On Sunday, a House Democrat joined the party that is fervently requesting Representative Anthony Weiner to resign from his public post following his “sexting” scandals. The New York representative responded to the request by submitting a temporary leave of absence. The chairman of the Republican Party criticized the Democrats for not taking more solid and […]

A man, who said his ex-girlfriend underwent abortion, had expressed his anger through a highway billboard in New Mexico. The billboard, which shows a picture of Greg Fultz with a sketch of a baby in his arms, accuses the woman of killing their child. Greg Fultz, 35-years-old, had bought a billboard in south-central New Mexico […]

Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh underwent surgery in Saudi Arabia following being wounded in an attack to his palace. The people of Yemen cheered and even killed cows (as sacrifice) in celebration to what they hope is the beginning of the end of the president’s 33-year rule. An official representing the Yemeni government said that […]

An anticipated showdown over Indiana’s new law that cuts off funds for the Planned Parenthood organization may check just how far Republican states are willing to go in pushing their anti-abortion agendas. The stakes are high and the costs are even higher. Indiana is the first state to cut off all funds to Planned Parenthood […]

A 16-year old high school student in the United States was shot dead at a hotel in Costa Rica by a security guard while mistaking him for a thief, authorities announced Thursday. Justin Johnston, a high school senior in Kansas, was shot on his chest on Thursday at the La Cangreja Lodge in La Fortuna […]

A lawyer for Ratko Mladic on Thursday said that the former leader of Bosnian Serb military was treated in a Belgrade hospital for cancer while he was running away from genocide charges two years ago. Milos Saljic, a lawyer based in Belgrade, said he has medical records that will prove Mladic was treated in 2009. […]

The response of the Obama administration to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has sparked political arguments between the members of the House of Representatives on Thursday, more than a year after the economic and environmental disaster occurred. The Obama administration decided to give the owner of the well, BP PLC, the lead role to […]

A businessman, who once headed a major bank in Egypt, was arrested in New York on Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting an employee at an upscale hotel. The incident, which involves salt company board chairman Mahmoud Abdel-Salam Osmar, occurred two weeks after a prominent French politician was arrested for the same grounds in Manhattan. Dominique […]

According to a study released on Wednesday, the United States should delay the majority of its multibillion-dollar aid for Pakistan until economic reforms have been settled. The aid has actually led to the inaction of government officials and the resentment of the public. A task force gathered by the Center for Global Development concluded in […]

Of all the criminal cases that have been sentenced to death in China, those that involve corrupt officials grab the most public interest. Several examples of those cases are the recent death penalties of the deputy mayors of Hangzhou and Suzhou and the Justice Secretary of Chongqing City. China has the most number of corrupt […]