A Republican lawmaker says his party's push last week to cut the Congressional budget and match new spending with spending cuts elsewhere was just the beginning of a push to keep cutting.
China told the United States on Wednesday its first test flight of a stealth fighter jet should not be seen as a threat and reiterated it had no intention of challenging U.S. military might in the Pacific.
More than enough registered voters in Sudan will cross a key participation threshold, making valid the referendum to decide whether or not the nation splits into two, officials said Wednesday.
Federal law enforcement arrested a California man today and charged him with making death threats to U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott, D-WA, according to federal authorities.
In yet another example of a cash-strapped state seeking to alleviate a crushing budget deficit, the newly-elected governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, has slashed his salary by 5 percent and may seek to freeze salaries across the state for one year.
The U.S. will contribute to a trust fund to help Yemen as it expands aid beyond counter-terrorism against Al-Qaeda to include aid for economic, social and political development, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday.
President Hu Jintao of China is coming to America next week, to meet with President Barack Obama and discuss relations between the world’s two largest economies.
The state of Illinois has passed measures to raise the personal income tax rate by 67 percent and business income tax rate by 46 percent in order to get a handle on the state’s huge budget deficit.
The American economy closed out 2010 on a relatively strong note, suggesting an improving economy for this year, according to the Federal Reserve’s “Beige Book” report, a nationwide survey of economic conditions.
Summary of Fed Beige Book, January 12, 2011
Haitians, many dressed in white in mourning, honoured victims of the devastating 2010 earthquake on Wednesday in a sombre anniversary clouded by pessimism over slow reconstruction and political uncertainty.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden tried to dispel what he called common anti-American misperceptions in Pakistan while urging the government on Wednesday to fight growing religious extremism.
Floods and landslides devastated towns in a mountainous area near Rio de Janeiro, killing dozens of people and bringing the death toll on Wednesday from days of heavy rain in southern Brazil to at least 83.
Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali fired his interior minister on Wednesday to try to staunch the worst unrest in decades, but fresh clashes with police broke out and witnesses said one man was killed
A suicide bomber on a motorbike killed two people and wounded more than 35 in Kabul on Wednesday and foreign troops suffered their bloodiest day this year with five deaths in different attacks around the country.
Massive floods shut down the centre of Australia's third-largest city, sent thousands fleeing from their homes and sparked panic buying of food on Wednesday as rescuers searched for 43 people missing in floodwaters.
Ministers from Hezbollah and its Lebanese allies resigned Wednesday, toppling the government of Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri before expected indictments against the Shi'ite group over the killing of Hariri's father.
Wal-Mart’s (NYSE: WMT) efforts to establish its first footprint in the vast New York City market promises to be long and bumpy ride, as forces opposed to the discount retailing giant’s presence gather their resolve. Meanwhile, the company seems equally determined to build a store in the city.
Three hotel employees were charged in Mauritius on Wednesday in connection with the murder of an Irish woman honeymooning on the Indian Ocean island, its commissioner of police told Irish radio.
Rebecca Kadi Loburang Dinduch -- thought to be the oldest voter in south Sudan's secession referendum -- arrived at the polling booth in a five-car convoy to cast her ballot for independence.
Two Ugandan journalists have been arrested over a cartoon of President Yoweri Museveni on the cover of their magazine which referred to his 24 years in power and asked Where next?, their lawyer said on Wednesday.
New York City public schools are open despite the accumulation of as much as nine inches of snow. Meanwhile, a number of private/parochial schools are closed today.
Arizona enacted a law on Tuesday that will forbid picketers to come within 300 feet of a funeral or burial service, a move meant to reduce the impact of planned protests of Arizona shooting victims by members of a Kansas-based church known for protesting the funerals of U.S. soldiers.
Sarah Palin has broken her silence on the Arizona shootings, striking back at critics who have implied, or said outright, that Palin was to some degree culpable for inspiring the assassin Jared Lee Loughner due to shooting metaphors Palin has used in political campaigns.
Niger denied on Wednesday it was holding two suspected militants believed to have been involved in the kidnapping and killing of two French nationals at the weekend, contradicting a previous report.
South Sudan moved a step closer to independence on Wednesday after organisers of its secession referendum said the vote's turnout would pass the 60 percent threshold it needed to be binding.
The United States wants a real, demonstrative commitment from China that it is serious about shifting away from export-led economic growth, a U.S. official told Reuters on Tuesday ahead of next week's state visit by China's Hu Jintao.
Boston was hit with as much as 20 inches snow and public transportation via the MBTA was in some cases delayed or canceled.
In his first speech as Britain’s new Minister of Trade and Investment, Stephen Green (The Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint) emphasized the vital importance of China to British UK economy.
U.S. Rep. Peter King, R-NY, is the new chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security and, in that capacity, is planning hearings into, as he said, the radicalization of the American Muslim community and homegrown terrorism.
