Police have reportedly surrounded the factory and seek to negotiate with the gunman in an effort to free the hostages,
The U.S. Senate is voting on the controversial Blunt Amendment early Thursday.
It may be strange for Democrats to cast their ballot for a man who is pro-life, anti-gay rights and a card-carrying member of the Tea Party. But there's a method to this madness.
Almost all the fighters battling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces withdrew from their stronghold in the Baba Amro district of the city, leaving behind comrades to cover their retreat.
Occupy Wall Street drew a top U.S. security agency's scrutiny, Rolling Stone reported, as protesters across the country tried to revive the movement in a day of action against corporate greed.
Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart has died, according to a notice on his website. He was 43.
China welcomed the pact, but remained somewhat cautious about hopes for a nuclear-free future on the Korean peninsula.
Inspired by the announcement of Sen. Olympia Snowe's retirement, we take a look at the which members of the 112th Congress have no plans to reclaim their seats in November.
If it were a country, Apple’s market value would put it between oil-rich Iran ($480 billion in gross domestic product) and tech powerhouse Taiwan ($505 billion GDP).
TransCanada recently announced its plan to construct the southernmost portion of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, following the project's rejection by President Barack Obama earlier in January.
Two NATO soldiers -- both Americans -- were shot dead Thursday by two Afghans in Kandahar, including a man believed to be a soldier, news reports said. A local official said the two assailants were killed in retaliation by members of the NATO force in Afghanistan.
Former senator of Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum came second with 31.93 percent votes, while Texas congressman Ron Paul garnered 20.83 percent of votes. Newt Gingrich was placed fourth with 7.83 percent of votes polled.
Wednesday's treaty spawned numerous reports suggesting that nuclear peace talks with Iran will now be entirely possible. However, the deputy foreign minister of Israel, Danny Ayalon, said the two cases are entirely dissimilar.
Greece has approved pension and health care cuts as part of the reforms agreed in return for the 130 billion euro ($171 billion) bailout deal approved by the Eurozone.
The cabinet has allowed cash-rich state companies to buyback shares and participate in the government's divestment programme, Praful Patel said on Thursday, as New Delhi looks to narrow its widening fiscal deficit.
Google has gone ahead with implementing its new privacy policy, despite requests from the European regulators for a delay.
In a surprise move, North Korea agreed to temporarily suspend its nuclear tests and the launch of long range ballistic missile in exchange for 240,000 metric tons of food aid from the U.S. The breakthrough decision was announced in two separate statements released in Washington and Pyongyang on Wednesday.
The Nasdaq composite index crossed 3000 for the first time in more than a decade but finished in red following the testimony from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke which checked market expectations of more monetary easing.
Montana's U.S. District Chief Judge Richard Cebull apologized on Wednesday for sending a racist email joke about President Obama from his official email address.
North Korea has agreed with the United States to suspend major elements of its atomic weapons program in a surprise breakthrough that could pave the way for the resumption of long-stalled nuclear disarmament talks with the secretive state.
Egypt's first presidential election since the Egyptian revolution which toppled the dictatorial Hosni Mubarak regime in February last year is scheduled to begin in May, the head of the electoral commission has said.
Ireland may need to make further changes to its budget this year if the economy continues to deteriorate, the European Commission said on Wednesday in a draft of a report obtained by Reuters.
The Greek parliament approved an extension of pharmacy opening hours and cuts to drug spending Thursday as part of a package of healthcare reforms agreed in return for last week's 130 billion euro international bailout deal.
Heavy fighting raged near Baba Amro in Homs Wednesday evening after elite Syrian troops attacked the rebel-held bastion that has endured 25 days of siege and fierce bombardment, activists said.
The lifting of a travel ban on seven Americans in Egypt eases some of the nascent tension between Cairo and the Washington D.C. This has been the worst diplomatic crisis between the two nations in three decades, aggravated by a recent context of unease in diplomatic relations between Egypt and the West.
Senator Orrin Hatch created some entertaining imagery on the senate floor Wednesday when he accused President Barack Obama for being a liberal elitist who turned his back on working class Americans.
Angela Castro, older sister to Fidel and Raul Castro, died in Havana on Wednesday at the age of 88.
China's 11th National People's Congress (NPC), the Chinese Parliament and top legislative body, will convene its fifth annual meeting Monday to set such key 2012 economic objectives as a lower target for economic growth, while keeping inflation steady.
House Republicans advanced legislation on Tuesday that would significantly curtail the federal government's role in education.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is spending millions of dollars on consultants to streamline the agency, but SEC insiders and at least one lawmaker are questioning whether the SEC is getting its money's worth.
