• Woman's Stoning Sentence 'on Hold' as Iran Reviews Case

  The stoning sentence of a woman convicted of adultery and murder has been put “on hold,” according to a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry.

• Vatican Expected to Seek Clemency for Death-Row Iranian Woman

  The Vatican is expected to intervene in the case of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, but “not in a public way.”

• Emergency in Pakistan Will 'Get Worse Before It Gets Better'

  More than a month since floods started ravaging Pakistan’s northwest region, relief workers on the ground say the emergency will “get worse before it gets better.”

• Kidnapped Christian Relief Worker in Sudan Freed After 105 Days

  An aid worker for Christian relief organization Samaritan's Purse was released Monday after being held hostage for 105 days in Sudan.

  

• Former N. Korea Prisoner Returns to U.S.

  Aijalon Mahli Gomes, the American who was held for seven months in North Korea, arrived home Friday after former President Jimmy Carter flew to the reclusive nation to secure his release.