Category: North America

TeaDranks made a great cartogram showing the entire world with every country's size scaled to its population. One neat thing about this one is that unlike with some cartograms, the basic...

he attorney general nomination hearings starting Wednesday in the Senate Judiciary Committee are ostensibly about nominee Loretta Lynch. But they're really about outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder. The committee's chair,...

Mogadishu (AFP) - A former top commander from Somalia's Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab rebels, Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi, called on his former comrades Tuesday to follow his lead and surrender to the...

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) did not mince words during their joint- appearance on 60 Minutes Sunday night in berating President Obama’s strategy...

Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet with Saudi Arabia's new king on Tuesday, underscoring the oil-rich Middle Eastern country's importance to the United States' anti-terrorism efforts and energy...

 (CNN)President Barack Obama defended Tuesday the need to maintain a close alliance with Saudi Arabia, a strategic U.S. ally with a poor human rights record, shortly before leaving India for...

 (CNN)The Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles voted to deny clemency in the case of convicted murderer Warren Lee Hill, the board said Tuesday, hours before Hill's scheduled 7...

LAGOS—TWENTY-Four hours after US Secretary of State, John Kerry met President Goodluck Jonathan and former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, pledging his country’s determination to work with Nigeria and...

Shortly after declaring that she's "seriously interested" in running for president in 2016, Sarah Palin delivered a confusing speech that was panned by many, even some on the right. Speaking...

 (CNN)Calise Manning is being called a hero for helping her pregnant mother and calling 911 operators in Kalamazoo, Michigan. "She's shaking and she's having a baby," Calise tells a dispatcher...