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A shocking video footage, first appeared online on Tuesday, showing four U.S. Marines urinating on three Taliban corpses, has created much controversy, forcing the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), the law enforcement arm of the Navy, to launch a probe on the matter.

A YouTube video showing what appears to be U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters will not affect efforts to broker peace talks, according to Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid who spoke to Reuters on Thursday, despite investigations being launched.

The Burmese government signed a ceasefire agreement with the Karen National Union, an ethnic rebel group, on Thursday.

The Republican National Committee said in a court filing that a ban on direct corporate contributions to candidates should be struck down so political parties can compete with Super PACs.

Ron Paul's running the 2012 Republican nomination race to win it (or at least collect lots of delegates); his campaign has a strong national strategy that goes beyond just Iowa and New Hampshire.

In a statement from the White House State Dining Room, President Obama praised Daley's contributions to his administration during his short time of service.

Edgy Iran heightened rhetoric on Sunday saying it will never stop uranium enrichment even as local media reported that an underground uranium enrichment facility in central Iran will soon start enriching uranium at a purity level far higher than what is needed for energy production.

The Republican debate on Saturday was not intended to give the impression that Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Jon Huntsman, and Rick Perry were reluctant to challenge Mitt Romney -- the presumptive nominee to oppose Democratic President Barack Obama next fall -- but the event certainly had that feel.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague visited Burma this week to show that the UK and other world powers were serious about the country's slow move toward democracy.

The New Hampshire Republican Primary of 2012's date is set at January 10. For a comprehensive list of dates (on issues like corrections and absentee ballots) of the event, click here.

With his strong showing in the Iowa caucuses, Ron Paul demonstrated that he can appeal to a segment of the electorate outside of his base, but is his message broad enough to secure a major party nomination?

Mitt Romney squeaked by Rick Santorum by only eight votes to secure a win at the 2012 Iowa caucus, with Ron Paul finishing at a close third. But as the dust settles and the votes are confirmed, what do the results mean for the GOP nomination? Here's a rundown of the Republican candidates' numbers and their chances at the nomination post-Iowa.

In the first protest against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban since he came to power in May, tens of thousands of Hungarian opposition groups demonstrated against the country's new constitution.

Gathering in the Jordanian capital on Tuesday, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have come together in an effort to jumpstart long-stalled negotiations, the first face-to-face meeting in more than a year.

The focus of the U.S. political world is on Iowa and its caucuses, as it marks the first, popular-based data point of the 2012 campaign for president of the United States. But that does not mean Iowa is predictive.

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.

U.S. White House hopeful Mitt Romney brought in help from New Jersey on Friday to bolster his prospects for a win in Iowa next week that would put him in the lead in the Republican presidential race.

India’s relationship with North Korea seems rather strange -- however, from a purely geo-political strategic basis, perhaps it makes sense.

Newt Gingrich teared up at a campaign stop in Iowa on Friday when talking about his mother, who died in 2003.

Egyptian prosecutors and police raided offices of 17 pro-democracy and human rights groups Thursday - including several funded by the United States - in what rights defenders described as a campaign against them by the military rulers.

BBC is under fire for naming Sweetie the Panda Miss December 2011 in Faces of the Year: The Women, with everyone from Parliament to Twitter users slamming BBC for causing pandagate less than month after it was criticized for ignoring women's achievements. See the full list here, and find out why BBC is defending its decision.