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Hezbollah Members Questioned in Hariri Case

BEIRUT, (AP) – International investigators have questioned members of the militant Hezbollah group in connection with the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, Lebanese security and judicial officials said Thursday. They said a team from...

Bin Laden Warns US Not to Kill 9/11 Mastermind

DUBAI (AFP) – Osama bin Laden has warned that Al-Qaeda will kill Americans if the mastermind of the 2001 attacks on the United States, Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, is executed, in a tape Al-Jazeera television aired Thursday. “The White House has declared its wish to...

Libya Releases 214 Islamic Militants

TRIPOLI, Libya, (AP) – Libya has released 214 Islamic militants, including senior members of a group accused of plotting to overthrow Moammar Gadhafi, after they renounced violence. The Libyan leader’s son Seif al-Islam Gadhafi said 34 members of the Libyan...