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Globalization, basically free markets and the transfer of jobs to lower-cost production centers, has many benefits. But is the new economic era exacting a cost on the U.S. economy in the form of a longer-than-normal period of high initial jobless claims?

A Twitter account belonging to the Fox News network in the U.S. was hacked by a group who falsely declared that President Barack Obama had died.

Government officials in India have unearthed treasure worth more than $23 billion from secret underground chambers in the centuries-old Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple located in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of the South Indian state of Kerala.

With the advent of the first female Prime Minister in Thailand, women now seem to be more powerful than ever.

According to some reports, at least 250 more people were arrested by plainclothes police in Minsk.

President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan concludes his state visit to China.

The international Egyptian community is planning to take to the streets this Friday, both in North Africa and the Tri-State area.

For Morocco's Berbers, King Mohammed VI's recent constitutional reforms are nothing but rhetoric. Literally.

Fox News has now joined the list of victims of hacking as a group of hackers called Scriptkiddies broke into one of its Twitter accounts and spread fake news about the assassination of president Barack Obama.

It's a unique way of celebration for hackers on this Independence day. Taking control of the Fox News Politics Twitter feed and spreading hoax news announcing the death of President Barack Obama, is their style.

The 4th of July, American Independence Day, celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, which declared US Independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. But technically speaking, July 4th doesn't qualify to be the US Independence day.

Today, the Liberty Bell that hangs at the Liberty Bell Center on Market Street in Philadelphia will be symbolically tapped as per the tradition on every Independence Day.

A treasure trove worth $23 billion has been unearthed from the secret chambers of an 18th century Indian temple in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of the South Indian state of Kerala.

Deputy Chief of Mission at the Myanmar Embassy in Washington, Kyaw Win, has written to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seeking political asylum in the US.

Huge blast sent flames shooting into the sky when Saboteurs bombed an Egyptian natural gas pipeline on the Sinai Peninsula on Monday, an AFP report said.

After the state legalized same-sex marriages, New York's annual Gay Pride Parade seemed more like a brash, colorful wedding procession on Sunday than an annual rally.

One of the most important days in the American calendar is the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on 4th July, 1776.

The new Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to introduce an ordinance this week, which will be allowing gun ranges in the city.

Here comes Fourth of July. Americans are all set to celebrate the 235th Independence Day with the usual zeal and, of course, cracking the fireworks.

A pipeline operated by Exxon Mobil Corp in Montana state ruptured late Friday, dumping as many as 1,000 barrels of crude oil into the Yellowstone River over the weekend.

With less than a month left before the US Treasury grinds to a halt and be unable to honor debt obligation unless the $14.3 trillion ceiling on debt is increased, there is a sliver of hope with a top US Republican saying on Sunday that they could go for a 'mini deal' with the administration to avert a crisis.

Jurors in the Casey Anthony murder trial will hear prosecutors' final arguments on Monday after both prosecutors and the defense made arguments on Sunday.

A video of President Barack Obama filmed in the White House and included in a fundraising e-mail sent to supporters is not legal, two election law experts say, CNSNews.com reported.

Britain has pledged to offer £38-million ($61-million) to Ethiopia in order to feed more than one million people who have been devastated by a severe drought.

The Nigerian Islamist terrorist group, which has already wreaked havoc across the country, has killed at least ten people in the northeastern city of Maiduguri by setting off a bomb in a beer garden frequented by soldiers and policemen, according to military officials.

One of the most important regional powers in the Middle East has recognized the Libyan rebels as the legitimate government of that country, giving a potentially fatal blow to Moammar Gaddafi.

Lacking hard evidence, the Casey Anthony trial comes down to the credibility of all the parties involved and to who's lying and who isn't.

A Philippines mayor, Sara Duterte, made international headlines today after she threw and landed several punches onto a court official sheriff during a tour at a demolition site in Agdao. The mayor's attack was caught on camera and has become an internet sensation on YouTube.

Happy Birthday, USA! With all due respect to France and Classical Greece, the world's longest-running democracy turns 235 Monday: here are some of the things that America got right.