WASHINGTON, Feb. 5, 2013 – President Barack Obama today called on Congress to avoid deep, across-the-board spending cuts looming March 1 under a “sequestration†mechanism in budget law and to take a balanced approach to America’s debt problems.
A bizarre video surfaced that is reported to have come out of North Korea. The video shows the virtual destruction of what could be New York City viewed to the background soundtrack music of "We are the World," the 1985 charity single.
TOKYO — Japan has summoned China's envoy to protest what Japanese authorities consider actions by Beijing's forces that threaten to escalate tensions over disputed remote islands.
While on a visit to Syria on Monday, Iran's National Security Council Head, Saeed Jalili said that Israel will regret its aggression towards Syria and also stated that the Muslim world supported Syria's Government.