Humanitarian workers say the plight of starving people in the Syrian town of Madaya is heartbreaking and the worst they have witnessed during the country's nearly five-year-lo...
http://www.voanews.com/content/aid-workers-besieged-madaya-syria/3142013.html
(4-traders.com) (reuters) - Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn is building an equity stake in Time Warner inc (>> Time Warner inc), people familiar with the matter sai...
ISIS has claimed responsibility for a major attack [http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-violence-idUSKCN0UP1R420160111] at a shopping mall in Baghdad on Mond...
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/01/isis-claims-responsibility-baghdad-mall-attack
The first set of amicus briefs for Whole Woman's Health v. Cole, a Supreme Court case that will determine the constitutionality of a Texas anti-choice law that severely limits...
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Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej traveled to his Bangkok palace Monday, a day after the palace announced he was being treated for a blood infection and swollen lung, reuters...
http://www.voanews.com/content/palace-thai-king-bhumibol-treated-for-several-illnesses/3139626.html
After enjoying some minor relief on Friday, China markets opened down Monday and other Asian markets tumbled as concerns about Beijing's economy grow. The Shanghai Composite I...
http://www.voanews.com/content/asian-markets-tumble-over-doubts-about-china/3139623.html
Pakistan is hosting four-way talks Monday on reviving the Afghan peace process. The talks include Afghanistan, China and the United States. Sartaj Aziz, who is Pakistani Pri...
http://www.voanews.com/content/talks-on-afghan-peace-process-open-in-pakistan/3139601.html
A South Korean official said Monday Seoul and the United States are discussing other U.S. "strategic assets" that can be deployed on the Korean peninsula, a day after the U.S....
The 2015 calendar year saw many new tax developments, especially toward year-end. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, and the "Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH...
(reuters) - When U.S. President Barack Obama visits Detroit's annual auto show on Jan. 20, exactly one year before he leaves office, he is expected to tout how much the indust...
The propaganda broadcasts by South Korea directed over the border at their northern neighbours is driving the peninsula to the “brink of war,” according to a top North Kor...
[http://www.texastribune.org/2016/01/08/terror-suspect-probe-complete-time-gov-comment/] Editor's note: This story has been updated with comment from Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. ...