The heir to the British throne and the Duchess of Cornwall, are on an official visit to Jordan to examine the plight of the Syrian refugees housed there.
After three decades of conflict and 40,000 dead, peace talks are under way, but some say ulterior motives lurk just behind.
The U.N. estimates there are now 1 million Syrian refugees living in camps outside Syria.
U.S. officers oversaw Iraqi police units that ran secret detention and torture centers while Gen. David Petraeus was in charge, a report states.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad paid tribute to the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, saying he would return on judgment day.
The vast number of Syrians refugees who have fled their country after two years of conflict threatens to upend neighboring countries.
Opposition fighters said they have taken their first provincial capital, and crowds toppled a statue of President Bashar al-Assad's father.
Iran continues to back Assad's regime as the U.S. and the West pledge more money and supplies to the rebels.
The WikiLeaks whistle-blower read a 35-page statement explaining his decision to release classified information to the anti-secrecy website.
Manning revealed on Thursday that he originally tried to make the information available to the New York Times and the Washington Post.
Political freedom and human rights are still at the root of the rebellion, but things have changed since the uprising began.
The now 61-year-old Hungarian-born Anna Ilona Staller is alive and well, thank you.
The Senate confirmed Chuck Hagel as defense secretary, voting 58 to 41 on Tuesday.
The young Wikileaks whistleblower is back in court this week, only days after spending his 1,000th day in jail without trial.
A court in Milan has convicted Italian intelligence officials of CIA-instigated torture and rendition during the war on terror. Will American participants pay as well?
In the dark world of Turkish political intrigue, a Kurdish hero may really be an agent of the hated Ankara government.
As Nigeria clamps down on the proliferation of small arms and light weapons, it's going after the Russians.
North Korea defended its most recent nuclear test Thursday, saying countries which gave in to U.S. pressure suffered “tragic consequences.”
Several car bombs exploded in Shiite Muslim neighborhoods across Baghdad Sunday morning, killing dozens of people in blasts that tore into shops, restaurants and busy commercial streets.
Chuck Hagel's confirmation as secretary of defense was delayed Thursday afternoon as Senate Democrats fell one vote short of breaking an unprecedented Republican filibuster.
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Central banks are now buying more gold than ETF investors -- a very startling result. Will the trend continue?