With the proposal, President Obama enters an election-year debate with Republicans in Congress and in the presidential race who seek even lower taxes for businesses.
A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing 49 people and injuring hundreds of morning commuters in Argentina's worst train accident in decades
Assassins tried on Wednesday to kill the president of Abkhazia, a Russian-backed Georgian enclave, raising questions about Moscow’s ability to preserve order there.
A French minister confirmed Peugeot Citroën was discussing a “strategic” tie-up with General Motors, both of which are struggling in a tough European market.
The French government said Wednesday that two journalists, Marie Colvin, an American, and Rémi Ochlik of France, had been killed in the bombardment of the city of Homs.
President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela said that doctors had found a new lesion that could indicate a return of his cancer, and that he would undergo an operation.
Syrian activists opposed to President Bashar al-Assad said Wednesday that two Western journalists, one American and one French, had been killed in the bombardment of city of Homs.
A day after NATO officials rushed to apologize for the burning of Korans, U.S. Embassy officials were on lockdown and hundreds of Afghans were marching on a NATO camp near Kabul.
A call by Representative Dana Rohrabacher, Republican of California, for the secession of Pakistan’s largest province complicates already strained diplomatic relations between Washington and Islamaba
The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission struggled to get accurate reports on the nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant last year, transcripts show.
The global Burmese-dissident industry may soon be out of business. Funding for seminars is drying up, and foreign diplomats would rather fly into Myanmar than have lunch with exiled dissidents.
Though most Tibetans are Buddhists, who would avoid taking a life, they are also great lovers of meat, and sha momos — juicy beef dumplings — are the unofficial national dish.
Republicans and business groups complain that the 35 percent corporate tax rate is among the highest in the world, leaving American companies at a disadvantage.
On Tuesday, Adele won two top prizes at the Brit Awards, Britain's version of the Grammys, taking home best British female solo artist and album of the year for "21."
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria arrived in Senegal on Tuesday to mediate the country’s political impasse before a contentious presidential election on Sunday.
Talk of war over Iran’s nuclear program has reached a strident pitch in recent weeks, with threats from Israel of a possible strike, bellicose American oratory and defiance from Tehran.
Mr. Shadid, a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, spent most of his professional life covering the Middle East and was esteemed throughout his career for being an insightful analyst.
China, Russia and Iran all made declarations of support for the Syrian government, reaffirming their alliances in the face of broad international lobbying for unity against President Bashar al-Assad.
The 130 billion euro aid package for Greece prevents it from cashing out of the euro zone for now. But what it means as a precedent for other heavily indebted euro zone members is another matter.
Officials in the state of Nuevo León said the jailbreak and the massacre had been carried out by the Zetas, the violent gang of drug enforcers who have turned against their former bosses.
Saudi Arabia has moved to repair a long-fractured relationship, naming its first envoy to Iraq in more than two decades, Iraq’s foreign minister said on Tuesday.
For Janet Evans, a five-time Olympic medalist who qualified for the trials after a 14-year hiatus from training, swimming is no longer about the results.
Two Spanish Air Force planes left on Tuesday for Florida to recover a treasure weighing about 17 metric tons and with an estimated value of several hundred millions dollars.
The directors behind the Oscar nominees for best foreign-language film discuss their work: “A Separation,” “Footnote,” “In Darkness,” “Monsieur Lazhar” and “Bullhead.”
Nigerian troops killed eight suspected Islamist militants on Monday who had opened fire on a market in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, the military said.
Rising tensions over Iran's nuclear ambitions - and the possibility of an Israeli-led strike on Iran's facilities - has brought the issue of Israel to the forefront of the presidential campaign.