Samantha Power, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, defended President Barack Obama's policies on the civil war in Syria, arguing that the recent United Nations agreement to destroy President Bashar Assad's stockpile of chemical weapons is a benefit, even if the massive scale of violence wages on.
The state of Missouri executed 63-year-old Joseph Paul Franklin, a white supremacist murderer who targeted blacks and Jews during a multistate killing spree between 1977 and 1980
Caroline Kennedy, the recently appointed U.S. ambassador to Japan, traveled to the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to present her credentials to the emperor on Tuesday. Throngs of people lined up in the city as the 55-year-old, daughter of the late President John F. Kennedy, arrived at the palace by horse chariot
Republican Florida Rep. Trey Radel expressed that he is "profoundly sorry" after being arrested on October 29 and charged Tuesday in Washington D.C. for misdemeanor cocaine possession, CBS News reported. Radel is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday. The charge threatens a maximum of 180 days in jail with a possible fine up to $1,000
