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Hillary Clinton stood her ground through a grueling 11 hours of questioning on Oct. 22 over the 2012 Benghazi attacks, parrying Republican blows at a high-stakes congressional hearing that could impact her bid for the White House.

Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton faces a congressional grilling on Oct. 22 over her role during and after the deadly attacks on the US mission in Benghazi, a hearing one top Democrat blasted as a "political hit job." 

Vice President Joe Biden said on Oct. 21 he will not run for the White House in 2016, ending months of speculation that has stalked Hillary Clinton's campaign and threatened Democratic party unity.

Slovenia's parliament has adopted with 66 votes in favor and five against the legal changes that give greater powers to the army in protecting the state border.

Only deputies from the United Left, who think the amendments are unconstitutional, voted against on Wednesday morning.

Friday was a happy day for the Obamas… It’s the seventh birthday of the family’s dog – Bo!

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The family got the dog in 2008. In his acceptance speech, US President Barack Obama told his daughters that they “earned a new puppy that’s coming with us to the White House.”

An official photograph of hosts Barack and Michelle Obama receiving Greek PM Alexis Tsipras and his companion Betty Baziana was provided to the press on Wednesday, an image that Tsipras, in fact, posted on his Twitter account.

According to reports from the scene, Tsipras told reporters that he was impressed by the FLOTUS’ … height — something seen from the photograph.

Royal Dutch Shell will cease exploration in Arctic waters off Alaska's coast following disappointing results from an exploratory well it just completed.

Pope Francis arrived in the United States on Sept.22 for his first visit -- a historic six-day trip during which his focus on consumerism, poverty and the marginalized risks appearing as a criticism of American society.

The commitment to fiscal discipline in Turkey is a key factor in the "stable" outlook for the country's credit rating, Fitch Ratings Senior Director Paul Gamble told Anadolu Agency on Sept. 22.

Fitch affirmed Turkey's investment-grade credit rating at "BBB-" with the outlook as "stable," on Sept. 18.

Turkey's national carrier has revised its yearend passenger and load factor targets down on Sept. 19, after it did the same for its yearend revenue expectation last month.