Egyptian soccer fans riot against Algeria
AP - 1 hour ago

CAIRO (AP) - Egyptian soccer fans burned Algerian flags and rioted outside the Algerian Embassy in Cairo, smashing cars and shop windows, in an escalating row between the two countries over a bitter World Cup rivalry.

Yemen: Somali pirates hijack Panamanian cargo ship
AP - 2 hours ago

SANA'A, Yemen (AP) - Yemen's coast guard says Somali pirates have hijacked a Panamanian cargo ship in the treacherous Gulf of Aden between the Arabian peninsula and the Horn of Africa.

Palestinians to set new date for elections
AP - 4 hours ago

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Palestinian officials announced Friday that a new date for parliamentary and presidential elections will be set next month now that President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone the January vote, though the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers maintain they will boycott the voting.

Iraq cleric's aide urges end to political crisis
AP - 5 hours ago

BAGHDAD (AP) - A top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader on Friday urged the country's fractious political blocs to resolve a crisis over a key election law that threatens to delay national polls planned for January.

Iran to launch satellite on its own by late 2011
AP - 7 hours ago

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran plans to launch a communications satellite by late 2011 with no outside help, a top Iranian official said Friday, after Italy and Russia declined to put it into orbit.

200 Web sites spread al-Qaida's message in English
AP - 15 hours ago

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West. They translate writings and sermons once largely out of reach of English readers and often feature charismatic clerics like Anwar al-Awlaki, who exchanged dozens of e-mails with the Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood shootings.

Lebanese diva accused of singing racist song
AP - 1 day ago

CAIRO (AP) - A famous Lebanese pop singer, who normally stirs controversy for her seductive dresses and provocative dancing, has now been accused of singing a song with racist lyrics that compares black Egyptians to monkeys.

Hassan Nasrallah re-elected as Hezbollah leader
AP - 1 day ago

BEIRUT (AP) - The militant Hezbollah group announced Thursday that Sheik Hassan Nasrallah has been re-elected as the Shiite Muslim group's leader for a sixth term.

Israeli aircraft hit Gaza after rocket attacks
AP - 1 day ago

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli aircraft struck a weapons-manufacturing facility and two smuggling tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, in response to recent rocket attacks on Israel, the military said.

Tiny survivor doesn't remember Mumbai attack
AP - 1 day ago

KFAR CHABAD, Israel (AP) - Moshe Holtzberg celebrated his third birthday on Wednesday the way many Jewish children do — he got his first haircut. He appeared not to recall the tragic events of a year ago, when his parents were killed in a terror attack in Mumbai, India.