The tiny central African nation of Rwanda elected the world's first women-dominated legislature.
European stocks rose to their highest close in five months on Tuesday after strong manufacturing data from the world's two biggest economies, the United States and China, boosted investor confidence and helped shift attention away from the Eurozone.
The focus of the U.S. political world is on Iowa and its caucuses, as it marks the first, popular-based data point of the 2012 campaign for president of the United States. But that does not mean Iowa is predictive.
Political commentator Alan Colmes apologized for his comments about GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum. Colmes criticized Santorum for the way he and his wife dealt with the death of their infant son in 1996.
In allowing the demise of a formerly sacrosanct ethanol subsidy, Congress underscored both its drive to cut costs and the ethanol industry's diminished need for economic support.
French oil giant Total has acquired a $2.32 billion stake in Chesapeake Energy Corporation's Utica shale region in Ohio, a move that signifies an increasing shift toward new energy sources as crude oil prices continue to rise.
Chief Justices John Roberts focused his year-end report on ethics at the nation's high court amid calls for Justices Elena Kagan and Clarence Thomas to recuse themselves from the health care law case.
Pinera warned it may take weeks for all the fires to be extinguished.
Washington State raised its minimum wage by 37 cents, pushing it to $9.04, making it the first state to have a minimum wage above $9 an hour.
France wants tougher sanctions against Iran like the ones imposed by the United States.
There are only hours left for Iowans to choose their Republican presidential nominee. The top two candidates seem set for a dead heat finish, while a third is trying to make the best use of a last minute and surprising surge forward in polls.
German President Christian Wulff is now in even more trouble after reports surfaced that he threatened news outlets against running stories on his loan scandal.
FBR Capital Markets believes that for President Barack Obama to win re-election, improving economic conditions will be key, which it would view as a tailwind for the markets.
European stocks were higher early Tuesday afternoon, hitting a two-month high on sharp gains in cyclical mining shares, while simmering concerns over the Eurozone crisis sent French and Spanish markets lower.
She is being punished for her father’s refusal to criticize Iran’s two principal reformists, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi.
Forget those decade-old racist newsletters that he did not write or even read. Black (and Hispanic) America needs to support Ron Paul's 2012 campaign.
Missing baby Lisa Irwin has been missing for nearly three months, but the Kansas City police department continues to investigation her mysterious disappearance on Oct. 4.
During a segment of why Iowa matters in coverage of the upcoming caucus, NBC news correspondent Andrea Mitchell called the state too white.
Most Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Tuesday, with risk appetite improving at the start of the new year and as sentiment was boosted by a rally in European stocks and positive Chinese economic data. Japan's market re-opens on Wednesday.
China has agreed to look into a complaint by India's foreign ministry that a diplomat was prevented from treating his severe diabetes and collapsed while offering consular assistance to two Indian citizens on trial in China's Yiwu city.
Iowa Republicans cast the first votes of the 2012 White House campaign on Tuesday, with Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul in a high-stakes battle to win the party's kick-off nominating contest.
Boeing Co has once again reinstated its position as the prime contractor for US defense deal after defeating Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin in a $3.5 billion worth contract.
What will the year 2012 bring? Well, it looks like: the Summer Olympics in London. After that, venturing a prediction is a tough task, but here are a few.
With time running out, rivals of surging Republican Rick Santorum raised doubts about his conservative record on Monday in hopes of heading off a last-minute victory by the former senator a day before Iowa kicks off the 2012 presidential election season.
The feud between the families had to do with a dispute over the possession of some land.
In the aftermath of the war's “official cessation” in 2003, many more people continued to die, from both disease and periodic armed conflicts.
As violence persists, and gunfire continues to threaten civilian lives, a pan-Arab body called Sunday for the immediate withdrawal of Arab League monitors in Syria, saying President Bashar al-Assad's government maintains violence despite their presence.
Iran symbolically threatened the U.S. and Israel on two fronts Monday: the testing of new long-range rockets and the production of a nuclear fuel rod.
Bainimarama assured that the new constitution would guarantee equality to all Fijians, regardless of race and ethnicity.
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum believes bombing Iranian nuclear facilities will teach Iran some lessons it badly needs.
