Osama bin Laden surfaces with humanitarian appeal for Pakistani floods in 2nd tape in 24-hours

Osama bin Laden softens tone, but to what end?

In 2nd tape in 24-hours, bin Laden accuses Muslim nations of poor response to Pakistan floods

In 2nd tape, bin Laden urges Pakistan flood relief

In new tape, bin Laden presents himself as protector of Pakistanis after devastating floods

Bin Laden uses Pakistani floods to drum up support

Suspected terror plot on Europe prompted drone strikes in Pakistan, officials say

Terror plot in Europe prompted drone strikes

Algerian authorities: 2 police killed, 10 civilians injured in bombing; al-Qaida wing blamed

2 police killed in Algeria by homemade bomb

Al-Qaida No. 2 makes thinly veiled call on Pakistanis to rise against their government

Asif Ali Zardari

Egypt protects water purification stations along Nile after barge leaks diesel fuel into river

Egypt protects water stations from Nile oil spill

Captain of barge in Egypt that leaked gasoline into Nile blames low water level for spill

Egypt: Low water level blamed for Nile oil spill

Barge leaks more than 100 tons of gasoline into Nile River in south Egypt

Egypt: Barge leaks 100 tons of gasoline into Nile

9 Portuguese tourists killed when bus overturned in northern Morocco

9 Portuguese tourists killed in Morocco bus crash

Egypt reactor failed in April but no radiation leak, says nuclear chief

Egypt reactor failed in April says nuclear chief

Where Egypt’s elite now play, an ancient Roman port on Mediterranean once thrived

Ancient city by the sea rises amid Egypt’s resorts

BP likely to back away from frontiers of oil industry as it rebuilds shattered reputation

BP’s life on frontiers of energy industry at risk

Egyptians protest daily power cuts during scorching summer, block major highway

Egyptians protest power outages, block key highway

Lightning strike kills 7 children at religious school in Sudan’s Darfur region

Lightning kills 7 school children in Darfur

Families raise new questions over medical advice that led to Lockerbie bomber’s release

Lockerbie families raise new questions over bomber

Mideast Muslims start holy month of Ramadan, fasting from sunrise to sunset in sweltering heat

In Mideast, Ramadan fast begins in sweltering heat

Egypt says rocket attack against Israel carried out from its land by Hamas

Egypt admits rocket attack from its own soil

Obscure al-Qaida-linked group claims it attacked Japanese tanker in Persian Gulf last week

Al-Qaida-linked group claims tanker attack in Gulf

Opponents call for US-style moratorium on deepwater wells after Gulf of Mexico disaster

US President Barack Obama

Rockets fired at southern Israeli city of Eilat; one hits Jordan killing 1, wounding 4

Rockets fired at Israel, Jordan resorts; 1 dead

Russian pilot missing in Darfur copter incident, but aircraft and other crew are safe

Russian pilot missing in Darfur copter incident

US officials warned Scotland over release of Lockerbie bomber; feared celebrations in Libya

US officials warned Scotland over al-Megrahi

US senators call on UK, BP officials to testify at hearing on release of Lockerbie bomber

Senators want UK officials at Lockerbie hearing

Ahead of US visit, UK’s Cameron says decision to release Lockerbie bomber was wrong

UK’s Cameron: releasing Lockerbie bomber was wrong

Senators look for smoking gun linking BP oil deal, release of Lockerbie bomber

Senators look for smoking gun in BP-Lockerbie link

Arab TV airs video of suspected Times Square car bomber reportedly taped in Pakistan

Arab TV airs video of Times Square car bomber

Arab TV station airs video of suspected Times Square bomber allegedly taped in Pakistan

Arab TV airs video of Times Square bombing suspect

Biden: Main political parties must be in government, leaders must ‘finish what they started’

Biden: Iraqi gov’t must include top vote-getters

Biden looks to ease tensions between Iraqi rivals, see new gov’t seated before US troops leave

Biden seeks thaw between Iraqi political rivals

Nations can’t agree on how to curb whale hunts; Japan blames anti-whaling nations

Nations fail to agree on curbing Japan whale hunt

Oil execs slam Obama’s 6-month deepsea drilling moratorium, say world needs new oil supplies

The White House

Oil execs slam Obama’s 6-month deepsea drilling ban as BP stock sinks to 13-year low

Big Oil strikes back, slams Obama’s drilling ban

Libya’s National Oil Corp supports BP, says spill in Gulf of Mexico has been exaggerated

US President Barack Obama welcomes Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

Oil execs in London slam Obama’s 6-month drilling ban, say world needs oil from deepsea rigs

Barack Obama (Waxwork)

Environmentalists say Red Sea oil spill is damaging wildlife on Egypt’s coast

Environmentalists say Red Sea oil spill continuing

Egypt confirms oil leak from rig operating off Red Sea coast near resort of Hurghada

Egypt confirms oil leak from rig off Red Sea coast

Impact of BP oil spill felt far from Gulf as Europe, Asia rethink drilling safety measures

Lee Myung-bak,Manmohan Singh

Kuwait breathes easier after record heat nearly tops out power supply

Heat wave breaks in Kuwait

CAIRO — Temperatures in Kuwait have dropped slightly from the record 126 degrees Fahrenheit earlier this week — a record surge of heat that had pushed the tiny OPEC nation’s power grid to the brink.

9 dead when suicide bomber rams into police barracks east of Algiers

9 dead in suicide bombing east of Algiers

ALGIERS, Algeria — A suicide bomber rammed a truck into the barracks of an elite police unit Friday in a village east of the capital, Algiers. At least nine people died, including four police officers and one Chinese worker.

Investigators rule out technical failure, terrorism as causes of Libyan plane crash

Probe says no technical fault in Libya plane crash

Egypt hands 5-year sentence to Cairo deputy governor for 2008 rock slide that killed 119

Egypt sends official to prison in fatal rock slide

US-born Yemeni cleric calls for the killing of American civilians in al-Qaida video

Yemeni cleric calls for killing US civilians

American-Yemeni cleric advocates killing of American civilians in al-Qaida video

Yemeni cleric advocates killing US civilians

Family of Dutch boy who was sole survivor of Libya plane crash says he is recovering well

Boy who survived Libya plane crash recovering well

Crash investigators search debris field of Libyan plane for clues to cause of disaster

Crash investigators search for clues in Libya

Dutch boy who is sole survivor of Libya crash returns home to face life without parents

Bittersweet return for Dutch boy crash survivor

Dutch boy who is sole survivor of Libyan crash arrives home on medical evacuation flight

Boy who survived plane crash back in Netherlands

Dutch boy who is sole survivor of Libyan crash leaves for home on medical evacuation flight

Dutch survivor of Libyan jet crash leaves for home

Dutch boy who is sole survivor of Libyan plane crash to return home Saturday

Dutch crash survivor to return from Libya Saturday