Fareed Zakaria

Time Magazine columnist and CNN broadcaster Fareed Zakaria was suspended by both his employers on Friday after he admitted plagiarizing a New Yorker article on gun control.

US President Barack Obama must not wait until his re-election bid is resolved to take action to stop the slaughter of thousands in Syria, the head of the main Syrian opposition group said Sunday.

Mexico's incoming president Enrique Pena Nieto called Sunday for a "new debate" on the drug war raging in his country and urged the United States to play a "fundamental role" in the review.

Andrew Sullivan, the former editor of 'The New Republic' and the blogger behind 'The Dish,' has called the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unjust. Andrew Sullivan, the former editor of The New Republic and the blogger behind The Dish, has called the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unjust. DOMA is the 1996 law which forbids federal agencies from recognizing the legal marriages of gay and lesbian couples. In an appearance Sunday morning on CNN's GPS, Sullivan discussed his struggles to get a Green Card. ?There are two reasons,? Sullivan told host Fareed Zakaria. ?One, because I'm HIV positive and have been since 1993. And, secondly, because I'm gay. And my marriage, which is legal in both my resident states ? Massachusetts and Washington, DC ? is not recognized by the federal government. So I am not granted an automatic Green Card by virtue of marriage, along with everybody who happens to be in a same-sex marriage.? If I were straight ?It would be automatically granted, because people unde

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. military officer said on Sunday that a military strike against Iran would be premature, because it is unclear that Tehran will actually use its nuclear capabilities to build an atomic bomb.

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Police and militia patrols fanned out in the Syrian capital's Mezze district on Sunday to prevent more protests like those that have threatened President Bashar al-Assad's grip on Damascus, opposition activists said.

Iraq is enduring the "most dangerous phase" of its modern history, with sectarianism, political tensions and terrorism soaring and the fledgling democracy in jeopardy, ex-premier Iyad Allawi told US media.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday that his government is negotiating the terms of a long-term US presence in his country that could involve US troops.

European Union monitors and ratings agencies bear some of the blame for Greece's debt crisis that has plunged the continent into financial turmoil, former Greek prime minister George Papandreou said.

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The "time has come" to deal with Iran, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday, refusing to rule out military action to curb the Islamic republic's nuclear ambitions.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran is less than a year away from being unstoppable in its goal of producing a nuclear weapon, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in an interview with CNN released on Saturday.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Iran on Sunday not to "miscalculate" in Iraq, saying the US military presence in the region would remain strong after the withdrawal of all American combat forces at the end of the year.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States pledged on Sunday to maintain a strong security relationship with Iraq for years to come despite the scheduled pullout of all U.S. troops and warned Iran not to try to exploit the situation.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will be ousted "sooner or later" by his own people as the time of dictatorial rule fades around the world, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said.

The US-Saudi relationship has remained "in pretty good shape" through the turmoil of the Arab Spring movements, US National Security Advisor Tom Donilon said Sunday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's plan to withdraw some U.S. troops from Afghanistan is a welcome sign the country can start defending itself, President Hamid Karzai said in remarks aired on Sunday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Greece's sovereign debt restructuring is inevitable, PIMCO co-chief investment officer Mohamed El-Erian said on Sunday, warning the nation's problems could "contaminate" Europe.

Detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, the activist mayor of a tsunami-hit Japanese town, and South Korean singer Rain were listed among Time magazine's 100 most influential people Friday.

Divided US lawmakers and officials must unite to forge a long-term economic "blueprint" that brings manufacturing jobs back to the world's largest economy, PepsiCo's chief executive said Sunday.