AT least 22 people have been killed in spiralling violence in Pakistan as concern grows over deteriorating security and the al-Qaeda threat along the Afghan border
A US Marine squad leader who boasted to his men they had gotten away with murder after kidnapping and killing an Iraqi grandfather has been sentenced to 15 years in prison
THE death toll from a collapsed US highway bridge rose to at least five and was expected to climb more as divers felt their way through murky Mississippi waters to victims, authorities said
Cheers ... the Queen holds a bottle of beer during a pub visit in 1998 / Reuters