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Islamabad, Pakistan - One of Pakistan’s most wanted militant commanders, Ilyas Kashmiri, has been killed in an American drone strike in the tribal territory of South Waziristan, residents and …

Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu. (Photo: IsraelMFA / Flickr) As Israeli opposition parties, peace and human rights activists, and editorialists denounced their prime minister's intransigence in the …

Sana, Yemen - Yemen’s embattled leader, Ali Abdullah Saleh, was lightly injured Friday in an opposition mortar attack on the presidential palace that killed three guards and a cleric, …

The unemployment rate edged up again in May, reaching 9.1 percent, as the rate of private-sector job growth slowed to just 83,000. There were also downward revisions to the …

When Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori arrived at a plaza in the city of Cajamarca for a recent campaign speech, she was met by a barrage of eggs thrown …

(Photo: thierry ehrmann / Flickr) There are many familiar symbols that represent the United States of America. There is the flag, of course. There is the strange …

Several years ago, anyone calling for an end to Washington's “war on drugs” would be considered a heretic. Today, high-level politicians and business people, backed by thousands of regular …

Seeking to stave off a brewing bipartisan revolt over the US role in NATO operations over Libya, House Speaker John Boehner Thursday unveiled a resolution that would give the …

Troops Continue to Fire on Protesters in Yemen as Internet Blackout Begins in Syria

Fannie Mae headquarters in Washington, DC (Photo: assortedstuff / Flickr) In search of a new angle on the financial crisis, Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner’s (M&R) new …