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Syria's chemical weapons continue to cause world leaders great consternation, with leaders saying use of which would cross several red lines.
The Muslim Brotherhood played a crafty game in coming to power in Egypt after years of being suppressed.
A new democratic Egypt and anti-Assad Turkey are making their weight felt, for better or worse.
The White House is promising Democrats it will do all it can to hold the Massachusetts seat against a Scott Brown comeback.
President Barack Obama on Friday nominated John Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, calling him the "perfect choice" as he began reshaping his national security team for his second term.
Bolstering his prime ministerial ambitions in the parliamentary elections to be held in India in 2014, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi won a record third successive term in the state elections Thursday.
Four senior officials are out after an official inquiry condemns their offices for leaving the U.S. mission in Libya vulnerable.
The award caps a comeback-year for the president, who many thought would lose the 2012 election, due to the sub-par U.S. economy.
Leadership and management deficiencies within the State Department were blamed for the inadequate security measures at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, which came under attack on Sept. 11, leading to the deaths of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, and three other Americans.
"Rodham," a screenplay about the early life of Hillary Clinton, landed on the annual Hollywood "Black List," a survey of the year's best unproduced scripts.
Bill Clinton will be the subject of an HBO documentary, directed and produced by cinema legend Martin Scorsese.
Dukakis could be a placeholder until the special election if Kerry departs to be secretary of state
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's ailing health is back in the news after she fainted and sustained a concussion last week.
With Susan Rice out, Massachusetts senator John Kerry is reportedly in.
A bank robber wearing a Mitt Romney mask got away with an undisclosed amount of cash in Virginia.
Susan Rice withdrew her name from consideration as U.S. secretary of state on Thursday in the face of what promised to be a difficult Senate confirmation battle.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has decided to forgo the meeting to discuss the future of Syria's opposition due to a stomach virus.
Syria's Assad told the U.N. his regime is being falsely accused of planning to use chemical weapons.
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.
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.
Will Bill Clinton be the next U.S. ambassador to Ireland? Rumors are heating up that Bubba may covet the diplomatic spot as his wife, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, laughed off the speculation.