In preparation for the Olympics next month China is cutting down on the number of business visas it's issuing.

Pope Benedict XVI urged loyal Catholics in China to have courage in the face of communist limits on religious freedom and conscience.

Hamas' rocket attacks provoked the air strikes by Israel.  Reports say 230 are dead and 400 injured.

Federal regulators are proposing to exempt conservative mortgages from new rules aimed at getting banks to take on more risk when trading mortgage securities.

A federal judge in San Francisco has overturned California's same-sex marriage ban.

South Sudan celebrated its first day as an independent nation Saturday.

The bill would reinstate unemployment benefits that expired Dec. 28 because Congress failed to act before the holiday break.

Ahead of Sochi Games, analysts say FSB has been unable to handle small-scale terror cells.

President Barack Obama is conceding that he has differences with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a future state for Palestinians but that such disagreements happen "between friends."

The new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge aren't leaving immediately for their honeymoon after all, royal press officials told USA Today Saturday.

Republicans countered that it was a violation of First Amendment rights of free speech, saying it would have treated some groups differently than others.

The speed of the government advance may overtake drawn-out diplomatic wrangling on whether or how to impose a no-fly zone.

H.J. Heinz, the food giant, says it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital.