UC Santa Barbara students attend a candlelight vigil following Friday's series of drive-by shootings that left 7 people dead in the Isla Vista section of Santa Barbara May 24, 2014.
US President Barack Obama's administration outlined on Friday the trade policy agenda for 2013 to advance trade negotiations with Asian countries and European Union.
Positions hardened on Wednesday between United States President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders over the budget crisis even as they arranged to hold last-ditch talks to prevent harsh automatic spending cuts starting this week.
The Obama administration's policy of shifting its security focus to the Asia-Pacific region will remain on track despite drastic US budget cuts looming.
The US Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday postponed consideration of four bills to curb gun violence after Republicans said they needed more time to study the proposed ban on military-style assault weapons.
Colombia's police announced on Wednesday the capture of a leader and eight members of one of the country's largest drug trafficking groups.
Jacob Lew was confirmed on Wednesday by the US Senate as Treasury Secretary, as Democrats and Republicans are haggling over the looming government spending cuts.
Rock star Bono on Tuesday made a case that extreme poverty could be eliminated by 2030 with the help of technology.
The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has busted gangs that were engaged in blackmailing Chinese supermarket owners in Argentina, as well as recovered the victims' money, according to a statement released by the Ministry on Wednesday.
For a decade the International Herald Tribune has been the global edition of The New York Times in all but name.
The US Senate on Tuesday voted 58-41 to confirm Chuck Hagel as the next Secretary of Defense. Hagel will be sworn in on Wednesday.
China's 1.3 billion people celebrated the two-week Lunar New Year holiday this month, and now 39,780 people want it to be a national holiday in the US.
Chuck Hagel, US President Barack Obama's nominee to be next Defense Secretary, on Tuesday passed a crucial cloture vote in the Senate, heading towards a likely confirmation.
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