It is critical that Europe put up a convincing firewall against the risk of financial contagion from its debt crisis before more aid from the International Monetary Fund is discussed, a top Treasury Department official said on Wednesday.
Three members of Congress have received threatening mail over the last two days and law enforcement officials Wednesday warned that more may be coming.
We're all human beings, we all know or love somebody who's gay or lesbian so what the hell is that about?, said former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson on Wednesday about Rick Santorum's view on same-sex marriage.
Find out who's moderating tonight's GOP debate, when it begins, where to watch it live and how to follow it on Twitter by clicking here. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, Texas Rep. Ron Paul and former Speaker Newt Gingrich face off in Arizona tonight in the last debate before the Arizona and Michigan primaries, the Washington primary, and Super Tuesday.
Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd resigned on Wednesday after a row with fellow party member Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
No woman in Virginia will have to undergo a transvaginal ultrasound involuntarily, McDonnell wrote.
Of all the issues likely to surface at Wednesday night's Republican debate in Arizona, immigration is a fairly safe bet. That's because Arizona has come to embody the GOP's approach to immigration, in 2010 passing a controversial immigration law that became the model for similar bills passed by Republican-controlled legislatures in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and Utah.
Iran has issued what could be the final execution order for Youcef Nadarkhani, the Christian pastor who was found guilty of renouncing Islam.
Former Louisiana congressman and governor Buddy Roemer announced he has suspended his Republican presidential campaign because the party has turned [its] back on the Democratic process.
Trade unionists, communists and pensioners angry at punishing spending cuts in Greece marched through central Athens on Wednesday as lawmakers set to work on legislation needed to secure payment of a second bailout for the debt-laden country.
Russia has thwarted efforts by the West to officially condemn and sanction Syria and force Assad to step down
Obansanjo, who has mediated conflicts elsewhere in Africa, is trying to calm tensions as protestors angry at incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade's candidacy.
The trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak concluded Wednesday, with a verdict due on June 2.
Sunday Times reporter Marie Colvin died this morning in Homs, but before she did, she filed one last dispatch, aired on CNN.
New York City Police Department officers ventured out of their jurisdiction to monitor Muslims in Long Island and in Newark, New Jersey as part of a sweeping program to monitor and gather information on Muslims, the Associated Press reported.
As the Royal Family's popularity continues to grow, a number of Kate Middleton, Prince Will, Prince Henry and Pippa Middleton lookalikes have been spotted on the streets of London. One photographer, Alison Jackson has captured the doppelgangers in poses set to emulate the famous members of the Royal Family. Take a look at pictures and photos of curious lookalikes that pretend to be the members of the celebrated family.
A large pocket of offshore natural gas could shift Eastern Mediterranean geopolitics on its head. As the threat of war looms between Israel and Iran, the newly found gas could add extra friction between the two countries.
Russian officials have warned that an Israeli strike on Iran would be nothing short of catastrophic.
Aides for Gov. Robert McDonnell say he is no longer committed to signing the legislation.
Seven people were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday during protests over the burning of the Koran at a NATO base near Kabul.
Celebrated American war reporter Marie Covlin died in a shelling attack in Syria on Wednesday. Known for her ardent willingness to report from the front lines for Britain's Sunday Times, the 55-year-old reporter had covered conflicts in dangerous war zones. Colvin was killed when a shell attack hit a Syrian army building that had been turned into an impromptu press center in the Baba Amr area of the besieged city of Homs, Syria. Take a look at her last dispatches from Syria.
Republican voters are split between supporting Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, but neither candidate would unseat President Barack Obama in a general election, a new poll indicates.
In this election season, the auto industry is one big political football. General Motors Co., however, wants to get out of that mix. So when Newt Gingrich attacked GM's Chevrolet Volt as an Obama car in a stump speech last weekend because you can't put a gun rack in it, GM fired back on Tuesday.
Faith has pervaded Rick Santorum's political career, informing his views on issues ranging from abortion to gay rights -- and also, it turns out, the environment.
President Barack Obama will join former first lady Laura Bush Wednesday celebrating the start of construction for the National Museum of African American History and Culture which will showcase the history of black life, art, and culture.
Rick Santorum continued to defend comments from his past on Tuesday, this time from a 2008 speech about Satan attacking America.
Colvin and Ochlik were apparently in a house being used as a media center by activists when it fell under heavy attack
Under a corporate-tax overhaul to be detailed Wednesday, U.S. companies would be forced to cede a number of loopholes and subsidies, while those with overseas operations could face a minimum tax on their foreign earnings.
The Obama administration on Wednesday will propose cutting the top tax rate for corporations to 28 percent, and pay for it by eliminating dozens of tax loopholes companies now use to lower their rates, a senior administration official said.
Euro zone private sector business activity shrunk in February, an unexpected turn that has renewed old fears and prompted new concerns of a recession in the region's economy while it lags through a debt crisis.
