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(CNN) The widow of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said Thursday she believes he was killed. "I'm convinced it was a political murder, a political assassination," Suha Arafat told CNN in a telephone interview from Doha, the capital of…

New York (AP) -- The price of oil crawled above US$95 a barrel Thursday, adding to gains from the previous session on data showing a strong increase in US-demand for gasoline. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark US crude for December…

New York, United States (CMC) – The US-based Moody's Investor services is calling for a devaluation of the Eastern Caribbean (EC) dollar in a bid to assist the region address the debt crisis. In addition, Moody’s Investor is also…

(BBC) Moderate Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has won a landslide re-election, a possible launch pad for a 2016 White House run. In Virginia, Terry McAuliffe - a key Hillary Clinton ally - narrowly beat a Republican to…

(BBC) The late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned with radioactive polonium, says a Swiss forensic report obtained by al-Jazeera. Arafat's official medical records say he died in 2004 from a stroke resulting from a…

(CNN) More than a year after the mysterious execution-style slaying of four people in the French Alps, investigators say they're looking for a motorcyclist in connection with the case. A French police sketch released Monday shows a bearded…

Voters in the US are heading to the polls in the first major round of elections since President Barack Obama won a second term one year ago. In New Jersey and Virginia, voters will pick governors. New York City will…

(BBC) A bill banning workplace discrimination against gay and transgender people has passed a critical test of support in the US Senate, 17 years after a similar bill failed by a single vote. The Democratic-led Senate voted 61-30 to open…

Hong Kong (CNN) -- A successful mission by India's Mars orbiter would make the country the first Asian nation to reach the Red Planet -- and provide a symbolic coup as neighboring China steps up its ambitions in space. Tuesday's launch was…

Florida, United States, (CMC) – The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) says a Jamaican national has pleaded guilty in connection with a Jamaica-based international lottery scheme. The DOJ said that Oneike Mickhale Barnett pleaded…

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has criticized the timing of the U.S. drone strike that killed the leader of the Pakistani Taliban last week, his office said in a statement. Karzai made the comments when he met…

(CNN) A plane carrying 18 people crashed Sunday, killing eight, while landing in Bolivia, according to state news agency ABI. Ten other people were injured in the crash at the Riberalta airport, 1,000 kilometers (about 620 miles) from La…

(CNN) U.S. military and intelligence agencies pushed doctors working in military detention centers to violate medical ethics by taking part in the mistreatment of prisoners by interrogators, medical and legal experts conclude in a new…

New York, United States (AP) — Fire officials say a 19-year-old New York University student may have been trapped between two buildings for as long as two days. The victim, Asher Vongtau, was rescued at 6:25 pm Sunday. A fire department…

(BBC) A South African man found guilty of the rape and brutal murder of a 17-year-old girl has been sentenced to two life terms in prison by a court near Cape Town. State prosecutors had requested this sentence - without parole - for…