A top official in the U.S. state of Texas on Monday urged school districts in the state to review their safety plans and implored those that have failed to do so to catch up.
Obama said the United States, as a country, is not doing enough to stop such violence.
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday that he won't nominate Susan Rice, the current American ambassador to the United Nations, as his next secretary of state.
The Eurogroup on Thursday formally approved the disbursement of 49.1 billion euros (about 64.1 billion U.S. dollars) to Greece under the second international bailout program, Eurogroup president Jean-Claude Juncker announced.
Palestine on Thursday called on the international community not only to continue providing economic and humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people, but also to push for an end to Israel's blockade of Gaza.
The recovery of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez will be "complex and difficult" following a fourth round of cancer surgery, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday.
A series of deadly blasts rattled Syrian capital Damascus on Wednesday after the United States and its allies recognized the exiled Syrian opposition as the sole " legitimate representative" of Syrian people.
Israel's intensified bombardment on the Gaza Strip and a threat of ground assault have met with strong objections from the international community, including the West.
A train crashed with a school bus in southern Egypt, leaving 40 children killed, official Ahram-online reported on Saturday.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Navi Pillay said she was "acutely concerned" about Palestinian and Israeli civilians caught up in the ongoing conflict in Gaza and southern Israel, spokesperson Rupert Colville said Tuesday.
New York City residents overwhelmingly believe that New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo and City Mayor Michael Bloomberg did an "excellent" or "good" job responding to Hurricane Sandy, according to a poll released here on Tuesday.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu here on Tuesday evening that Washington will make great efforts to help Israel and the Palestinians find a sustainable solution to their long-running conflict.
U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke Tuesday urged the Congress and Obama administration to strike a deal to avert the looming "fiscal cliff", saying the combination of tax hikes and spending cuts would pose a " substantial threat" to the country's economic recovery.
Chicago agricultural commodities kept rising Tuesday on better export demand. Wheat gained strength further Tuesday on the worse-than- expected winter crop condition ratings released Monday, as well as on strong corn and soybean market.
German parliament will vote on the release of the next aid tranche for Greece, a senior lawmaker said Tuesday, adding that he is optimistic of its approval.
The U.S. government said on Tuesday that Turkey's criticism about Israel's recent airstrikes on Gaza was "extremely harsh" and unhelpful.
The former communications director to British Prime Minister David Cameron and the former chief executive of News International (NI) newspapers have been charged with plotting to bribe public officials, it was revealed Tuesday.
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