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Supreme Court opens new term, with major cases brewing

With cases over affirmative action, voting rights and other contentious issues waiting in the wings,...

Oct 06, 2015 02:39 AM EDT

U.N. to hold off on separate Afghan bombing probe for now

The United Nations said on Monday it would wait for the results of U.S., NATO and Afghan investigati...

Oct 05, 2015 09:28 PM EDT

VW has no evidence against suspended top engineers: source

Volkswagen has not found any evidence against three top engineers suspended as part of its internal ...

Oct 05, 2015 06:56 PM EDT

NATO denounces Russian incursion into Turkish airspace

The United States and NATO denounced Russia on Monday for violating Turkish airspace and Ankara thre...

Oct 05, 2015 06:45 PM EDT

Unification with China not on agenda, says Taiwan president

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said on Thursday the island was not ready to discuss unification with ...

Oct 02, 2015 04:10 AM EDT

UAW rejects Fiat Chrysler contract; strikes loom

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV's (FCAU.N) (FCHA.MI) U.S. workers soundly rejected a four-year contract...

Oct 01, 2015 09:27 PM EDT

Pope's meeting with Kentucky clerk divides public after U.S. visit

A Kentucky county clerk who had been jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex coup...

Oct 01, 2015 02:29 AM EDT

Oklahoma governor grants last-minute stay of execution after drug mix-up

Oklahoma's governor granted a last-minute stay of execution on Wednesday to an inmate convicted of h...

Sep 30, 2015 09:55 PM EDT

Microsoft, Google stand down in patent battles

Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and Google Inc (GOOGL.O) have agreed to bury all patent infringement litigat...

Sep 30, 2015 07:08 PM EDT

Top U.S. spy skeptical about U.S.-China cyber agreement

The top U.S. intelligence official said he was skeptical that a new U.S.-China cyber agreement would...

Sep 29, 2015 06:51 PM EDT

Qatar says Putin's Syria plan ignores root cause of crisis

Qatar's foreign minister said on Monday there was general international agreement with Russia on its...

Sep 29, 2015 07:00 AM EDT

Countries pledge 40,000 U.N. peacekeepers at U.N. summit

U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Monday more than 50 countries have pledged some 40,000 peac...

Sep 28, 2015 10:27 PM EDT

China's Xi touts women's rights at United Nations, U.S. critical

China's President Xi Jinping told the United Nations on Sunday that all Chinese women have the oppor...

Sep 28, 2015 02:30 AM EDT

Feted in China, Xi's U.S. profile dims in shadow of pope

On Friday morning, Chinese President Xi Jinping enjoyed the symbolic high point of his first state v...

Sep 27, 2015 07:41 AM EDT

U.S. to make new diplomatic push on Syria, talk to Iran: officials

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will try to launch a new initiative for a political solution in S...

Sep 26, 2015 02:01 AM EDT

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