississippi Republican race is a close battle with top three presidential contestants in statistical dead heat, according to the recent polls. GOP voters will choose their presidential candidate Tuesday. The state has 37 plus 3 delegates to offer in the primary.
The world's largest accounting and auditing firms, known as the Big Four, have been pumping more money than ever before into U.S. lobbying and political campaigns as they confront new challenges from their regulator and Congress.
While reiterating its stance that there are no nuclear weapons activities going on in the military site of Parchin, Iran has agreed to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency team to inspect the site.
Greece will have to slash a further 5.5 percent of GDP in government spending in 2013 and 2014 to meet agreed fiscal targets underpinning the second international bailout for Athens, a European Commission report said.
Alabama Republican voters will elect their presidential nominee on Tuesday, March 13. The state has 47 delegates to offer who are non-bound by the primary results.
