Switzerland has banned on imports of breeding cattle while it waits for measures to safeguard against mad cow disease, agriculture officials have said. Spokesman Rudolf Michlig said imports would be ...

Allen pleaded guilty in May 2007, paying out more than $400,000 "in corrupt payments" to Alaska officials, the Department of Justice said in announcing the Stevens indictment. Allen is cooperating ...

A federal appeals court paused the release of hundreds of immigrants who were arrested during the Department of Homeland Security’s aggressive immigration actions in the Chicago area earlier this year ...

In a hard-hitting, wide-ranging speech Wednesday for a conservative gathering, Cheney targeted the administration's decision-making process on how to proceed in Afghanistan, saying Obama has failed to ...

A survey of Iran's election results raises "serious questions" about the victory that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is said to have won and uncovers irregularities in the official results, a British ...

Eyewitness reports on the devastation and suffering left in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar trickled out Wednesday by way of Web sites and blogs. "This is indeed a very sad moment for ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested he would fire Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent if the Federal Reserve doesn’t decrease interest rates.

President Bill Clinton made the finishing touches on his Cabinet choices, naming a racially diverse domestic team, which included the surprise appointment of current Transportation Secretary Federico ...

• Gov. Michael O. Leavitt (R) is up for re-election in 2004. Sen. Robert Bennet and Sen. Orrin Hatch, both Republicans, face re-election in 2004 and 2006 respectively.

Vogue China Editor-in-Chief, Angelica Cheung on chinese women's style The Great Wall of China provides the dramatic backdrop for Fendi's Spring/Summer 2008 collection and the scene for this month's ...

"Art Nouveau 1890-1914," billed as the largest exhibit of Art Nouveau since the groundbreaking movement's heyday, runs through July 30 at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Chanting and waving signs, a group of about 100 demonstrators marched in front of CNN Center Sunday, calling on the network to host open debates among several third-party presidential candidates. "You ...