The probe into ex-CIA director David Petraeus's extramarital affair has snared the top US general in Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday, as the widening scandal rippled through Washington.

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Researchers have developed first synthetic skin that is both sensitive to touch and capable of healing itself quickly and repeatedly at room temperature.

The scandal that brought down CIA Director David Petraeus started with harassing emails sent by his biographer and paramour, Paula Broadwell, to another woman, and eventually led the FBI to discover t

At the close of his time commanding U.S. forces in Iraq, at the height of a legendary military career, Gen. David Petraeus was lauded by his boss, then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates, as "one of our n

A great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi has been elected to a State Assembly in the United
States during the general elections held on November 6.

Shanti Gandhi, 72, contesting as a Republican Party candi

Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the UN, is emerging as the front-runner to replace secretary of state Hillary Clinton who is expected to leave the post of top American diplomat early next year. Senat

The abrupt departure of celebrated general, David Petraeus, at the helm of America's top spy agency, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) after admitting an affair sent shock waves across the political c

The White House is making America’s high-stakes fiscal crisis its top priority after President Barack Obama’s re-election, underscoring the vital importance of averting severe year-end tax increases a

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was amongst the several world leaders President Barack Obama personally called to thank them for their congratulatory messages and to express ‘his desire to continue clos

One day after a bruising, mixed-verdict election, President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner both pledged on Wednesday to seek a compromise to avert looming spending cuts and tax