The President released his $2.9 trillion budget for 2008 today. He paints a rosy picture of the fiscal status of the nation. He proposed to balance the budget by 2012 through cuts to entitlement pr...

Today was the first day of the court-martial of First Lieutenant Ehren Watada, who is charged with conduct unbecoming of an officer for refusing to go to ...

As US and Iraqi security forces step up an offensive against militants in Baghdad, some Iraqis fear the violence will simply radiate away from the capital, as it has during similar attacks in the p...

Widespread flooding continued in the Indonesian capitol of Jakarta for the fourth straight day, destroying thousands of buildings. At least 20 people have been killed, and an estimated 340,000 disp...

The latest verdict in a one-hundred-year-old fight over water resources in India was delivered today from a tribunal convened to try to resolve the issue. Riots have resulted in the past between fa...

Executives from the diamond industry gathered in New York today for the Rapaport International Diamond Conference. The goal of this year\'s conference is social responsibility, and ethical producti...