Why law and war will not beat jihad

Over-reliance of Western states on law and war to combat what is ultimately an ideological threat is a gift to extremist recruiters, says Ghaffar Hussain, of counter-extremist think tank Quilliam. Mainstream Muslim commentators must move away from notions of victimhood and promote positive role models instead.



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Swimmer Phelps on drink-drive charge

Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps was arrested early Tuesday morning in Maryland on a DUI charge, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority.



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China targeting protest phones?

CNN's Samuel Burke reports on the phones of protesters in Hong Kong being possibly hacked by China.



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Beheading suspect to be charged

A man who allegedly beheaded a woman in Oklahoma will be charged Monday, authorities said.



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Protesters sleeping on asphalt

Thousands of protesters demanding democracy pack the streets in Hong Kong. CNN's Andrew Stevens reports.



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Police officer shot in Ferguson

A Ferguson, Missouri, police officer was shot Saturday evening, according to St. Louis County Police spokesman Brian Schellman.



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'Sabotage' still disrupting U.S. flights

The effects of an employee's attempted suicide and alleged sabotage of the Illinois air traffic control center where he worked stretched into a second day.



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U.S. beheading suspect interviewed

Police in Oklahoma said Saturday they've interviewed the man who allegedly beheaded a 54-year-old woman at his former workplace.



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Liberia's top doctor in quarantine

Liberia's chief medical officer is on a 21-day Ebola quarantine after her assistant died from the illness, according to health officials.



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Fighting at Turkish border as coalition against ISIS grows

Britain, Denmark and Belgium join more than 50 countries fighting ISIS as the U.S. warns it is just the beginning of the war.



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U.S. child rape suspect on run

A Massachusetts child rape suspect fled after cutting off his GPS monitoring bracelet, then -- days later -- returned home, beat and tied up a relative, and sped off again with a gun, police say.



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Pentagon: 'ISIS fight to take years'

The U.S. and its allies are steeling themselves for a years-long battle against ISIS -- after more airstrikes hit the terror group's oil assets.



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At least 50 killed in Xinjiang violence

Chinese government authorities late Thursday dramatically revised upward the death toll of a violent incident they say occurred earlier in the week in the far western Xinjiang region.



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Female pilot leads UAE airstrike

Maj. Mariam Al Mansouri may be ISIS's worst nightmare.



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State blames woman for own rape

The Pennsylvania attorney general's office is blaming a former state prison clerk for her own rape, in response to a federal lawsuit the woman filed.



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Miller starts N. Korean sentence

The American held in North Korea, Matthew Miller, begins his six-year sentence of hard labor on Thursday.



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Indonesians lose electoral rights

Indonesia's parliament voted on Friday to do away with direct local elections in a move that critics say is a huge step backward for the country's fledgling democracy.



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3 firefighters die of 9/11 illnesses

Three retiree firefighters from the FDNY died this week from illnesses believed related to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.



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Ebola leads to deaths of uninfected

About 10 days ago, Lusa Khanneh took ill, but not in an Ebola kind of way.



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Revealed: How 'Islamic State' is run

Put yourself in the shoes (and sixth-century black robes) of ISIS' Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the mysterious boss of the terror group that is striking fear into the hearts of leaders around the world.



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