Eric Linton

The government announced Friday it will reduce the time that U.S. citizens are separated from spouses and children who have been in the country illegally and are forced to leave for as long as 10 years while their visa requests are processed.

Jon Huntsman and members of his family expressed outrage Friday at an advertisement targeted at his adopted daughters by a group supporting rival Ron Paul.

A wrongful death lawsuit linked to a defining moment of the Iraq war has ended with the company formerly known as Blackwater agreeing to settle with the families of four security contractors killed in a gruesome 2004 ambush.

Despite an upswing in hiring during 2011, the jobs crisis could last many more years as millions of Americans struggle to find work.

Hedge fund manager John Paulson lost more than half of the capital in one of his firm's biggest funds, people familiar with the number said Friday.

Fidel Castro said Thursday the world was on an inexorable march toward the abyss, which he blamed in part on the discovery and exploitation of vast reserves of so-called shale gas around the world.

Western powers this week readied a contingency plan to tap a record volume from emergency stockpiles to replace nearly all the Gulf oil that would be lost if Iran blocks the Strait of Hormuz, industry sources and diplomats told Reuters.

Gunmen opened fire on a church service in Nigeria Thursday, killing six people and wounding 10, the church's pastor said, the latest in a string of attacks that has raised fears of sectarian conflict in Africa's most populous nation.

Rick Santorum is gaining ground in New Hampshire, but rival Mitt Romney still holds a strong lead ahead of Tuesday's primary, a poll released Thursday shows

Asian shares and the euro eased Thursday as concerns about the ability of euro zone countries to refinance their huge public debt dampened investor risk appetite ahead of a French bond auction later in the day.

A German citizen was charged Wednesday with setting dozens of fires across Los Angeles over the New Year's weekend in a spree an arson investigator said was motivated by a rage against Americans.

Indiana House Democrats met behind closed doors on Wednesday, delaying the start of the 2012 legislative session and blocking action on controversial anti-union legislation backed by Republicans.

The Obama administration will unveil a more realistic vision for the military Thursday, with plans to cut tens of thousands of ground troops and invest more in air and sea power at a time of fiscal restraint, officials familiar with the plans said Wednesday.

Opposition activists said Wednesday that armored vehicles were still in the streets of Syrian cities ready to act against protesters, contradicting statements by Arab League peace monitors that troops had withdrawn.

A day after her sixth-place finish in Iowa, Rep. Michele Bachmann ended her presidential campaign Wednesday and called on supporters to rally behind the Republican Party's eventual choice.

European governments have agreed in principle to ban imports of Iranian oil, EU diplomats said Wednesday, dealing a new blow to the Islamic Republic.

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators made no breakthrough during their first high-level discussions in more than a year Tuesday, but agreed to hold further talks in Amman on a confidential basis, Jordan's foreign minister said.

British police have launched a murder investigation after a woman's body was discovered on Queen Elizabeth's Sandringham country estate in eastern England.

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will meet this week after more than a year of deadlock in peacemaking, officials said Sunday, but both sides played down prospects of any imminent resumption of talks.

Hyundai and affiliate Kia aim to boost global vehicle sales by 6 percent this year to a combined 7 million vehicles, which would mark a slowdown for a duo that has enjoyed double-digit sales rises in recent years.

Facing colossal odds in the Republican nomination race, presidential candidate Michele Bachmann cast her struggle in Biblical terms Sunday in a last-ditch attempt to win over conservative voters.

Republican White House hopefuls launched a two-day dash to the finish in Iowa Sunday, with front-runner Mitt Romney poised for a strong showing that could set him on the path to the nomination.

The new year began with renewed conflict at New York's Zuccotti Park as dozens of Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested after they tore down the barricades that have surrounded the site since their encampment was dismantled in November.

At least seven people died Sunday evening when a boat carrying dozens of passengers capsized after hitting another vessel off the Kenyan island of Lamu, the Kenya Red Cross said.

The Republican White House hopefuls launched a two-day dash to the finish in Iowa on Sunday, with front-runner Mitt Romney poised for a strong showing that could set him on the path to the nomination.

An Arab League advisory body called for the immediate withdrawal of Arab monitors from Syria, where eight more people were reported killed on Sunday, saying their mission was allowing Damascus to cover up unabated violence and abuses.

Gunmen sprayed bullets at New Year's revelers in two bars in northeastern Kenya Sunday, killing five people, a witness and police said, the latest in a wave of attacks near the border with Somalia.

Bahraini police fired tear gas and sound grenades after hundreds of Shi'ite youths demonstrated on Sunday against the death of a 15-year-old protester a day earlier in the Sunni-ruled Gulf island kingdom, residents and activists said.

Policymakers marked the 10th anniversary Sunday of the introduction of euro notes and coins by urging governments in the currency bloc to save and consolidate to overcome their debt crisis.