WASHINGTON - Amid an escalated tension threatening a nuclear conflict between the two nations, US President Barack Obama has said he did not believe Israel had decided on an attack on Iran to disrupt...

DAMASCUS - The West voiced its ire over Russia and China's veto of the UN Security Council resolution on Syria even as more clashes and deaths were reported in the violence-wracked country.

The...

NEW YORK - Citigroup's Chinese subsidiary has been granted permission to offer its credit cards in China, becoming the first US based bank and the second foreign bank to receive the nod.

Currently...

US State Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland has said that the decision over granting US citizenship to Dr Shakil Afridi, the man who allegedly helped the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) track...

The United Kingdom was forced to plead with the US to take part in the flotilla challenging Iranian power in the Gulf after American commanders decided the British military had nothing to contribute...

The U.S. has imposed a fresh set of sanctions on the Iranian government to pressure the latter to halt its nuclear program.

The White House announced that it was freezing all Iran's properties in...

Ricky Martin, who is in New York these days getting ready for his return to the Broadway stage, will play a Spanish teacher in a popular television series "Glee".

Martin will play David Martinez, a...

US President Barack Obama has ordered the freezing of Iran's property under American jurisdiction, including that of the country's central bank, the White House said.

The US and its allies are...

A Mysore-born Indian public affairs specialist has been charged with revitalising the Muslim Public Service Network (MPSN) that grooms young American Muslims for public service and to take on civic...

American aid to Egypt, which is estimated at an average of two billion dollars a year, is reportedly in peril with U.S. lawmakers threatening to block assistance in response to Egypt's crackdown on...

Charles Schwab Chief Investment Strategist Liz Ann Sonders believes that the American economy is improving, and the potential for giving jobs to the unemployed is getting stronger.

"Its pretty close...

A Mysore-born Indian American public affairs specialist has been charged with revitalising the Muslim Public Service Network that grooms young American Muslims for public service and to take on civic...

Online dating has not only shed its stigma but has surpassed all forms of matchmaking in the United States apart from meeting through friends, a new study has revealed.

The digital revolution in...

British Olympic boxing medallist Amir Khan recently took his fiancee Faryal Makhdoom for a tour of his hometown Bolton, England.

Last month, Makhdoom had showed him around her native New York.

The...

Katy Perry, who performed her first U.S. concert since splitting from Russell Brand in Indianapolis on Saturday night, dedicated a song to Tim Tebow at the pre-Super Bowl Concert.

The 27-year-old...

The New York Giants have won their second Super Bowl title in four years and fourth overall after beating the New England Patriots in the final.

The Giant's Eli Manning engineered a nine-play,...

Gerard Depardieu will star as Dominique Strauss-Kahn in a film by US director Abel Ferrara about the New York sex scandal that caused the former IMF chief to resign.

Ferrera met Depardieu, 63, at...

In a tell-all memoir, President John F Kennedy's teenage mistress describes how she lost her virginity to the former U.S. President when he seduced her in his wife's bedroom following a pool party...

Egypt will prosecute 44 non-governmental organization workers, including 19 American nationals, on charges of allegedly receiving foreign funds illegally and being involved in banned activities in...

By Ryan Ekvall | Wisconsin Reporter MADISON - Candidate committees can rack up cash in a hurry, especially during a high stakes race. And provisions in election law allow campaigns to invest...

Snow has been missing in action for much of the United States the past couple of months. But it's not just snow. It's prtactically the entire winter season that's gone...

In this courtroom drawing Raja Lahrasib Kahn, 56, appears before U.S. Magistrate Judge Geraldine Soat Brown in federal court, Tuesday, March 30, 2010, in Chicago. Raja Lahrasib Kahn, a Chicago cabbie...

WASHINGTON - Perhaps the most attention-getting Super Bowl ad -- other than that dog blackmailing his owner with tortilla chips to keep quiet over a felinicide, of course -- was Clint Eastwood's...

