A grisly video shows Islamic State militants beheading American journalist James Foley, US officials said, in what the extremists called retribution for recent US airstrikes in Iraq.

An American journalist has been missing in Syria since he was kidnapped more than one month ago, his family said today, less than two years after he was held by government forces in Libya while covering that country’s civil war.

A distraught man wearing what appeared to be a bomb walked into a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office today and demanded to speak to the candidate during a hostage drama that dragged on for nearly six hours before he surrendered peacefully.

A MAN wearing what appeared to be a bomb strapped to his chest walked into a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office yesterday, took several hostages and demanded to speak to the candidate during a close to four-hour standoff, authorities said.

A deranged man wearing what appeared to be a bomb strapped to his chest walked into a Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign office in the US tonight, took several hostages and demanded to speak to the candidate, authorities said.