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Jailed IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is not in a position to run the International Monetary Fund, said Timothy Geithner, US Treasury Secretary.

According to various media reports a former Egyptian military officer turned al-Qaeda militant has been chosen to head Osama bin Laden's terror network temporarily until the slain leader's successor is officially named.

Just a day after the international criminal court chief prosecutor sought an arrest warrant for Muammar Gaddafi, a series of NATO airstrikes have hit two Libyan government buildings in Libya's capital Tripoli. A compound belonging to Gaddafi was one of the two targets of the attack.

After the talks with King Abdullah II of Jordan ahead of a full week of intense negotiation, Obama has guaranteed that he will call for a two-state solution for the Israel-Palestine conflict.

More than 750,000 people have fled Libya and another 150,000 have relocated in the country since the conflict started, Panos Moumtzis, United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Libya, said on Tuesday.

A mass grave has been found in the Syrian city of Deraa, the epicenter of the recent bout of anti-government protests in the country, according to the National Organization for Human Rights in Syria, a Syrian rights group.

The French media is actively discussing whether Dominique Strauss-Kahn has an alibi in the sexual assault case even as it emerged that more women had called him a sexual predator.

Unconfirmed reports say Egyptian militant Saif al-Adel has been chosen to lead the global terrorist group al Qaeda following the killing of Osama bin Laden in a raid on May 1 in Pakistan by US Navy SEALs.

According to TMZ, it has been revealed that Schwarzenegger fathered a boy with his maid named Mildred Patricia Baena (she goes by Patty), who was a housekeeper/assistant for the family for more than 20 years. Her jobs included cleaning, laundry, cooking and other chores.

The race to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn as the head of International Monetary Fund (IMF) heated up, Tuesday, even as pressure mounted on the international agency to force him to resign so that its authority is not undermined.

The latest photos of French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy have further raised speculation that the wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy is pregnant.

Boxing great Sugar Ray Leonard has revealed that he was sexually abused by a prominent Olympic boxing coach.

In his speech concerning the Middle East at the State Department this Thursday, President Barack Obama is expected to outline his vision for the future of a region in upheaval.

Jack Lang, a Frenchman and member of Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s political party, is angry at the “inhuman” way Strauss-Kahn has been treated by US authorities.

The International Monetary Fund chief accused of sexually assaulting a Manhattan hotel maid is on suicide watch in his Rikers Island cell.

Dominique Strauss Kahn has been placed on suicide watch at his Rikers Island jail cell in New York City, according to a report.

After making disparaging remarks Sunday about Republican Rep. Paul Ryan's budget, Newt Gingrich had an angry Iowa voter to deal with.

Pakistan security forces have arrested a senior al-Qaeda official in Karachi on Tuesday, suggesting that Islamabad may finally get serious about cracking down on terrorists operating within her borders, two weeks after the spectacular killing of Osama bin Laden by US commando forces.

In a stunning revelation, Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed that he had fathered a child from an affair he had over a decade ago, but according to the testimony of one woman, this isn't the first time the actor-turned-politician has cheated.

Queen Elizabeth made her first ever visit to Ireland on Tuesday, meeting with Prime Minister Enda Kenny and President Mary McAleese.

Newt Gringrich, one of the few serious candidates in the GOP primary now that Mike Huckabee is out, may have just shot himself in the foot with GOP primary voters.

Legendary British rock star Morrissey, a long-time strident critic of the British Royal Family, has renewed his venomous attacks on the Windsor Monarchy amidst Queen Elizabeth II’s historic visit to the Irish Republic.

First the public found out that former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was ending his marriage with Maria Shriver, a Kennedy heiress, his wife of 25 years, and the mother of four of his children.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been arrested by US authorities for rape allegations. There is a very good chance he won’t be returning as the head of the IMF.

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has apologized to his wife, Maria Shriver after revealing that he had a child with a former household staff member.

Libya’s oil minister has reportedly fled the tattered regime of Moammar Gaddafi and defected to Tunisia over the weekend, making him one of the most prominent Libyan officials to abandon Tripoli.

Francois Fillon, the French prime minister, has warned that if the sexual assault charges against Strauss-Kahn are true, there can be no excuse for his actions and that he cannot be pardoned.

As if tensions weren't high enough between the United States and Pakistan, new internal Pentagon documents reviewed by the Wall Street Journal reveal that the U.S. has been denying 40 percent of Pakistan's expense claims.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called on members of his party to be a rock of solidity amid the crisis engulfing left-leaning rival for the presidency Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the current IMF managing director, as he faces charges of sexually attacking a hotel maid in New York.