The young Christian girl was arrested for allegedly burning pages of a Quran. Fearing a backlash, local Christian families have fled Islamabad. But the president says the blasphemy law must not be misused.

At least 150 people have been killed across Syria on Monday, as President Obama calls movement or use of chemical or biological weapons a "red line" -- The Daraa and Damascus areas face renewed violence. Daraa is where peaceful anti-regime protests started in March 2011.

The United States will have no problem getting access to an American detainee who is being held in Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday.

Czech authorities announced Saturday that they have arrested a 29-year-old man who expressed admiration for Anders Behring Breivik, the self-declared ultranationalist who has admitted killing 77 people in Norway last summer.

A Kansas lawmaker has apologized for an incident that occurred during a congressional trip to Israel where, after a night of partying and drinking, sources say he took off all of his clothes and jumped into the Sea of Galilee, a Christian holy site where, in the Bible, Jesus is said to have walked on water.

Three members of Russian female punk rock band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in prison Friday after they were found guilty of hooliganism for performing a song critical of President Vladimir Putin in a church.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told his troops to be vigilant during upcoming training exercises between South Korea and the United States, saying they should be ready to lead a "sacred war," state media reported Saturday.

The mother of a pregnant leukemia patient who died after her chemotherapy was delayed over anti- abortion laws is accusing doctors of not putting her daughter's health first.

Tropical Storm Helene formed just offshore in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico on Friday, threatening coastal areas of eastern Mexico where thousands of people are still recovering from flooding spawned by Hurricane Ernesto.

A strong earthquake of 6.6 has rocked a northern Indonesian island. No tsunami warning has been issued and there are no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

Shares of Apple set another all-time high on Friday on growing expectations for an upcoming wave of new gadgets.

Only 20 will be built but there's one thing you should know before you sign up for yours. You won't be able to drive it on the street.

The Hunger Games trilogy has surpassed the Harry Potter books to become the best-selling series on Amazon.com, the company announced Friday.

All troops at Afghanistan bases were ordered to carry loaded weapons around the clock after an increase in attacks by Afghan security forces, a U.S. official said Friday. "Green-on-blue" attacks have been carried out by Afghans in security uniforms.

In the last 10 years, Catalina Escobar's Juan Felipe Gomez Escobar Foundation -- named for her late son -- has brought health care to tens of thousands of children in Cartagena and provided more than 2,000 teenage mothers with counseling, education and job training.

A wave of shootings and bombings that Iraqi officials said bore the hallmarks of al Qaeda killed more than 80 people and wounded more than 250 across the country Thursday.

Great Britain and Ecuador remained in a standoff early Friday, following the South American nation's decision to grant Julian Assange asylum -- a decision British authorities are refusing to honor, saying they are committed to extraditing the WikiLeaks founder to Sweden.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation suspended Syria Wednesday from membership.

In a Wednesday speech marking India's independence day, Singh said his government has approved plans to put an unmanned probe in orbit around Mars.

Afghanistan endured an unusually bloody day Tuesday, with three separate attacks leaving at least 47 people dead and at least 145 wounded, according to government and police officials.

Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino announces WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London. Patino says British authorities have threatened to "assault" the embassy adding, "We are not a British colony."

Prince Philip is being treated for a recurrence of a bladder infection, the palace says. He was hospitalized for several days in June to be examined for the same complaint.

(CNN) -- An unmanned aircraft designed to fly six times the speed of sound crashed after being dropped from a bomber over the Pacific Ocean, the Air Force announced Wednesday.

A bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded Wednesday outside a Damascus hotel where U.N. observers are staying, wounding at least three people, Syria's state TV reported.

There is a dangerous game of diplomatic chicken going on between Washington, Jerusalem and Tehran - and it's all being played out around the U.S. presidential election.