The Dalai Lama was blocked from visiting South Africa two years ago as well.
The news regarding the American public's attitude toward Congress just gets worse: A record-high number of citizens (89%) are greatly dissatisfied by the job Congress is doing, according to a new poll.
A judge's decision to uphold Alabama's stringent new immigration law has led immigrants to flee their homes, pull their children from school and avoid farming jobs at the height of harvesting season.
IBTimes spoke with Heather Gautney, a sociology professor at Fordham University, about the significance of the Occupy Wall Street protests and how they might unfold in the coming weeks.
No controversy is too big or too small for Comedy Central's tag team of political satirists.
European banks -- particularly those based in France and Germany with heavy exposure to Greek government bonds -- are suffering the worst damage.
Actress Scarlett Johanson held a fundraiser Monday for Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's 2013 campaign for mayor.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has proposed forming a Eurasian Union out of the former Soviet nations, saying it could become a global economic power to rival Asia, America, and Western Europe.
Rescue workers found at least forty wounded people.
The verdict of Amanda Knox was announced in the Italian court on Monday, and the 24-year-old exchange student was acquitted of murder.
Libya's National Transition Council said they are ready to declare victory after eight months of revolution, once they have captured the city of Sirte.
One post read: If she can't even protect her own Twitter account, how can she protect the country? Think about it my brothers and sisters.”
Look out Republican presidential nomination race frontrunner Rick Perry. Here comes Herman Cain, the former Godfather's Pizza CEO. Cain is gaining momentum, and starting to make a run after his Florida straw poll victory.
President Barack Obama's chances of winning a second term are bleak, with only 37 percent of the voters believing that he will scrape through in 2012, the latest ABC News/Washington Post survey has found.
New York Attorney Eric Schneiderman and U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren have been filling a void in progressive politics.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently released a report identifying the those cities in the world with the worst statistics relating to levels of air pollution.
Intense battle continued in Sirte, the hometown of fallen leader Moammar Gadhafi, resulting in the death of eight fighters of Libya' s ruling National Transitional Council (NTC). Another 39 were wounded.
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday it would be very difficult for al Qaeda to launch another major attack on the United States, as its leadership has been decimated.
A scientist who won the Nobel prize for medicine on Monday used his own discoveries to treat himself for cancer, but died of the disease just days before he could be told of the award.
Anyone hoping that recent falls in commodity prices would provide a boost to powerhouse Asian economies and help lift the developed world out of recessionary danger will be disappointed. The region's focus remains firmly on inflation.
The Facebook pages of Kim Jong-Il's exiled son and grandson show the pair has a strong interest in American culture.
The singer makes an inflammatory response on FOX News
Aides to Michele Bachmann are leaving presidential campaign.
Mitt Romney latest GOP presidential hopeful to criticize the name of Rick Perry's family ranch, called N----rhead.
A series of emails released by the House Of Representative's Energy and Commerce committee show that Solyndra investors as well as White House officials questioned Solyndra's financial stability as early as December 2009.
Should the United States tolerate slightly higher inflation, in order to have the economy grow at a faster rate and create more jobs?
NASA administrator Charles Bolden calls for more international cooperation.
California's Air Resources Board (CARB) can proceed with implementation of the state's cap-and-trade program, a Supreme Court judge ruled Wednesday.
Federal Trade Commission mandates that Four Loko makers change labels.
Canada wants its central bank governor, Mark Carney, to become head of the Financial Stability Board, the country's finance minister said on Monday days after a highly publicized clash between Carney and one of the world's most powerful bankers.