AP – Pro-government militiamen attacked the home of an Iranian opposition leader with homemade bombs and beat one of his bodyguards unconscious, an opposition website reported, in an apparent attempt to keep him from attending a key rally on Friday. Yahoo! News: World News  Read More →

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has described the direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians as futile and doomed to fail. His comments – the first regional reaction to the talks – came a day after the first direct talks between the two sides since 2008. Right-wing Israeli activists and Gaza militants also reacted angrily. Hamas has vowed to step up attacks on Israel. But... 

AP – Pakistani officials say suspected U.S. missiles have killed five people in a tribal region near the Afghan border. Yahoo! News: World News  Read More →

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.... 

We’ll get to Audrina Patridge on Dancing With the Stars in a second, but first, let’s talk Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan joining the show. Patridge’s DWTS partner, Tony… E! Online (US) – Celebrity News  Read More →

AP – India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications — not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion — to install servers in the country to make it easier for the government to obtain users’ data. That would likely affect digital giants like Google and Skype. Yahoo! News: World News  Read More →

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...