Oil traded near the highest price in nine months following expectation of increasing demand as euro zone finance ministers agreed on a rescue package for Greece.
Yemen is holding an election to rubber-stamp Vice-President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi as the new leader, after three-decade ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh stood down under a deal brokered by Gulf nations and left for the United States in January.
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul criticized the government ban on the cultivation of industrial hemp at a North Dakota campaign. Paul said to a group of more than 300 people in James Town that free- market approach is ideal for protecting environment according to an AP report.
Euro zone finance ministers reached an agreement to hand Greece a bailout package worth 130 billion euros ($171 billion) , to help the country avoid a default.
Peter Tatchell, a prominent gay rights activist, has been in news for the past several days mostly because he said that the late singer Whitney Houston was secretly gay and that her marriage to Bobby Brown was a smokescreen.
Euro zone finance ministers struck a deal early on Tuesday for a second bailout program for Greece that will involve financing of 130 billion euros and aims to cut Greece's debts to 121 percent of GDP by 2020, EU officials said.
Euro zone finance ministers inched toward approving a second bailout for debt-laden Greece Monday night that would resolve Athens' immediate repayment needs but seems unlikely to revive the nation's shattered economy.
Pinal County, Ariz. Sheriff Paul Babeu resigned his post as Mitt Romney's state campaign co-chair, following the revelation on Saturday that he was involved in a homosexual relationship with a Mexican immigrant who claims he was threatened with deportation if he spoke out about their involvement.
On Friday, Christian Wulff resigned as president of Germany. Two days later, Chancellor Angela Merkel and leaders of the main political parties agreed on a replacement: Joachim Gauck, 72, a candidate whose popularity with the public may help restore some faith to the office of the presidency.
Santorum's claim that the Dutch advocate mass murder through euthanasia has prompted a furious backlash from the Netherlands. Santorum asserted that half the people whose lives are ended through euthanasia are involuntarily euthanized, and that residents wear bracelets begging not to be killed by Dutch hospitals.
Greece will need additional relief if it is to cut its debts to 120 percent of GDP by 2020 and if it doesn't follow through on structural reforms and other measures, its debt could hit 160 percent by 2020, a confidential analysis conducted by the IMF, European Central Bank and European Commission shows.
An Ecuadorean court Monday defied an international arbitration panel's request that the country prevent plaintiffs from collecting on billions of dollars in environmental damages from Chevron Corp.
Advertisements in which Republican presidential candidates attack their rivals for the nomination have soared this year, up from 6 percent in 2008 to more than half this time around.
Bolstered by his recent CPAC straw poll win, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida was the most prevalent political figure respondents picked as their ideal Republican vice presidential candidate.
Yemeni's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh is calling on his countrymen to take part in presidential elections on Tuesday.
A large natural gas find off the northern coast of Venezuela is changing the way gas in the Caribbean Basin is being sought.
Britain, the Netherlands, Italy and nine other countries called on Monday for Europe to shift its focus from tough budget cuts towards measures to create growth as the region looks headed for its second recession in three years.
PayPal billionaire Peter Thiel has donated an additional $1.7 million to a super PAC supporting Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, making him the primary funder behind Endorse Liberty Inc. since it was founded late last year.
Speaking to the New York Times, Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula said the operation to simultaneously attack multiple sites in Iran would require planes Israeli jets to fly 1000 miles across unfriendly airspace and complex air-to-air refueling maneuvers if it were to succeed.
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has made career out of decrying big government, but he appears unable to escape the Super PAC powered rise of big money.
There are some major concerns regarding the rescue package and the efficacy of the Athens government in imposing much-needed austerity.
A survey from Public Policy Polling shows Mitt Romney closing in on Rick Santorum ahead of the Feb. 28 Michigan primary.
The auto industry is the engine of the Michigan economy, but Mitt Romney's opposition to the ultimately successful government rescue of General Motors and Chrysler won't be a major concern of Republican voters in the state's Feb. 28 primary, observers say.
Watch the live stream here now as Veterans for Ron Paul 2012, active-duty troops, and others march from the Washington Monument to the White House to express their support for the Texas Congressman.
The rebel spokesman added that the captured men are safe, but did not disclose their exact location.
Michelle Obama and her two daughters have escaped to a luxury Aspen resort for a skiing vacation on President's day weekend, drawing criticsm for taking yet another trip during difficult economic times.
Three other masterminds of the Bali bombings, Imam Samudra, Amrozi bin Nurhasyim and Ali Ghufron, were executed in 2008.
Joachim Gauck has been picked to be the next president of Germany. The pastor and East German activist was passed over by German chancellor Angela Merkel the last time around.
The price of gasoline in the U.S. is expected to hit $4.00 by summer, and could potentially spike even further. Much of this has to do to with events in other parts of the world.
Arming Syrian dissidents who are battling a brutal government assault would help to safeguard America's interests in the Middle East, two U.S. senators said.
