The U.N. voted to recognize the Palestinian territories.



Obama proposed a tax increase of $1.6 trillion, plus

Syria's Internet went out and flights were halted, raising fears of a regime offensive as the U.S. prepared to recognize a rebel coalition.

U.S. births have fallen to their lowest rate on record, pushed down by a steep drop among immigrant women hard hit by the recession.

Blasts tore through tents housing Shiite pilgrims in southern Iraq, the deadliest in a wave of bombings that killed at least 43 nationwide.

The polar ice sheets are melting at an accelerating rate, contributing to a rise in global sea levels of almost a half inch, according to a new study.

Canada and Denmark settled an Arctic sea-border dispute but left ownership of a barren island unresolved.

China's future premier shrugged off China bashing in the U.S. presidential campaign and said Washington has nothing to fear from Beijing.

A Qatari poet was sentenced to life in prison on charges of inciting the overthrow of the emirate's ruling family.

Detroit is back on the brink of insolvency as efforts to stabilize the city's finances appear to be failing.

Tunisia's army intervened in violent clashes between police and residents demanding jobs and investment.

Obama and Romney held a private White House lunch that officials called a potential step toward working together.

Strauss-Kahn reached a "settlement in principle" with a hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault, a person with knowledge of the case said.

A U.N. court acquitted Kosovo's ex-leader of killing and torturing Serbs during Kosovo's war for independence.

Scientists have confirmed a vast amount of ice at the north pole of Mercury.