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Obama's fiscal cliff strategy is tricky balance
Playing both sides, President Barack Obama is trying to balance his public pressure campaign on Republicans over the looming "fiscal cliff" with his ...
After Sandy, NYC eyes moving power gear higher
A major push is on to move New York City's electrical infrastructure to higher ground or upper floors after Superstorm Sandy sent seawater pouring ...
AP source: no prior record for 22-year-old suspect
A law enforcement official says the suspect in the Oregon mall shootings is 22 years old and has no prior criminal record. The official spoke only on ...
Mich. becomes right-to-work state despite protests
In a dizzyingly short time span, Republicans have converted Michigan from a seemingly impregnable fortress of organized labor into a right-to-work ...
Panetta in Afghanistan to meet with Karzai
President Barack Obama will decide shortly how many U.S. troops he wants to keep in Afghanistan after the U.S.-led coalition military mission ends in ...
Egypt court gives Christian 3 years for blasphemy
A Cairo court on Wednesday convicted a Coptic Christian blogger who shared an anti-Islam film on social networking sites and sentenced him to three ...
AP Interview: Romanian PM certain of reappointment
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta should feel like his political battles will become much easier, after his center-left alliance won a sweeping ...
'Purple tunnel of doom' to be closed for inaugural
Inaugural security teams are trying to prevent another "purple tunnel of doom" from President Barack Obama's first swearing-in. The head of the ...
Mandela's fading presence worries South Africa
As South Africa's governing party moves closer to picking its next leader, it will do so without the man widely viewed as the country's moral compass.
Russian opposition activist may be sent to Siberia
A jailed Russian opposition activist who claims he was kidnapped and tortured will remain in custody and may be sent to Siberia as part of a ...
Kuwait names new government with no major changes
Kuwait's ruler has named a new Cabinet that makes no major changes in membership and reinstates the finance minister who resigned earlier this year ...
Drivers: Kenyan traffic laws increase bribe size
Traffic bribes are a way of life for many Kenyan drivers. One dollar here, $5 there. But the drivers of the rowdy minibuses known as matatus say that ...
Rebels in Central African Republic take 3 towns
A rebel group that signed a peace accord with the government of the Central African Republic announced Wednesday that it had taken three towns in the ...
Guinea commission sets May 13 date for elections
Guinea's national electoral commission says it plans to hold long-awaited legislative elections in May. Commission President Bakary Fofana made the ...
Amsterdam to ban smoking pot in school
Amsterdam's mayor said Wednesday he would formally ban students from smoking marijuana at school, making the Dutch capital the first city in the ...
Ghana police raid opposition office
Police and soldiers have raided an office where the opposition party is re-tabulating votes in their preparation to contest the results of last week's ...
Ousted Madagascar president says he won't run
The former president of Madagascar says he will not run for any position in the island country's next election, but he says he wants to return home.
NKorea rocket a gift to leaders, warning to world
Why would North Korea launch a rocket into space now? The act invites additional sanctions for a country where the U.N. says millions are going ...
Iran indicts 18 American officials, ex-officials
Iran's deputy judiciary chief says the Islamic Republic has issued indictments against 18 unnamed current and former American officials on charges of ...
Panetta: Obama weighing US presence in Afghanistan
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday that President Barack Obama will decide in the next few weeks how many U.S. troops will stay in ...
NKorea springs surprise with rocket launch
North Korea's successful launch of a long-range rocket caught the world by surprise after the secretive regime in Pyongyang claimed technical issues ...
'Cliff' movement? Obama, Boehner trade proposals
In a test of divided government, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner sought an elusive compromise Tuesday to prevent ...
Michigan lawmakers approve right-to-work bills
Over the chants of thousands of angry protesters, Republican lawmakers made Michigan a right-to-work state Tuesday, dealing a devastating and ...
Parents fight for release of son jailed in Mexico
A South Florida family is fighting to get their son, a Marine veteran, released from a prison in a dangerous area in Mexico while facing charges that ...
Mali's PM forced to resign, after arrest by junta
Soldiers arrested Mali's prime minister and forced him to resign before dawn on Tuesday, showing that the military remains the real power in this ...