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Ashton Kutcher is spending the holidays with his girlfriend Mila Kunis alongside his family in Iowa, days after he filed for divorce from Demi Moore

Twitter has suspended a number of user accounts across the U.K. after they were found to have graphic images of child abuse.

A $1.45 billion investment and phone launch prove Egypt's new leadership has a friend among tech titans.

A look back at a year and a time when a nuclear Iran was considered the greatest threat to the U.S.

Where is Santa Claus right now? You can follow St. Nick on his Christmas Eve journey thanks to live streams and trackers from Google and NORAD.

China continued its steady march toward superpower status in 2012 amid a leadership shift, a major scandal and economic uncertainty.

The most compelling and important person was a girl from rural Pakistan who simply wanted to go to school.

An Afghan policewoman shot and killed on Monday a civilian contractor for the coalition forces in Afghanistan, news agencies reported citing Afghan police and NATO officials.

Moscow and New Delhi signed new arms deals worth billions of dollars Monday, during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first trip to India since he began a new six-year term in May.

The U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open Monday as trading volume is expected to be low ahead of the Christmas holiday.

The U.S. military officials have launched an investigation into the apparent suicide of a Navy SEAL commander in Afghanistan, the Defense Department said Sunday.

Crude oil prices declined during the Asian trading hours Monday as concerns about the fiscal cliff negotiations continued to weigh on the sentiment.

Asian markets rose marginally Monday as investors remained cautious with the Christmas period set to be quiet in terms of both economic data and political events.

December began with a major labor-management dispute on American docks, and the month may end the same way.

Tagg Romney told the Boston Globe in a recent interview that his father Mitt Romney did not really want to be U.S. president.

The NRA leader kept on firing on "Meet the Press," saying "call me crazy" if it's nuts to put armed guards in schools.

The White House is promising Democrats it will do all it can to hold the Massachusetts seat against a Scott Brown comeback.

Here's a primer on the gun-ownership debate prompted by the recent mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

The FISA Amendments Act -- allowing the U.S. government to engage in warrantless wiretapping -- will likely be reauthorized before New Year's Day.

Public opinion is turning against the National Rife Association after its president, Wayne LaPierre, said there should be an armed police officer in every U.S. school.

It’s been a decade since Joe Strummer passed away. The former leader of The Clash, once deemed “the only band that matters,” woke up on Dec. 22, 2002, walked his dog, and returned to his home in Somerset, England, and quietly died from an undiagnosed heart defect.