U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Myanmar's foreign minister and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a call on Saturday the United States is committed to walking down the path of reform with the Southeast Asian nation.
J.J. McGrath
Jan 15, 2012
Ron Paul is being discussed as phenomenon in the U.S. now. The support he is gathering among the younger Republicans as well as the independent voters is creating ripples in the GOP. The Republican leaders look astonished and confused on how to handle the Ron Paul Revolution.
Sreeja VN
Jan 15, 2012
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has opened a wide lead over his rivals in the South Carolina primary election race, trouncing Newt Gingrich and gaining momentum in his march toward the party's nomination, a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows.
Brett Forman
Jan 14, 2012
Mohamed ElBaradei pulled out of the race for the Egyptian presidency on Saturday, with the Nobel Peace Prize winner saying the previous regime was still running the country, which has been governed by army generals since Hosni Mubarak was deposed last year.
J.J. McGrath
Jan 14, 2012
France's credit-rating cut dominated the country's newspapers on Saturday, with the left-leaning Liberation blazing below a front-page headline reading S_RKOZY that the president had lost an A.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 14, 2012
Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou was re-elected on Saturday as official tallies showed he held a near-unassailable lead in the vote count and the opposition conceded defeat.
J.J. McGrath
Jan 14, 2012
The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh is likely to tone down 56th birthday celebrations on Sunday because of the forthcoming assembly elections. She is expected to celebrate by cutting a cake and announcing a list of 403 candidates.
Raymond Ronamai
Jan 14, 2012
Taiwan's incumbent Nationalist president had a tiny edge on Saturday in early vote counts from an election that is being closely monitored by China and the United States as they look for stability in the region at a time of political transition.
J.J. McGrath
Jan 14, 2012
Taiwanese voted on Saturday for their next president and parliament, an election being closely monitored by China and the United States as they look for stability in the region at a time of political transition for both superpowers.
J.J. McGrath
Jan 14, 2012
House Speaker John Boehner, hoping to spare fellow Republicans a second embarrassing defeat over payroll tax cuts, is prepared to navigate around rebellious Tea Party-aligned lawmakers to get a deal, according to congressional aides.
Joseph Lazzaro
Jan 13, 2012
Burma released some of its most important political prisoners on Friday, including members of student groups, journalists and political leaders.
Daniel Tovrov
Jan 13, 2012
Religion is an important issue to the Republican voters and this is posing a challenge to Republican front runner Mitt Romney in the conservative South Carolina state.
Sreeja VN
Jan 13, 2012
With convincing performances in Iowa and New Hampshire, Ron Paul has proved that he is here to stay. His momentum cannot go unnoticed anymore and whether the mainstream media likes it or not, it will be forced to write about him.
Sreeja VN
Jan 13, 2012
The government estimated that about three-fourths of all homicides in the country are connected to the drug trade.
Palash Ghosh
Jan 12, 2012
The Obamas by Jodi Kantor, released on Jan. 10 by publisher Little, Brown and Company, unveils the first couple's time in the White House so far. The book delves into the difficult adjustments they had to make, particularly the first lady's acclimation to her new role.
Cristina Merrill
Jan 12, 2012
Paul has struck a chord among many of the electorate and may ultimately influence the policy direction of the Republican Party.
Palash Ghosh
Jan 12, 2012
Spain and Italy spread cheer through euro zone markets on Thursday with successful debt auctions at sharply lower borrowing costs in 2012's first real test of appetite for debt from the euro zone's bruised periphery.
Mike Obel
Jan 12, 2012
Spain and Italy spread cheer through euro zone markets on Thursday with successful debt auctions at sharply lower borrowing costs in 2012's first real test of appetite for debt from the Eurozone's bruised periphery.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 12, 2012
Federated Investors Inc objected to hundreds of executive pay packages in last year's corporate proxy voting, a rarity in the don't-rock-the-boat mutual funds industry.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 11, 2012
President Barack Obama faces an uphill climb in the Sunshine State 10 months before Election Day, according to a new Quinnipiac poll.
Joseph Orovic
Jan 11, 2012
An Iranian nuclear scientist and his driver were killed in a car bombing in Tehran on Wednesday. Iran is already blaming the U.S. and Israel for the attack.
Daniel Tovrov
Jan 11, 2012
Darul Uloom Deoband, an Islamic seminary, has demanded India ban British-Indian novelist Salman Rushdie from entering the country to attend a literary festival.
Bhaskar Prasad
Jan 11, 2012
