WASHINGTON - Amid an escalated tension threatening a nuclear conflict between the two nations, US President Barack Obama has said he did not believe Israel had decided on an attack on Iran to disrupt...

DAMASCUS - The West voiced its ire over Russia and China's veto of the UN Security Council resolution on Syria even as more clashes and deaths were reported in the violence-wracked country.

The...

NEW YORK - Citigroup's Chinese subsidiary has been granted permission to offer its credit cards in China, becoming the first US based bank and the second foreign bank to receive the nod.

Currently...

A Mysore-born Indian public affairs specialist has been charged with revitalising the Muslim Public Service Network (MPSN) that grooms young American Muslims for public service and to take on civic...

American aid to Egypt, which is estimated at an average of two billion dollars a year, is reportedly in peril with U.S. lawmakers threatening to block assistance in response to Egypt's crackdown on...

Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist Liz Ann Sonders believes that the American economy is improving, and the potential for giving jobs to the unemployed is getting stronger.

"Its pretty close...

A Mysore-born Indian American public affairs specialist has been charged with revitalising the Muslim Public Service Network that grooms young American Muslims for public service and to take on civic...

British Olympic boxing medallist Amir Khan recently took his fiancee Faryal Makhdoom for a tour of his hometown Bolton, England.

Last month, Makhdoom had showed him around her native New York.

The...

The New York Giants have won their second Super Bowl title in four years and fourth overall after beating the New England Patriots in the final.

The Giant's Eli Manning engineered a nine-play,...

Gerard Depardieu will star as Dominique Strauss-Kahn in a film by US director Abel Ferrara about the New York sex scandal that caused the former IMF chief to resign.

Ferrera met Depardieu, 63, at...

In a tell-all memoir, President John F Kennedy's teenage mistress describes how she lost her virginity to the former U.S. President when he seduced her in his wife's bedroom following a pool party...

Egypt will prosecute 44 non-governmental organization workers, including 19 American nationals, on charges of allegedly receiving foreign funds illegally and being involved in banned activities in...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday paid a short visit to Bulgaria and discussed energy issues and military cooperation with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Xinhua reported.

At a...

L.A. Reid has reportedly signed up to be a judge on the second series of the American version of "The X Factor".

The 55-year-old has reportedly signed a contract to reprise his position on the panel...

This photo taken Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, shows artist and free speech blogger Christopher Drew in his studio in Chicago. Drew was charged under the Illinois eavesdropping law on Dec. 2, 2009, after...

Next After paying $16 to file a one-page claim to an empty, $340,000 home in an upscale Dallas suburb, Kenneth Robinson moved in furniture, hung a "No Trespassing" sign in the front...

This courtroom sketch shows Former Stanford CFO James Davis, replicating for jurors the handcuffing motion he used to make to warn R. Allen Stanford that what they were doing was illegal Thursday,...

PHILADELPHIA -; Prosecutors overseeing a child sex-abuse case involving three Roman Catholic priests can reference molestation claims against more than 20 other clergymen to try to establish a...

WASHINGTON -; About 90 District of Columbia workers have been suspended and may be fired after officials determined they received unemployment checks while holding city jobs. The Washington Post...

LAS VEGAS -; A new report shows U.S. casinos and the industries that depend on them made a $125 billion economic splash in 2010 - the equivalent of 1 percent of the total U.S. gross domestic...

An Egyptian man stands in front of riot police blocking the road during clashes with protestors near the Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. The number of people killed in...

SEATTLE -; Money donated by the nation's most chartable people is starting to catch up with pre-recession giving, thanks in part to some very large bequests from a few donors. The Chronicle...

SAN FRANCISCO -; A federal appeals court is ready to announce its ruling on whether California's same-sex marriage ban violates the constitutional rights of gays and lesbians. The 9th U.S....

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -; Jury selection has begun in the trial of two men charged with serving as contract killers in a violent drug ring accused of moving cocaine from Mexico into Tennessee and other...

WASHINGTON -; The U.S. is easing one of its many sanctions against Myanmar as a reward for political reforms after five decades of direct military rule. The step is very limited, and most of the...

SAN ANTONIO -; Texas' attorney general agreed Monday to temporary voting maps that add new Hispanic-dominated districts and could save the April 3 date for primary elections statewide. But at...

American Petro-Hunter announced that the Company's 3rd horizontal well in North Oklahoma has concluded drilling operations in the Mississippi Lime formation and has begun the completion phase as...

February 6, 2012 According to the libertarian social scientist Charles Murray, America is "coming apart at the seams." Class strain has cleaved society into two groups, he argues in his new...

Mimi Alford is speaking publicly for the first time about the secret she’s held for half a century. Alford claims that she had an 18-month-long affair with President John F. Kennedy when she...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A man who led a faction accused of killings and recruiting child soldiers during the Liberian civil war has been ordered out of the U.S. by an immigration judge in western New...

"Marsha and I are evangelical Christians, Presbyterians. Christianity teaches us forgiveness and second chances. I believe in second chances. And I try hard to be forgiving," former...

Sweden's public prosecutor argued for the extradition of Julian Assange on Thursday, insisting before Britain's Supreme Court that it had the right to order his return to...

When a stroke hits at 52, like what happened to Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, the reaction is an astonished, "But he's so...

A federal judge heard arguments Monday in a case that could determine whether animals enjoy the same constitutional protection against slavery as human...

A massive cargo ship that tore through a bridge in western Kentucky has been moved downriver so the remaining debris can be cleared from its...

After almost nine years of incredible service and sacrifice, America’s war in Iraq has finally come to an end. We have more troops returning home each day, and as they do, we must pay tribute...

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2009 file photo, Alyssa Bustamante, 15, listens during a brief hearing where her attorney entered not guilty pleas on her behalf to charges of armed criminal action and...

CANCER rates among police officers who responded to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York have tripled, according to new figures. Of the 12,000 who attended the scene of the atrocity at...

Image by AFP/Getty Images via @daylife The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) has made it official: After its latest two day meeting, it announced its goal to devalue the dollar by 33% over...

After four years of coping with a stagnant economy, probably the last thing you want to hear is how important it is to sock away money for a rainy day - you already know that. But hear me out, just...

A protester at the 'Let the People Vote' rally in Manhattan on July 24, 2011 holds up a sign to protest New York's gay marriage law. Thousands participated in the multi-city rally...

Local business leaders are hoping to turn a productive business briefing into definitive benefits for the Memphis business community. More than 30 local business leaders traveled to Washington, D.C....