A US citizen has pleaded guilty to scouting targets for the 2008 attacks on the Indian city of Mumbai. David Headley, at his trial in Chicago, also admitted plotting to attack a Danish newspaper that published a cartoon many Muslims deemed...
Nigeria has recalled its ambassador to Libya after leader Muammar Gaddafi suggested Nigeria be divided into two states - one Christian and one Muslim. The foreign ministry said the Libyan leader's statement was irresponsible. Earlier in th...
Sahil Saeed back at home in Oldham A five-year-old British boy, who was held by kidnappers in Pakistan for two weeks, has returned to the family home. Sahil Saeed, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, was released unharmed on Tuesday after a 1...
The US Congressional Budget Office says the final version of the Democrats' healthcare plan will cut the federal deficit by $138bn over 10 years. The non-partisan body said the proposed legislation, which the House is expected to vote on a...
Hundreds of Cuban government supporters have heckled members of the Ladies in White rights group marching in protest through the streets of Havana. The women - wives and mothers of jailed dissidents - are staging a week of protests on the...
A key al-Qaeda figure wanted for a deadly attack on a CIA base in Afghanistan has been killed in a US drone strike, US officials believe. Hussein al-Yemeni, a top al-Qaeda planner, died in the strike in the city of Miranshah in Pakistan, t...