In this Aug. 19, 2011 photo, Josh Powell plays with his son Braden in a park near his home, in Puyallup, Wash. Powell had long been a person of interest in his wife's disappearance from their...

MINNEAPOLIS -; A Somali-American man admitted Monday that he helped raise money so others could travel from Minnesota to join the terror group al-Shabab in Somalia, and that he sent money to Somalia...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -; A federal judge has ordered the return of a 16th Century Baroque painting depicting Christ carrying the cross to the heirs of a Jewish man who died shortly before the German...

In this Aug. 19, 2011 photo, Josh Powell plays with his son Braden in a park near his home, in Puyallup, Wash. Powell had long been a person of interest in his wife's disappearance from their...

FILE - This file photo released on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, by the Anaheim Police Dept. shows Itzcoatl Ocampo. Southern California prosecutors say Ocampo, already accused of killing four homeless...

This photo taken Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, shows artist and free speech blogger Christopher Drew in his studio in Chicago. Drew was charged under the Illinois eavesdropping law on Dec. 2, 2009, after...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -; The main Atlantic City casino workers union ratified a new contract Monday night with the Golden Nugget Atlantic City. Workers voted overwhelmingly in favor of the deal....

GOLD BEACH, Ore. -; In a Feb. 5 story about the rescue of three family members lost while mushroom picking, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the helicopter pilot who found them had...

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas -; Officials at Big Bend National Park in West Texas are looking for a mountain lion that attacked and injured a 6-year-old boy as he walked with three other people. ...

This advertisement provided by Chrysler Group LLC, shows actor Clint Eastwood, featured in an ad titled "It's Halftime In America," which aired during Super Bowl XVLI, Sunday, Feb. 5,...

The non-profit arm of the city’s transportation agency has painted one of its historical streetcars red and embellished it with the TTC logo to honour Toronto’s dedication to the...

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles school superintendent says the entire staff at an elementary school where two teachers were arrested on suspicion of lewd conduct will be removed while the school...

Newt Gingrich, the former speaker, is not for prevarication and so his response to a direct question from The Independent last night was yes and immediately. Or at least upon his being inaugurated as...

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. -- An American substitute teacher learned a hard - and costly - lesson when she took a wrong turn in the Michigan Sault and ended up at the Canadian border. Shelly Hamlin was...

Luol Deng added 19 points as Chicago drained nine 3-pointers and went 19-of-23 from the foul line en route to their fourth win in six games. The Bulls, however, played without Derrick Rose after the...

Jeremy Lin parlayed his first career start into 28 points and eight assists Monday, sparking the New York Knicks to a 97-88 victory over Utah. Lin helped fill in the gaps for the Knicks as they...

A few days before the release of The Best of Soul Train DVD set Soul Train founder, creator and impresario Don Cornelius was asked what it was that made Soul Train the hit that was. Cornelius...

A poll conducted by Latino Decisions for Univision News and ABC News and released January 25, 2012 accurately predicted Mitt Romney would hold more than a 20-point lead among Latino Republicans in...

new study from economist Dr. Samuel Addy, the director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Alabama, provides the latest conclusive evidence that HB 56 has been, and...

Wilde Media Network, a new national cable TV network aimed at American bi-cultural Latinos, today announced that it is officially available online at WildeMediaTV.com and will be available in major...

The Break the Silence Mural Project to travel to Palestine and collaborate with local artists on the creation of public murals depicting local water conditions. We painted 8 murals in 8 days at...

Image: Texas health officials linked several mercury poisoning cases to Crema Aguamary, a cosmetic produced in Mexico. There could be a dark side to skin-lightening creams often found in stores that...

All my life I’ve been taught to despise the police, and for that matter, any other law enforcement official. I even had a saying: "From the Pigs to the Feds, may they all drop dead."...

Seattle, Wa - Tuyet Thi Mai, 69, already receives state public assistance, but still cannot afford rent. She is among the poorest and most vulnerable of the Asian Pacific American (APA)...