The Muslim father of a runaway Ohio teen who converted to Christianity says he believes the ordeal started with a gift he gave her last fall - a laptop computer. ...more

August 30, 2009

Somalia's parliament pleaded Saturday for its neighbors and the international community to intervene militarily as Islamist militants took control of a key neighborhood here in the capital, extending an assault that has killed several top government officials in recent days and weakened the government's already tenuous hold on power. ...more

June 21, 2009

Youssef Megahed is, very simply, a guest in this country. That is a privilege we grant at our discretion. That he was found not guilty in his trial does not qualify him for special favor. ...more

June 14, 2009

A teenage boy was sexually battered by a prayer leader while he was staying overnight at a Tampa mosque, police said Monday. ...more

May 19, 2009

Jurors were unable to reach a verdict in their second day of deliberations in the federal explosives trial of Youssef Megahed. ...more

April 2, 2009

Jurors were unable to reach a verdict in their second day of deliberations in the federal explosives trial of Youssef Megahed. ...more

April 1, 2009

Plastic pipes in the trunk of a car pulled over in South Carolina in 2007 contained a "low-explosive" mixture of sugar and potassium nitrate, an FBI expert testified this morning in the federal trial of a former University of South Florida student. ...more

March 23, 2009

Opening statements will be given today in the federal trial of a former University of South Florida student accused of illegally transporting explosives. ...more

March 18, 2009

Opening statements will be given Wednesday in the federal trial of a former University of South Florida student accused of illegally transporting explosives. ...more

March 17, 2009

A Guantanamo prisoner who claims he was tortured at a covert CIA site in Morocco returned to Britain a free man today after nearly seven years in U.S. captivity - the first inmate from the U.S. prison camp freed since President Barack Obama took office. ...more

February 23, 2009