Army: Ex-soldier takes 3 hospital workers hostage

A former Army soldier demanding behavioral treatment at a Georgia military hospital took three workers hostage at gunpoint Monday before authorities persuaded the gunman...

Muslims Protest Plans to Burn Quran

Thousands of Indonesian Muslims are rallying outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta to denounce a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Quran...

Asylum seekers tortured upon return

Three asylum seekers forcibly removed to Sri Lanka in 2009 are believed to have been tortured and jailed following....

Hurricane Earl weakens as it nears US

Hurricane Earl weakened today to a Category Two storm as it approached the US east coast but continued to wreck havoc....

Pakistani Taliban claim responsibility for Lahore blasts

The banned Tehrik-e- Taliban Pakistan today claimed responsibility for three blasts, including two carried out by suicide attackers.....

Hamas claims responsibility for attack on Israelis

The Islamic militant Hamas is claiming responsibility for a shooting attack that killed four Israelis in the West Bank....

Text of President Obama's speech on Iraq

THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Tonight, I'd like to talk to you about the end of our combat mission in Iraq...