AP – A northwest Pakistani village that tried to resist Taliban infiltration struggled with grief Saturday as families mourned 96 people killed in an apparent revenge suicide bombing at an outdoor volleyball game. Read more

AP – A Somali man was charged Saturday with two counts of attempted murder for an attack on a Danish artist whose 2005 cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad ignited riots and outrage across the Muslim world, authorities said. Read more

AP – Iran warned on Saturday the West has until the end of the month to accept Tehran’s counterproposal to a U.N.-drafted plan on a nuclear exchange, or the country will start producing nuclear fuel on its own. Read more

AP – A suicide car bombing that killed 88 people on a volleyball field sent a bloody New Year’s warning to Pakistanis who have formed militias to fend off Taliban insurgents in the northwestern region near the Afghan border. Read more

AP – A Somali man wielding an ax and a knife was shot by police as he attempted to kill an artist who drew a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad that sparked outrage in the Muslim world, the head of Denmark’s intelligence agency said Saturday. Read more