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Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday pulled his party out of the ruling coalition. The main party in the coalition, the Pakistan People's Party, will have to scramble to hold the government together.

In talks to frame an Iraqi constitution, a top Shiite political leader calls for autonomy for the Shiite-dominated region of southern Iraq. In the north, Kurdish leaders made similar demands. Iraq's Shiite prime minister rejected the proposals.

Monday is the latest deadline for an Iraqi constitution. Despite renewed optimism, a number of key issues are unresolved, including the role of Islam, distribution of oil wealth and women's rights.

The ranks at Ivy Tech Community College in Kokomo, Ind., are swelling with laid-off factory workers. One in five people in Kokomo is jobless. Many are back in school with the help of a program that pays to retrain workers hurt by foreign trade.

Activists say the latest, most grisly trend in the government's so-called Ramadan offensive is to detain protesters, torture them to death, then release their bodies for all to see. The deaths are motivating some through anger, silencing others through fear.

An increasing number of Syrian soldiers are quitting the army and joining anti-government activists, according to reports from the central city of Homs. For now, the protests remain peaceful, though warnings of an armed response grow.

On ABC's This Week, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner opened the door to a middle-class tax hike. The White House quickly slammed it shut. But many experts say Geithner was right to leave the idea on the table, and a recent Gallup Poll shows Americans are generally satisfied with the amount of taxes they pay.

With the country still digging its way out of the recession, banks have severely tightened lending to small firms — making it harder for many to get back on their feet. But Daphne Wilson, an entrepreneur in Milwaukee, Wis., didn't let being turned down by four banks stop her.

U.S. employers added just 114,000 jobs in July as the unemployment rate rose to 4.3%. The weaker-than-expected report is adding to fears of an economic slowdown.

The suspect had uploaded an oath of allegiance to the current leader of the Islamic State militia group to an internet account a few weeks ago, investigators said Wednesday.