Reuters - Hamas leader-in-exile Khaled Meshaal said on Wednesday the Palestinian militant group will continue to fight Israel and told the United States that its Middle East policy would fuel terrorism.

Joanna Wypior - AHN Staff Reporter Manama, Behrain (AHN) - Reigning world champion Fernando Alonso won a wheel-to-wheel duel with Michael Schumacher to start his title defense with victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix. The 24-year-old Spaniard spent the race locked in a duel with Schumacher,...

AP - A fleeting smile lit up the stern face of Sheik Abdul-Atheem al-Bahrani when asked if he worried that the sectarian tensions in Iraq would spread to the Gulf. "The good in Iraq overflows, but so do its evils," said the Bahraini Shiite cleric, quoting an old saying.

AP - For the first time in five years, Michael Schumacher will not have the No. 1 on his Ferrari as defending champion in Formula One. There are new champions — Fernando Alonso and Renault; new teams; new drivers and, once again, new rules and regulations to try to spice up the sport.

AP - For the people working at Bahrain's malls, the person covered head to toe in a black veil, gloves and glasses appeared to be a rich, doting Saudi mother, leaping from one aisle to the next to select children's shoes, clothes and toys.