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Qatar's ties to Hamas are controversial but useful. A top Qatari official tells NPR why the Gulf Arab state hosts senior Hamas figures and why Gaza is a policy priority.

Donald Trump named New York Jets owner Woody Johnson to be ambassador to the U.K. It's a post traditionally reserved for big donors. Obama even named another NFL owner to a different ambassadorship.

Target is ousting its CEO, months after a massive data breach and amid some other business issues.

In a back-and-forth about CNN's decision to report details from slain Ambassador Chris Stevens' journal, State spokesman Philippe Reines and reporter Michael Hastings let loose with some blue words.

Former security czar Zhou Yongkang is accused of "serious disciplinary violation," which often implies that criminal corruption charges will follow.

Two judges on India's top court on Thursday differed over a ban on the wearing of a headscarf used by Muslim women in educational institutions and referred the issue to a larger bench to settle.

A lower court decided last year that only Muslims can use the word to describe God. But the government now says the ruling applied only to the Catholic newspaper that brought the case.

Butch Bowers and Deborah Barbier have parted ways with the former president after a "mutual decision," leaving his defense team little preparation time before the Feb. 9 trial.

Arkansas has the fastest growing inmate population of any state nationwide, and it's forced the formation of a task force to propose reforms. Now that...

The two incumbents, who both chair powerful committees for the House Democratic caucus, were placed in the same district after redistricting.