Liz Sly

A French hostage was freed Wednesday evening--in time for Christmas, as his Moslem captors had promised. Aurel Cornea, 54, a television soundman, was pushed out of a black Mercedes near...

Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger refused Monday to withdraw U.S. warships and marines from near Lebanon in response to a new Shiite Moslem demand and called the terrorist hijacking of Americans...

The American hostages in the TWA hijacking are being moved to new locations, possibly outside Beirut, to avoid detection and thwart any rescue attempt, their captors said Saturday. As United...