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Three soldiers connected to an alleged plot to plant explosives at Fort Hood in Texas were arrested on Wednesday, officials said.

Walter Reed, the Army medical center that was viewed as a top facility for wounded warriors before a 2007 investigation revealed widespread negligence, closed with a formal ceremony on Wednesday.

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who escaped an attempt on his life by opponents, will only cede power through the ballot box and the country will descend into civil war if he is forced from office, his foreign minister said.

A suicide bomber killed the mayor of Afghanistan's Kandahar Wednesday, a further blow to stability in the southern city still reeling from the assassination two weeks ago of President Hamid Karzai's powerbroker half-brother.

Osama bin Laden's death and a relentless campaign of drone attacks have weakened al-Qaeda to the point that the terror organization may no longer be capable of planning and carrying out large-scale attacks.

Senate Democrats' legislation to reduce the U.S. deficit and increase borrowing authority would cut $2.2 trillion from deficits, about $500 billion less than Democrats claimed, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.

As central Oslo reeled from Norway's worst massacre in modern history, a blond man in the grieving crowd asked Iraqi-born Iman al-Kofi, wearing a headscarf, for a hug.

?We have told Pakistan we are willing to discuss all issues with an open mind,? a senior Indian government official told media.

While it may seem strange for a far-right Western European to praise India?s Hindus, it is actually nothing new.

Breivik apparently has found some ?common ground? with right-wing Hindu nationalists over their mutual contempt and fear of Muslims.

For years, war veterans have had to turn to traditional methods of therapy when the terrifying battlefield memories come rushing back. But now, new-age technology designed to assist with the coping of post-traumatic stress and brain injuries have been turned into mobile phone applications, or "apps."

President Barack Obama called on Republican and Democratic leaders on Monday night to reach a fair compromise on raising the debt ceiling to avert a reckless and irresponsible national default.

Another impasse at the U.S. debt ceiling talks caused gold to touch new highs on Monday. Spot gold rose to a record $1,622.49 per ounce, an increase of 1.1 percent, as investors became nervous about the possibility of a U.S. rating downgrade. There are analysts who believe that irrespective of whether there will be a debt deal in the U.S. or not, gold will continue to rise higher, basically because of the residual weakness of the dollar.

Call it 'dueling debt plans': Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev. announced Monday a $2.7 trillion spending reduction plan, while House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, announced a 2-stage spending cut plan, $1 trillion now, and $1.2 trillion next year. If the two sides can get down to negotiating, Monday will be a day of progress in the debt deal saga.

A right-wing zealot who has confessed to killing 93 people in Norway seemed a polite "city man" out of place in a small rural town where he leased a hideaway farm to plot his attacks.

The boy was kidnapped when his father refused to cooperate with the Taliban.

There are mixed opinions on whether the repeal of the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy could have a negative impact on the US Military.

President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders have missed a self-imposed Sunday deadline reach a deal to raise the U.S. federal debt limit, bringing the default deadline for U.S. obligations even closer.

While it is clear that Breivik had held radical Christian views and was a confirmed anti-Muslim, there is still no conclusive evidence to suggest that he had sculpted himself into a homegrown terrorist with established agenda. It is possible that the attacker was a demented, narcissistic killer who was misguided by the notion of a single person being able to change the world.

Terrorist attacks in Oslo's central government district and a nearby youth camp have killed over 80 people Friday. The current death toll represents a shocking surge from the initial 10 reported dead in the explosion earlier today.

Nato and Afghan special forces killed more than 50 militants in a major operation against the Haqqani network in eastern Afghanistan, Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Friday.