The U.S. government has prevented more than 350 people suspected of ties to al-Qaida and other terrorist groups from boarding U.S.-bound commercial flights since the end of 2009, The Associated Press

Soaring oil prices and inflation in the emerging economies that were a welcome source of stability during the financial crisis pose dangerous new risks to the world economy, the International Monetary

With a midnight deadline looming, the White House and Congress scrambled on Friday to break a budget impasse that threatens to shut down the US government.

U.S. President Barack Obama congressional leaders reached a last-minute budget deal on Friday, averting a government shutdown, Republican lawmakers said.

With a midnight deadline looming for a govern

Canada has been rated the friendliest country in the world for expatriates by Forbes magazine, while the Netherlands and India are rated among the lowest scorers overall.

The US is rated fourth after

A dramatic eleventh-hour deal slashing spending staved off a US Government shutdown, ending a rancorous Budget row between President Barack Obama and his newly empowered Republican foes.

An Indian national, who cheated unsuspecting women he met on Internet dating sites and fleeced them of thousands of dollars, has been sentenced to 42 months in prison by a US court.

27-year-old J

Nearly one in four Americans believe that President Barack Obama was not born in the US.

Only 'natural born citizens' are eligible to be president under the US Constitution.

A Fox News Poll has reve

A four-year-old boy in the US, who was upset he could not be Governor of New Jersey, was granted his wish after a video of his outburst went viral.

Jesse Koczon was videotaped crying as he sat in a

Planetary scientists claim to have for the first time found concrete evidence for the presence of liquid water in a comet.