Pakistani police say they have arrested a 20-year-old American man near the Afghan border in a region where Pakistani troops are fighting Islamic militants.

There is real danger that Islamic extremist groups such as al-Qaida and Hezbollah could form alliances with wealthy and powerful Latin American drug lords to launch new...

A rare Islamic crystal jug mistaken earlier this year for a cheap French claret pitcher has sold at auction for almost 3.2 million pounds ($5.6 million).

Hamas will cease to recognize Mahmoud Abbas as Palestinian president after Jan. 8 and replace him with one of its own leaders, according to a resolution approved by the...

An American member of al-Qaida is calling on Pakistanis in an English-language video message to put aside differences and establish an Islamic state.

Hundreds of thousands of Somalis have been left without basic health care after Islamic insurgents forced one western aid group to suspend some operations and...

Islamic insurgents in Somalia forced one Western aid group to suspend some operations and threatened another on Friday, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without...

Pakistan’s war against Islamic extremists will go on until the country is “terrorism-free,” a senior official said Friday after mounting violence...

Suicide bombers struck two Shiite mosques in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 24 people and wounding dozens during celebrations marking the end of the Islamic holy...

An appeals court on Thursday increased the prison sentences of four Islamic radicals accused of plotting attacks on Dutch politicians, convicting them of the additional...

Ethiopia’s foreign minister on Monday called for the U.N. to deploy peacekeepers to neighboring Somalia, where Islamic militants appear to be gaining strength.

VIENNA, Austria _ Islamic anger over Israel’s nuclear program and bids by Iran and Syria to gain more influence threaten to turn this week’s 145-nation...

VIENNA, Austria _ Islamic anger over Israel’s nuclear program and bids by Iran and Syria to gain more influence threaten to turn this week’s 145-nation...

Islamic militants struck back at security forces in Pakistan’s northwest while gunmen Sunday abducted a Polish engineer and extended a wave of attacks on...

The prime minister insisted Saturday that Pakistanis are increasingly supporting military action against Islamic extremists, while authorities reported that an...

The nation’s top military officer is urging a cautious approach to confronting an increasingly bold Islamic extremist insurgency in the Pakistan-Afghanistan...

After nearly 20 years of violent chaos, Islamic extremism and failed peace talks, impoverished Somalia might seem to have hit rock-bottom. But things are getting worse....

Pakistan’s new president said he was trying to convince his country to support the war against Islamic extremists, after a group that claimed responsibility for...

Indian police have arrested a founder of the little-known Islamic militant group that has claimed responsibility for a wave of bombings that killed more than 120 people...

Olympic organizers issued detailed design rules for the 2012 London games Wednesday, including a mandate that at least some toilets in the Olympic park do not face the...