Swiss lawmakers threw their support behind a tax proposal which could help to strike a deal with the United States on Wednesday, a move which is seen as instrumental to settling a U.S. probe into Swiss banks with hidden offshore accounts.
On the eve of presidential elections, Vladimir Putin is claiming that his opponents might use murder and ballot stuffing to tarnish the vote.
Watch Ron Paul's new 60-second spot called Three of a Kind, attacking all of his GOP opponents.
With Bob Kerrey running for his old Senate seat in Nebraska, Democrats landed a top recruit to maintain the party's hold on a top Republican target.
A group called Freedom to Marry wants Democrats at the 2012 convention to add a plank affirming support of same-sex marriage in its official party platform.
Attorney General Eric Holder says he's ready to take BP and and other defendants to court in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Israel official said the threat of hunger would force the Iranian regime to weigh the value of their atomic ambitions.
The Black March boycott is Anonymous' newest operation, under which participants will boycott media for the entire month of march in order to fight back against ACTA, SOPA and other threats to Internet freedom and privacy.
Kenyan authorities believe that Samantha Lewthwaite, widow of 7/7 bomber Germaine Lindsay, may be connected to a foiled Mombasa terror plot.
The activists are all accused of obtaining foreign funds without the proper approval of Egyptian authorities and carrying out political activities unrelated to their work.
South Korea and certain western nations have been pressuring Beijing not to deport the North Korean defectors
Arguing that former U.S. presidents often make millions on the lecture circuit, three congressmen have introduced legislation they claim could save about $3 million in fiscal 2013.
At least 100 people a day are now crossing the border, with up to 3,000 fleeing since elections in November.
South Korea embraced the decision and said it hoped it could lead to a broader framework of peace between the two countries.
The American Mustache Institute, a lobbying group that hopes to offer tax breaks to mustached Americans, has found an unlikely ally in Congress: Maryland Republican Rep. Roscoe Bartlett. Congressman Bartlett has referred the proposed bill, the Stache Act, to the House Ways and Means Committee. The Stache Act would give individuals sporting mustaches up to $250 in tax credit every year.
President Barack Obama reasserted his authority over detainee policy on Tuesday, issuing waivers that exempt broad categories of terrorism suspects from being held in military custody.
Among the victims of the Syrian uprising are a number of western journalists, the only independent witnesses remaining in the besieged city. Their plight was highlighted after the renowned war correspondent Marie Colvin, 56, and French photographer Remi Ochlik, 28, were both killed when a rocket hit their makeshift media center in the middle of Homs last week.
Sen. Olympia Snowe, a Maine Republican known for being a moderate in a polarized congress, announced Tuesday that she isn't running for re-election in November.
The U.S. economy would have to strengthen to ensure that the unacceptably high jobless rate keeps dropping, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday, suggesting the option of further Fed bond buying remains on the table.
Clinton said she will be watching closely and judging North Korea's new leaders by their actions.
China's engagement in resolving the euro zone debt crisis has been a topic of contention. High-profile Chinese leaders, such as Vice Premier Wen Jiabao and Vice President Xi Jinping, have reassured the European countries that China would invest in alleviating the debt. However, a financial plan has yet to be communicated.
Mohammed Ibrahim Makkawi was arrested in Cairo on Wednesday. But which Mohammed Ibrahim Makkawi was it? The al-Qaeda apostate or the militant leader behind the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings?
The United States has agreed to send at least 240,000 metric tons of food, with an increased proportion of grain products, to isolated North Korea.
Mitt Romney's primary victories in Arizona and Michigan played out along now-familiar lines, with Romney faring better among moderate voters and those who said unseating President Obama was their highest priority.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Wells Fargo & Co. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. have been warned by the Securities and Exchange Commission that they might face inquiries tied to mortgage-backed securities offered to investors several years ago.
These are the remarks Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made after winning both the Arizona and Michigan primaries
The U.S. economy grew at a 3 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter, faster than originally estimated on unexpectedly strong business restocking, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.
Mitt Romney may have won two state primaries Tuesday night, but Rick Santorum is a winner just for putting up a strong fight in Michigan.
Crude oil is predominantly priced and traded in U.S. dollars, although Iran has already accepted payments in some other currencies.
A senior Tunisian official agreed to offer Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad asylum if he promised to step down. The overture presents a shred of hope that a peaceful end can be found for the nearly yearlong uprising against Assad's autocratic rule.
