USA Today ISLAMABAD (AP) – Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri said the group is holding an American aid expert kidnapped three months ago in Pakistan.Al-Zawahri said in a video message Thursday that Warren Weinstein would be released if the United S… more »

A Chinese military training ship at a dock in Sydney, Australia, in September. China has tried to increase ties to the region.NY Times By Michael Wines BEIJING — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates met his Chinese counterpart, Liang Guanglie, in Vietna… more »

Wall Street Journal By MARK MAREMONT And VICTORIA MCGRANE Two years after the peak of the financial crisis, the federal government swooped in to stabilize a crucial part of the credit-union sector battered by losses on subprime mortgages. Regulators… more »

By Patricia Zengerle PARMA, Ohio | Wed Sep 8, 2010 9:54pm EDT PARMA, Ohio (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, fighting to keep Democrats in charge of Congress, said on Wednesday the United States could not afford to extend Bush-era tax cuts for… more »

HumanEvents.com Jason Mattera New audio has surfaced of the imam behind the controversial mosque near Ground Zero allegedly telling an audience overseas that the United States has been far more deadly than al-Qaeda. "We tend to forget, in the West, t… more »