China said it was deeply concerned about a preliminary ruling by a U.S. trade body that trade practices by Chinese solar makers are hurting U.S. producers and said the decision underscored a U.S. inclination to trade protectionism.
Pakistani model and actress Veena Malik is at the center of a controversy over alleged nude photographs of herself on the cover of FHM India magazine's December issue. Malik claims the photographs have been morphed, while the magazine claims they are real.
Close on the heels of a firestorm raised by the nude photographs of Egyptian Internet activist, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, a Tunisian actress has stirred up a similar controversy by posing semi-nude for a local magazine.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti met political-party leaders Saturday to solicit support for new measures designed to shore up public finances, help growth, and calm the debt crisis in the Eurozone's third-largest economy.
Gingrich, a former speaker of the House of Representatives, has support from 25 percent of likely Republican caucus-goers, up from just 7 percent in late October, the poll conducted for The Des Moines Register newspaper found.
Iraqis are wary on how their country will fare once the Americans leave. The Americans are seen as an occupying force by many, but welcomed by others who believe they act as a buffer amid the country's still-volatile sectarian mix.
Former pizza magnate Herman Cain's bid for the White House was an unconventional long shot from the start, but behind the colorful Cain Train a dysfunctional team has always been on the verge of running off the tracks.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Saturday, again offering U.S. condolences over the deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers in NATO air strikes last week, the State Department said in a statement.
The latest news out of GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul’s camp is that he will not be attending the Donald Trump-moderated Newsmax debate on Dec. 27 in Iowa.
Some states in Australia permit civil unions, while gay marriage is banned in the country as a whole.
Herman Cain has quit the 2012 presidential race, suspending his GOP primary campaign and hinting at an endorsement in the coming weeks. As the one-time Republican front-runner stepped down, however, he hinted at a Plan B to keep him in the political game, and reactions to his announcement on sites like Twitter are increasing by the minute.
Thousands of Tunisian Islamists and secularists warred outside the interim parliament on Saturday, rallying against extremism as lawmakers draft a new constitution for Tunisia.
In most cases, the victims of honor-related violence are young women who behave in a way that is perceived to bring ‘disgrace’ to her family and community.
Allegations of sexual harassment and the extramarital affair hurt Cain in polls recently. He had surger to the top of many GOP presidential race polls after winning the Florida Straw Poll in a surprising victory. But in recent weeks his numbers had been dropping. A recent Iowa poll showed that Cain had fallen 15 points since October. At one time, he was running close to Republican front-runner Mitt Romney. But in the latest poll, the Des Moines Register poll has Cain registering only 8 percent o...
Herman Cain announced on Saturday that he would suspend his presidential campaign. Here is the full text of the speech he gave to supporters in Atlanta.
At least two dozen people have died in renewed fighting in the northern part of Syria between security forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and members of the Free Syria Army (FSA), amid fears the country is descending into a state of civil war.
Cain, the Georgia businessman whose sudden rise in the polls in October shook up the Republican presidential field, announced in Atlanta on Saturday that he would withdraw from the race in light of allegations of a 13-year extramarital affair and several 1990s-era sexual harassment accusations.
Paris officials went to great pains to explain that this was only a temporary security measure.
Charles Ingabire was killed in a bar in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, but few details of the murder have yet emerged.
The U.S. and Canada were excluded from the two-day summit in Caracas.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Kanimozhi, who was granted bail by the Delhi High Court last Monday in the 2G scam case, arrived in Chennai Saturday.
The head of an independent Russian election watchdog was detained for 12 hours at a Moscow airport Saturday as part of attempts to stop it monitoring Sunday's vote for a new parliament, the group's lawyer said.
The one-year anniversary is approaching: on Dec. 11, 2010, Suffolk County police discovered the first of what turned out to be eight bodies of women sex workers along Ocean Parkway in Gilgo Beach, Cedar Beach and Oak Beach.
Gary Giordano, the prime suspect in the missing Maryland Woman Robyn Gardner case, proclaimed on National Television ABC TV network Thursday that he did not murder Gardner.
U.S. President Barack Obama sought on Saturday to boost pressure on Republican lawmakers to back an extension of a tax cut for workers that he views as vital to help the fragile economy.
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood called on its rivals to accept the will of the people on Saturday after a first-round vote set its party on course to take the most seats in the country's first freely elected parliament in six decades.
The daughters of Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman have released a video in which they rap about his rivals to the beat of a Justin Timberlake song.
The government is fooling the country about the benefits of foreign supermarkets, opposition leader LK Advani said.
Overnight clashes between security forces and army defectors in northern Syria left 15 people dead early Saturday, activists said. Seven were soldiers, five were defectors, and three were civilians.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is set to urge key European officials to take decisive action next week at a make-or-break summit to prevent a debt crisis from turning into runaway contagion.
