HILLARY CLINTON

Hours after the Arab League condemned the Syrian regime's violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, Saudi Arabia said it was recalling its ambassador to Damascus and denounced the Syrian ?death machine? in harsh language.

Confidence in the U.S. Congress is at a historic low, more than half of Americans think that the Republican and Democratic parties are doing such a bad job that a third party is needed, and the word ?dysfunction? has been common currency in the drawn-out debate over the national debt.

When you are the leader of the free world, you can invite whomever you want to an event and they will show up.

Tens of thousands of people marched across Syria on the first Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, stepping up defiance of President Bashar al-Assad's bloody crackdown on unrest as his tanks again shelled Hama and massed outside another restive city.

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Khamis Gaddafi was among 32 people killed in a NATO airstrike on the western city of Zlitan, a spokesperson for Libyan rebels claimed.

A woman from Clinton, Connecticut was accused of having sex with a 14-year-old boy she was babysitting, after she got him drunk.

New York City's event planners are gearing up for a surge in business after the Empire State embraced same-sex marriage and hundreds of couples rush to tie the knot.

Al-Jazeera English has been hailed for its vivid, path breaking coverage of the Arab Spring gaining worldwide recognition for it expansive resources and reportage, but the majority of the US can only watch the channel online.

A fistfight that began near a family unity festival headlined by funk musician George Clinton ended in gunfire, killing one and injuring three, Cleveland police said on Sunday. During the fight in a parking lot near the concert venue on Saturday, one teenager produced a handgun and shot four people. One victim, a 16-year-old male, died from a wound to the head Sunday morning, Cleveland police spokesman Sammy Morris said.

After a performance by music producer and the principal architect of P-Funk George Clinton, four people were shot in a Cleveland park, said police officials.

Eman al-Obaidy, an alleged rape victim from Libya who fled the country and is currently staying in the U.S., remained tight-lipped though she publicly accused Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces of gang-raping her in March.

On Tuesday night's "Lopez Tonight," "Project Runway" star Tim Gunn claimed that Hillary Clinton is "confused about her gender" with all of her "baggy menswear tailored pantsuits."

U.S. visa restrictions on Russian officials linked to the death of hedge fund lawyer Sergei Magnitsky could become a "serious irritant" in bilateral relations and provoke a response from Moscow, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

Debt talks in Washington are stalled, and leaders Boehner and Obama would be wise to learn a lesson from Bill Clinton and Trent Lott.

Top lawmakers rolled out dueling debt plans on Monday that offered little prospect for compromise, increasing the threat of a ratings downgrade and national default, as President Barack Obama prepared to address Americans on the impasse.

Policymakers worldwide oscillated between hope and confidence on Monday that U.S. lawmakers will break a debt impasse that threatens to trigger a default and up-end global financial markets.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sought to reassure Asian investors over U.S. debt worries Monday, saying she was confident President Obama would ultimately reach a deal with congressional leaders to prevent a catastrophic default.

Clinton and other Asian government officials are meeting at a summit on the island of Bali to address a number of regional issues.

Hina Rabbani Khar, who is reportedly 34 years old, is also the youngest foreign minister in Pakistan’s history.

Many of the amateur fundraisers who helped finance President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign will not return for the 2012 push, disillusioned by a perception that what was once a grassroots, outsider campaign has morphed into a big-money operation, Politico reported.

Texas inmate Mark Stroman was executed on Wednesday night for hate crimes, making him the seventh person to be executed in the state this year.