The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution allowing member states to continue fighting pirates off the coast of Somalia for anothe...
The bodies of six Jews killed in the attack on a Jewish center in Mumbai are being laid to rest in Israel. Memorial services took place as Israel trie...
Relief agencies in Zimbabwe say they are ramping up emergency programs to combat a cholera epidemic that has infected more than 11,000 people and kill...
President-elect Barack Obama is getting generally positive reviews for choosing former rival Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state. But political ...
After Barack Obama takes the oath of office January 20 as the 44th President of the United States, his administration will face a host of problems inc...
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who has been reappointed to serve in the Obama administration, says he is comfortable with the president-elect's ...
A massive underground Congressional Visitor's Center designed to accommodate millions of people visiting the U.S. Capitol each year has opened to the ...
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says a new strategy for fighting Islamic extremists in Afghanistan will be a high priority for the administration ...
More than three years after Hurricane Katrina caused massive damage in New Orleans, the city has less than half its pre-hurricane population and a cri...
The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq has released its 13th human-rights report, which covers the first six months of 2008 and shows a marked...
