
Key parties in incoming Israeli parliament
Israel's parliamentary election left the two main blocs nearly deadlocked with 61 seats on the right and 59 seats in the center-left, based on ...
Democrats reintroduce assault weapons ban
Congressional Democrats are reintroducing legislation to ban assault weapons but the measure faces long odds even after last month's mass school ...

Dems and GOP members joke about Clinton and 2016
The possibility of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton seeking the presidency in 2016 was the political elephant in the room — or the Democratic ...
Key parties in Israeli elections
Summary of the main political parties competing in Israel's parliamentary elections. Exit polls show a small majority for Prime Minister Benjamin ...
Wal-Mart warns suppliers on stricter measures
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has alerted its global suppliers that it will immediately drop them if they subcontract their work to factories that haven't been ...

Poll: Many say let illegal immigrants stay in US
More than 6 in 10 Americans now favor allowing illegal immigrants to eventually become U.S. citizens, a major increase in support driven by a ...

Pressure on Spanish PM to explain Swiss bank money
Pressure piled up Tuesday on Spanish conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, with opposition parties demanding he appear before Parliament to ...

Jordan election touted as start of democratization
From a podium at an Amman street rally, the leader of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood vowed that soon the country would become a "state in the Muslim ...
Spain's ruling party plans audit of its finances
Spain's governing Popular Party said Monday it will commission an external audit of its finances to fend off corruption allegations, days after the ...

State loss a blow to Merkel, but far from decisive
The defeat of Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition in a high-profile state election is a blow to the German leader as she seeks a third term later ...

Merkel's coalition loses German state vote
Germany's center-left opposition won a wafer-thin victory over Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition in a major state election Sunday, dealing a ...

Spain's ruling party to probe alleged corruption
Spain's governing Popular Party announced Saturday that it will investigate the financial activities of a former treasurer whom a court said had ...

Spain ruling party pressed over alleged corruption
A former Spanish ruling party treasurer amassed €22 million ($29 million) in Swiss bank accounts, a court said, prompting a barrage of questions ...

Analysts: Political party polls in Kenya a failure
Political party primaries to select candidates for Kenya's March national elections have been fraught with irregularities, disorganization and ...

Regional vote to offer clues to Merkel future
Chancellor Angela Merkel is riding high in polls as she seeks a third term at the head of Europe's biggest economy. But a major state election this ...

Jewish-Arab party makes long-shot election bid
An Arab woman who's been toiling on the fringes of Israeli politics for nearly two decades has broken out of obscurity in this year's election with ...

Stormy issue of Sandy aid settles down in House
The political tempest stirred up by Superstorm Sandy appears to have moved on after wreaking havoc among congressional Republicans divided over how ...
Boehner: GOP will pass 'responsible' debt bill
Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) says the GOP-controlled House will "do its job" and pass legislation to lift the nation's borrowing cap and keep the ...

Greece: Shots fired at ruling party HQ
A gunman fired a spray of bullets at the headquarters of Greece's governing center-right New Democracy party near central Athens early Monday, with ...

Egypt's ultraconservative party chooses new leader
Egypt's largest ultraconservative Islamist party, which has emerged as a potent political force in the country, elected a new leader Wednesday after ...

Republican Party seems as divided, angry as ever
The Republican Party seems as divided and angry as ever. Infighting has penetrated the highest levels of the House GOP leadership.

Class of 2012: Diploma dilemma for Europe grads
Estelle Borrell knew she wanted to work in law since she was a teenager, when she interned at a court in Versailles, France. "The lawyers in their ...