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The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday that the Russia-proposed UN draft resolution on Syria still needed amendment ...

Turkey condemned as "unfounded and inappropriate" on Tuesday comments by U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Rick ...

Syria is ready to let Arab monitors extend their mission beyond this week, an Arab League source said, but U.S. ...

A Slovakian official congratulated President Ma Ying-jeou Tuesday on securing another four-year term in the Jan. 14 ...

The White House was locked down on Tuesday night as authorities investigated what appeared to be a smoke bomb that was ...

Amid an escalating diplomatic row, Venezuela on Monday recalled its US consular staff in Miami, saying they faced ...

Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System have found a new indicator that may predict which patients ...

Online shoe retailer Zappos told customers this weekend that it has been the victim of a cyber attack affecting more ...

Russia warned the West on Friday that new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme will be seen by the world ...

The United States believes Iran is supplying munitions to aid Syria`s bloody protest crackdown in an initiative ...

A second drone strike in two days killed six militants in North Waziristan in northwest Pakistan near the Afghan ...

-     One year polio-free anniversary underscores success of comprehensive approach to ...

A US congressman who has spearheaded sanctions aimed at pressuring Myanmar will pay his first visit to the country ...

- The United States wants to see direct meetings under way between the Israelis and the Palestinians evolve into ...

Human rights activists, some dressed in orange prison jumpsuits, protested in front of the White House Monday to ...