The Jordanian Cabinet resigned today and King Abdullah will name a prime minister to form a new government amid claims of royal disapproval over the performance of some of his ministers.

Militants targeted a US patrol with a roadside bomb today in the northern city of Mosul, killing four nearby civilians, while the US military reported that a Marine died in action in a strife-riven western province.

Anti-Israel demonstrations erupted across the Arab world today after Israel assassinated Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the spiritual leader of the Islamic militant group Hamas, with a missile attack outside a Gaza City mosque.