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Pop diva Beyonce will sing the national anthem before hundreds of thousands of onlookers at US President Barack ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to make Southeast Asia his first foreign destination, reports said Tuesday, ...

The United States confirmed Tuesday that it owned a drone found in Philippine waters, but said the craft only drifted ...

A constitutional fight over ailing President Hugo Chavez`s status intensified Tuesday with the government planning a ...

Japan will increase military spending in 2013 for the first time in more than a decade, the ruling party said Tuesday, ...

A court in Tunis on Monday ordered the release of Ali Hamzi, a Tunisian suspected of involvement in the deadly attack ...

US President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan as CIA director, ...

Two suicide bombers struck inside a meeting of community leaders in the southern Afghan town of Spin Boldak on Sunday, ...

French actor Gerard Depardieu has received a Russian passport and met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Putin`s ...

The US Defense Department has prepared plans for a smaller presence in Afghanistan after the White House insisted on ...

The death of a girl hit by celebratory gunfire on New Year`s Eve sparked calls Thursday for stricter gun controls in ...

Singapore police on Tuesday arrested a 13-year-old Indian boy for posting a Facebook message in which he allegedly ...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has tapped Jose Ramos-Horta, a former East Timor president and Nobel ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday used a traditional New Year address to call for unity following a year of ...

Nearly 90 percent of those who have died in Syria`s 21-month conflict were killed in 2012, the Syrian Observatory for ...