The killing of some 20 Algerian paramilitary policemen in a desert ambush Wednesday by Islamist extremists linked to al-Qaida was a show of force by the jihadists who appear determined to expand their operations across the region and open a new terror front.
International and Afghan forces killed 16 Taliban militants in a gunbattle in the country's south, police said on Friday. One police officer also died in the fighting.
Talks between Sudan's government and a Darfur rebel group have been adjourned without agreement, both sides said on Friday, blaming each other for the impasse.
Iran's supreme leader on Friday said last week's presidential elections showed off the country's religious democracy to the entire world. In a rare move, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addressed the country following Friday prayers at Tehran University.
A federal judge sided with the city of Dearborn today in a dispute with a Christian group over the distribution of religious literature during an upcoming Arab festival.
French MP describes burqa as new "green fascism"
Senior representatives of the Egyptian regime are "extremely worried" about the growing popularity of General Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman and reports that he may succeed President Hosni Mubarak
A US missile attack killed at least nine militants at a South Waziristan training camp today ahead of a planned ground offensive by the Pakistani army on the mountainous tribal region.
For the last five years, Pastor George Saieg and scores of his volunteers have visited Dearborn, Michigan during its annual Dearborn Arab International Festival to pass out religious literature and discuss their Christian Faith. Pastor Saieg is a Sudanese Christian, and Founder and Director of the Arabic Christian Perspective (ACP), which ministers to Muslims.
BERLIN — A prominent Saudi cleric who has extolled Osama bin Laden and preached violence against Shiites, Jews and Christians slipped quietly into Germany for medical treatment in April and even received police protection in the hospital before his departure last month, government and medical officials acknowledged Wednesday.