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This terrible situation has no simple answers, Panetta added.

The United Nations humanitarian chief Valarie Amos arrived in Syria on Wednesday and is headed to the embattled city of Homs, which has been under assault by Syrian government forces for over a month.

Adding fuel to speculations that Al-Qaeda Chief Osama Bin Laden's body has not been buried at sea (as claimed by the Obama administration), there are now leaked secret emails released by Wikileaks that suggest that the world's most wanted terrorist's body was shifted to the military mortuary in Dover. Osama-Bin Laden was killed by U.S. Navy seals in a Special Forces Operation on May 2nd at his Abbottabad compound in Pakistan. Post his death, first of all, there were no pictures released...

Obama favors diplomacy to end the violence in Syria, warning that a Libya-style intervention could trigger a wider war in the region.

President Barack Obama Tuesday held his first news conference of 2012, touching on a variety of topics including Iran's nuclear ambitions, gas prices, immigration reform and Rush Limbaugh's remarks on Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke.

The newly declared semiautonomous region of eastern Libya will extend from Sirte, a coastal city at the nation's midpoint, to the border with Egypt.

China, along with Russia, has repeatedly thwarted moves by western and Arab nations to condemn the brutal regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, in a speech Monday, is expected to call on President Barack Obama's administration to authorize U.S. air strikes against the Syrian army, which is brutally cracking down on opponents of President Bashar al-Assad.

Few close observers of the Syrian conflict believe the uprising that began nearly a year ago is anything like over, and nor do they believe that President Bashar al-Assad can use the siege of Homs as a springboard to regain full control of the country. Yet some experts believe the authorities' brutality will lead to a drawn-out Bosnia-style war.

Two British journalists working for Iran's Press TV who were detained late last month in Libya are suspected of being spies, the head of the militia holding them said Sunday.

Syrian forces continued the bombardment of Homs as the Red Cross aid convoy still awaits permission to help the hapless civilians.

Syrian forces bombarded parts of the shattered city of Homs on Saturday and for a second day blocked Red Cross aid meant for civilians stranded for weeks without food and fuel in the former rebel stronghold.

Obama is concerned that a military strike on Iran by Israel might make Tehran more of a sympathetic figure to some countries

Heavy fighting raged near Baba Amro in Homs Wednesday evening after elite Syrian troops attacked the rebel-held bastion that has endured 25 days of siege and fierce bombardment, activists said.

The Russian prime minister's admonition comes despite reassurances from U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, who said any foreign intervention could lead to a civil war in Syria.

Syria is expected to announce a vote of approval for constitutional changes on Monday when it announces the result of a referendum dismissed as a sham by opponents of President Bashar al-Assad.

At least 59 Syrian civilians and soldiers were killed Sunday in bloodshed that coincided with a vote on a new constitution that could keep President Bashar al-Assad in power until 2028.

With gasoline prices already approaching a distinctly unseasonal $4 a gallon in a presidential-election year, the United States is considering tapping its Strategic Petroleum Reserve as one way to control the prices of crude oil and its derivatives. Herewith is a look at past SPR loans and sales.

Saudi Arabia has raised crude exports and the United States is considering releasing oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve as crude-oil prices hit nine-month highs on Friday and concerns deepened over Iran's nuclear program.

Italy has been fined by a European court for violating the human rights of African migrants.

The Obama administration is weighing the circumstances that could warrant tapping the nation's strategic oil reserve, aware that supply disruptions from Iran could harm the global economy, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Friday.