WASHINGTON (AP) — Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is President Barack Obama’s choice for secretary of health and human services, a White House source said Saturday….

But no word yet on who will be charged for Lebanese PM’s assassination.

Rival MPs scuffle over court ban on Sharif brothers from contesting elections.

India’s economy grew 5.3% in the latest quarter, the slowest rate in almost six years, as manufacturing output slowed.

The tradition of Maslenitsa dates back to pagan times, when Russian folk would bid farewell to winter and welcome spring.

In America, the Republican Party has been trying to reassert itself with rousing rhetoric after finding itself stuck in the shadow of Barack Obama.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama challenged the nation’s vested interests to a legislative duel Saturday, saying he will fight to change health care, energy and education in dramatic ways that will upset the status quo….

The 21-year-old crew member of Faina vessel was expelled from Naval Academy in the Ukrainian city of Odessa while he was held hostage by Somali pirates, Russia’s Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper reports.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama leaned heavily toward field commanders’ preferences in setting a time frame for an Iraq pullout, as he weighed the fervent desires of anti-war supporters who propelled him into office and the equally strong worries of war generals….

WASHINGTON (AP) — Breathtaking in its scope and ambition, President Barack Obama’s agenda for the economy, health care and energy now goes to a Congress unaccustomed to resolving knotty issues and buffeted by powerful interests that oppose parts of his plan….