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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad pressed on with a tank onslaught against a city on Monday, but was plunged deeper into international isolation by Arab neighbours who denounced his violent crackdown and recalled their envoys from Damascus.

Chinese state media on Monday blamed Washington's huge military spending and global footprint for the crisis that led to the U.S. debt rating downgrade, calling for an end to the foreign domineering dragging down its economy.

London witnessed one of its most appalling riots in years after police fatally shot a black resident. Violence engulfed an economically deprived neighborhood in North London when a small anti-police demonstration snowballed into looting and violence that left 26 police officers injured and led to 55 arrests.

With every gloomy economic report, debt crisis and mood swing on Wall Street, President Barack Obama's fight for re-election in 2012 gets a little tougher.

A U.S. military guard known as a ringleader in the physical abuse and sexual humiliation of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison was released Saturday after serving more than six years in a Kansas military prison barracks, a U.S. Army spokesperson said.

While S&P?s downgrade of the U.S. Government?s credit rating is controversial, most agree that the U.S. fiscal condition is serious. And while both Democrats and Republicans increased the budget deficit, three major policy errors by President George W. Bush last decade substantially worsened the U.S.?s fiscal condition, and the nation has been trying to recover ever since.

Dominic Cooper, Philip Quast, Ludivine Sagnier and Raad Rawi starred movie ?The Devil?s Double? British Premiere was held in London recently.

President Barack Obama on proposed $120 million in new tax credits for businesses that hire U.S. veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan at a time of high unemployment at home.

Tens of thousands of people marched across Syria on the first Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, stepping up defiance of President Bashar al-Assad's bloody crackdown on unrest as his tanks again shelled Hama and massed outside another restive city.

Army officer Donna Bachler has not had a regular paycheck since she left active duty four years ago, even though she boasts the kind of skills employers vie for.

It's still very early. In fact, it's not yet awards season in Hollywood, but already movie fans might have their first bona fide contender for this year's best actor Oscar.

As the focus of modern warfare shifts from conventional military campaigns to clandestine, targeted strikes, the U.S. military has increasingly come to rely on covert operatives employed by U.S. Special Operations Command, according to a new report.

U.S. forces are scheduled to leave Iraq by 2012, but American officials want troops to stay longer.

A Gallup poll revealed that American Muslims generally feel integrated into American culture and confident in its political institutions, challenging a perception that Muslims feel marginalized or detached from society.

Al-Jazeera English has been hailed for its vivid, path breaking coverage of the Arab Spring gaining worldwide recognition for it expansive resources and reportage, but the majority of the US can only watch the channel online.

The UK lawmakers are particularly concerned about the potential for more illegal immigration into Europe should Turkey join the EU, given the inadequate security it has along its borders with Iraq, Syria and Iran.

The Islamic religious month-long holiday incorporates Qur'an recitation, fasting, charity and prayer to celebrate this festival of giving and sharing.

The man accused of planning an attack on Ft. Hood soldiers was in a motel room in Killeen this week with a 40-caliber handgun and bomb-making ingredients, authorities said. Abdo was charged Friday with possession of an unregistered destructive device and could face up to 10 years in prison and $250,000 in fines if convicted.

Think a U.S. Government default on its debt won't affect you immediately? Think again: a default would likely weaken the dollar substantially, pushing up oil prices almost immediately, and that would send already-high U.S. gas prices to the stratosphere.

The US solider charged with an attempt to stage an attack on Fort Hood Military base shouted out in court the name of the defendant in the 2009 shooting at the military camp that killed 13 soldiers. The US military leadership chose to ramp up hiring Muslim personnel in the hope of creating a more inclusive culture within the army, but recent events are casting a shadow over the success of this policy.

Batman, Turkey is a troubled province, home to violence and unemployment.