Scores of Afghans rioted outside the US embassy in Kabul on Friday after a NATO vehicle crashed into a civilian car killing a number of occupants, officials and witnesses said.

Temperatures on Thursday soared to 38.2 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Russian capital, the highest since records began more than 150 years ago, the Moscow Weather Office said.

Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, a top leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug gang, was killed in a military raid in the suburbs of the western city of Guadalajara, according to media reports.

Real Madrid announced on Friday that they had reached a deal with Stuttgart to sign their German international midfielder Sami Khedira, seen here in June 2010 and who shone during the World Cup, on a five-year contract.

Comedian and chat show host Ellen DeGeneres, seen here in 2007 in Los Angeles, california, has quit as a judge on "American Idol," the hit pop music talent show announced Friday, with reports suggesting singer Jennifer Lopez might take her place.

Colombia's largest leftist guerrilla group released a videotaped message Friday, proposing talks with president-elect Juan Manuel Santos to find a political settlement to their armed conflict.

Croatian wartime general Branimir Glavas speaks to the press in 2009. Croatia's Supreme Court said Friday it upheld the conviction of Glavas for war crimes against Serb civilians in the 1991-1995 war but cut two years off his sentence.

McLaren Mercedes' British driver Jenson Button, seen here in the paddock of the Hungaroring circuit, admitted on Friday that he and the McLaren team face a "tricky" weekend if they are to impress and score good points in Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix.

France's Christophe Lemaitre crosses the finish line to win the men's 200m final at the 2010 European Athletics Championships at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona. Lemaitre won ahaead of Briton Christian Malcolm and other Frenchman Martial Mbandjock.

Ferrari's Brazilian driver Felipe Massa, seen here in his car in the pits of the Hungaroring circuit, returned to the scene of his grave accident last year with a smile as he finished fourth for Ferrari in opening practice for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix.