DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — From county chairmen to national party luminaries, veteran Republicans across the country are accusing tea party lawmakers of staining the GOP with their refusa... Read more

The Swedish Academy has awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), as the Hague-based body is in the spotlight for its mission... Read more

MIRANSHAH (Pakistan): The Pakistani Taliban today said teenage activist Malala Yousafzai had done “nothing” to deserve a prestigious EU rights award and vowed to try again to kil... Read more

CAIRO — Libya’s prime minister, Ali Zeidan, was kidnapped from a hotel in the capital, Tripoli, on Thursday and briefly held in an apparent act of retaliation for his presumed consent to the... Read more

Barack Obama has continued to defy Republican demands to begin negotiations over the looming threat of a US default. In a day of angry but apparently fruitless exchanges in Washington Mr Oba... Read more

By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN: Three Americans won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Monday for discovering the machinery that regulates how cells transport major molecules in a cargo system... Read more

Four of the gunmen involved in the Kenya mall attack have been named, as police say the number who took part is fewer than first thought. A Kenyan military spokesman gave their names as Abu... Read more