Abu Marwan jumps into the back of the small white van. He and his friend, Abu Omar, are heading to a grass-roots demonstration in the Syrian capital to protest the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
Justice Department prosecutors said Friday that they are closing a criminal investigation of champion cyclist Lance Armstrong without filing charges that he used performance-enhancing drugs.
Three of the four Republican candidates for president will make a flurry of campaign appearances across Nevada on Friday as they seek to get out the vote just a day before the state's caucuses.
Ruben Navarrette Jr. says that Newt Gingrich needs to focus on the issue of immigration with voters in the Southwest.
The foundation reversed its decision after a deluge of opposition, including pressure from lawmakers.
President Barack Obama unveiled a new $5 billion veterans jobs plan Friday that the administration says will put thousands of men and women who once wore their country's uniform back to work.
Standard & Poor’s has removed the head of its commercial mortgage-backed securities ratings group, a trade publication reported, several months after S&P was criticized for derailing a bond issue by withdrawing its rating at the last minute.
–Natural-gas supplies from Russia curtailed for third straight day
Argentina’s government is suspending its “Oil and Refining Plus” programs that had aimed to encourage new investment in the exploration, production and refinement of hydrocarbons.
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (IMT.LN), the tobacco firm, Friday said it purchased 275,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 2368.44 pence per ordinary share.