BARACK OBAMA

Europe's media reacted with horror to the ex-PM's possible return, and not just because of the bunga-bunga parties and economic disaster.

As the debate over raising tax rates on the wealthy comes full circle, O'Donnell asked the former house speaker to admit he was wrong for predicting the higher rates instituted under President Bill Clinton would destroy the economy.

President Obama saw Psy perform at the annual "Christmas in Washington" benefit days after the "Gangnam Style" rapper apologized for anti-American lyrics he sang in 2004.

Sen. Bob Corker is another Republican senator who advocates raising taxes on the wealthy to avoid the fiscal cliff.

An unnamed Navy SEAL from SEAL Team Six was reportedly killed during the rescue operation that recovered kidnapped American doctor Dilip Joseph in Afghanistan.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will return to Cuba Sunday for another surgery after doctors diagnosed him with recurring incidence of cancer.

It's like a game of chicken: The Democratic president won't compromise on tax hikes for the wealthiest, and Republicans aren't budging, either.

Dozens of women from the Middle East and North Africa are doing big things in science and technology, with American help. Meet some of them.

Florida's former Gov. Charlie Crist is officially a Democrat, and the rumor is he may take on Republican Gov. Rick Scott.

Congress has passed a bill that would ease U.S.-Russia trade, but the Magnitsky Act brings human rights into the equation.

Asian markets rose in the week as investor sentiment was lifted with China's manufacturing and service activity expanding in November.

Protests, some violent, continued after Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi called for dialogue with the opposition over the draft constitution.

Christie cleared up his past comments about Barack Obama, and explained how he and the president worked together during Sandy relief.

From “superstorms” to mega disasters, 2012 was, by all accounts, an eventful year. More than 1 billion people traveled - led by the ramp-up in Chinese tourists.

Despite a few concessions in the president's speech, secular forces still demand Morsi call off his power-grabbing decree and referendum.

The United States is likely to give India, South Korea, Turkey and other nations another six-month reprieve Friday from financial sanctions because they have cut their oil purchases from Iran.

Marijuana activist and comedic actor Tommy Chong believes that now that pot is legal in Colorado and Washington, Obama will not interfere on a federal level.

The conservative stalwart decides to influence Congress from the outside.

Lawmakers from the Northeast say Obama's reported $50 billion request to Congress is insufficient.

Would the U.S. actually intervene if Syria were to employ chemical weapons? Probably. The question is what Assad will do, when and how.

The U.S. stock index futures point to a lower open Thursday ahead of the Labor Department's weekly jobless claims data.