Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — A suicide bomb Friday in southwestern Pakistan killed 59 people and wounded 160, police said. The blast in the city of Quetta occurred during an Al Quds day rally, an annual event in the Arab and Muslim world that criticizes Israeli policies toward Palestinians. Dramatic television images showed what appeared to be the blast, followed by heavy gunfire and people dispersing.... 

Burger King is being sold to private equity firm 3G Capital in a deal valued at $3.26bn (£2.1bn), it has been announced. The fast food chain, with 12,100 outlets, had been the subject of takeover rumours for days. Burger King floated on Wall Street in 2006, four years after being bought by a group of private equity firms. The group – TPG Capital, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs Funds –... 

Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina (CNN) — Large and powerful Hurricane Earl prepared to take a swipe at the Eastern Seaboard Thursday as residents from North Carolina to Massachusetts scrambled to ready themselves for its arrival. Hurricane warnings and watches stretched from North Carolina to Delaware, and covered parts of Massachusetts. President Barack Obama signed a disaster declaration for... 

(CNN) — A man possibly armed with explosives took at least one hostage Wednesday at the headquarters of the Discovery Channel in Silver Spring, Maryland, police said. Capt. Paul Starks said that police were in communication with the gunman, and that he was making some demands. The suspect had “concerns” with the Discovery Corporation, he said. A caller from One Discovery Place, the... 

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — At least 28 people are dead and at least 218 others were injured Wednesday after three blasts during a Shiite procession here, authorities in Pakistan said Khalid Ranjha, a Lahore government official, said two of the dead are children and two others are women, and seven of those injured are in critical condition. The three explosions occurred in a radius of about 600... 

Paris Hilton will be charged with possession of a controlled substance — .8 grams of cocaine — this according to documents obtained by TMZ … and it’s a felony. We’re told the D.A. filed the case today. You can read the criminal complaint and the police report in this post. According to the police report, obtained by TMZ, the cop who stopped the Escalade pulled along the... 

Ferrari has decided to recall all of the 458 Italia cars it made this year, following reports of a number of the luxury cars catching fire. Ferrari said its engineers had flown around the world to investigate reports of “thermal incidents”. As a result, it will be asking the owners of more than 1,200 of the supercars around the world to bring them in for modification work. The 458 Italia... 

Evacuations have begun in areas of the US east coast likely to be hit by Hurricane Earl. The storm has dropped to Category Three but is still generating sustained winds of 201km/h (135mph). One island in North Carolina’s Outer Banks is being evacuated and visitors are being asked to leave another. The narrow islands are served by a single main road and officials worry that waves washing over...