Pulitzer Prize-winning author Karen Elliot House says this Middle Eastern country is fragile, especially as demographics change. NewsHour talks to House about her new book, "On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines and Future."  

 The US election is a side-show on the frontline of the war on terror where Afghans feel abandoned by Washington's looming troop withdrawal, which some in Pakistan fear could cause more violence and instability in their country regardless of who secures the White House.

The Syrian government has agreed to a ceasefire during the four-day Muslim Eid holiday starting this week, international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi says in Cairo.