A panel discussion Tuesday in Doha, Qatar, was dominated by the perception that the Western media hypes up tensions by focusing too much on the minority of radicals.
At least 47 US soldiers were killed in Iraq in April, making it the deadliest month since September. Many of the casualties are a result of the recent assault on the Mahdi Army.
Somali officials said that the death of Aden Hashi Ayro, the leader of an Islamist militia who was blamed for a string of atrocities, could help end the conflict.
The Afghan intelligence chief said the attempt to kill President Hamid Karzai was the work of militants who had infiltrated his country?s security forces.
AP - Democrat Barack Obama and his wife said Thursday the public is tired of hearing about incendiary remarks by their former pastor, as they sought to put the controversy that has rocked his presidential campaign to rest.
AP - A city outside California has for the first time been named the sootiest in the nation, one of the categories the American Lung Association uses to determine the most polluted cities in the country.
Michelle Obama said Wednesday that her husband's move to distance himself from his controversial former minister has been "painful," but that she's pleased with the way he's handled the situation.
A 73-year-old man accused of holding his daughter captive in his cellar for 24 years often spent many hours in the cellar during the day, his sister-in law said in an interview published Thursday.
A 24-year-old Japanese man killed himself by mixing laundry detergent and cleaning fluids, releasing noxious fumes into the air and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people from their homes.