Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is being treated at the Mayo Clinic for depression and a gastrointestinal illness.

Mitt Romney responded to Brian Williams’ question if he is seeking “an incredibly boring white guy” for vice-president.

Twenty years after it helped establish a United Nations arms embargo on war-torn Somalia, the United States is now violating this international effort by helping local militias fighting Al-Qaeda.

Channeling Saddam Hussein, the Syrian regime is fighting the “mother of all battles.”

Saudi Arabia may drop from the Olympics because of a female judo athlete’s headscarf.

Syria’s foreign minister blamed Israel for the uprising against President Bashar Assad’s regime.

Vietnam may become the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage.

North Korea has sent balloons containing thousands of leaflets denouncing the South Korean government across the Demilitarized Zone, the first time the regime has airlifted propaganda across the heavily contested border in 12 years.

Ron Paul is preparing to challenge the entire slate of Louisiana’s 46 delegates selected to attend the Republican National Convention.