Bashar al-Assad, the President of Syria, said he would not resign the presidency prior to the 2014 elections. He warned those in the opposition in an interview with a newspaper from Argentina. Assad said that foreign intervention is to blame for the crisis in his country and he welcomed, albeit cautiously, a proposed peace conference set up by Russia and the U.S. Assad was speaking to the state news... 

The Centers for Disease Control released a report on Friday that says as many as 1 out of 5 children suffer in the U.S. from a mental disorder. The report also said that the number of children who are diagnosed with a mental disorder has been on the increase for over a decade. This was the first ever study by the CDC of mental disorders amongst children between the ages of 3 and 17. Researchers found... 

Airlines for America, an industry trade group for U.S. based airlines, announced that nearly 209 million people in the U.S. will fly an American based airline this summer. That figure represents an increase of 1% over last year’s travelers. The average plane during the peak summer months will be over 87% full, the group announced. The trade group said airports and airplanes would be nearly full making... 

For males, the use of pain-killing drugs referred to as opioids, could do more than just relieve pain, a study says they can also be detrimental to their sex life. The new study indicates that men who had been prescribed erectile dysfunction or low testosterone level medication were more apt to be taking some type of opioid medications, which are narcotic, for back pain that was chronic. The lead author... 

Federal officials announced on Tuesday that 89 people had been charged in a major crackdown in healthcare fraud across the U.S. Included in those charged are 14 nurses and doctors for their roles in a number of scams relating to Medicare that bilked more than $223 million from taxpayers through fake charges. Some participants allegedly acted as doctors and wrote out fake prescriptions for medication... 

On Tuesday, the security services in Russia claimed they had arrested an agent of the CIA who was posing as a U.S. Embassy employee in Moscow. The Russian’s alleged that the agent was attempting to recruit a secret service agent from Russia to work for the U.S. Russia’s Federal Security Service announced the detention of a man they identified as Ryan Fogle on May 13 for the attempted recruiting... 

Natural gas production in the U.S is setting new records annually. Times of surging prices because of shortages are a thing of the past and talk now is about how much of the natural resource should be exported. Just a couple of years ago, exporting would have been unthinkable as demand far exceed supply, but today the exporting of liquefied natural gas is thought of as a means for help the country’s... 

Analysts have said that until deeper reforms regarding the economy can kick it, micro loans, job training and helping to establish businesses is a way to fix the Middle East’s huge unemployment problem. One of the causes of high unemployment with youths in the region is the gap between what is being taught to students in schools and universities versus the skills that are needed by employers. In...