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Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday called off a much anticipated visit to the US where he was to join the other world leaders in a key summit of the Group of Eight (G8) industrial nations and meet with US President Barack Obama, the Kremlin announced, citing domestic concerns as the reason behind the change of plans.

Stacy Robinson died Tuesday at the age of 50. He's just one of a growing list of NFL players who died too young.

In the survey, Obama's job approval rating among Independents surged 11 points.

Munter wasn?t viewed as a ?good fit? for the Pakistan job.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned Pakistan that it must do a better job of fighting terrorists operating within its borders, according to the Press Trust of India.

Some politicians say that the media and Hollywood have a not-so-hidden love affair with President Barack Obama and a skit mocking the president that was cut from Saturday Night Live seems to support the theory.

The United States will not negotiate with al-Qaida and the Obama Administration has called for the immediate release of kidnapped American expert Warren Weinstein shown in a video appeal this week.

Ron Paul's supporters have made their intentions clear: changing the Republican Party from within surpasses any devotion they may have towards the Libertarian Party and its candidate, Gary Johnson.

High-level detainees have been released to insurgent groups as part of a negotiation to quell violence in regions of Afghanistan, the Washington Post reports.

The United States' House Appropriations Committee released on Monday a $608 billion defense spending bill for fiscal 2013, providing some $88.5 billion in funding for the war in Afghanistan.

About one-fourth of the 3,400 French troops stationed in Afghanistan are scheduled to depart the country by year-end.

Gary Johnson became the Libertarian Party's presidential nominee with an overwhelming majority on Saturday.

Al Qaeda released a new video of American hostage Warren Weinstein begging President Obama for his life in exchange for following demands set by the terrorist organization.

The U.S. is pushing India to cut its imports of Iranian oil. But even as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Kolkata on Sunday to discuss the issue along with U.S.-India economic ties, a larger Iranian delegation was simultaneously traveling through New Delhi.

A new report from military officials on Monday stated that Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark, a soldier who died in Afghanistan while talking on Skype with his wife, was not shot despite his wife's claims of bullet holes.

Al Qaeda on Sunday released a video of American hostage Warren Weinstein urging the US government to act upon his abductors' terms or else he would be put to death, the Agence-France Presse (AFP) reported.In the video titled A Message from the Prisoner Warren Weinstein to His President, the former USAID worker was seen seated behind a table as he addressed President Obama: My life is in your hands, Mr. President. If you accept the demands, I live;don't accept the demands, t...

The victory of socialist Francois Hollande in the French Presidential election has posed certain tough challenges to NATO and US President Barack Obama.

An air strike in Yemen Sunday night killed an al Qaeda leader wanted for his role in the deadly suicide attack on the USS Cole in the country's port of Aden in October 2000.

A man dressed in an Afghan National Army uniform opened fire on coalition soldiers Sunday, killing one, NATO said.

The in-laws of Sahar Gul, a 15-year-old Afghan girl, were Tuesday sentenced to 10 years in prison for the unsavory and barbaric treatment they inflicted on her after she had refused to enter prostitution.

A US drone attack targeting a Taliban militant compound in Pakistan has killed nine people Saturday, Pakistani authorities have alleged.