INSURGENTS killed at least eight people and wounded dozens in a spate of attacks across Iraq today, including two suicide car bombings in two northern cities, security officials said
ISRAEL`S scandal-tainted prime minister Ehud Olmert resigned today, local television reported, setting the stage for more weeks of political turmoil as the horse-trading begins to form a new government
YEMENI authorities have arrested the leader of the Islamic Jihad group which had claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on the US embassy that killed 17 people, a state-run website said today
ISRAELI Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced his resignation at a cabinet meeting today, but the scandal-hit leader could remain in office for weeks or months until a new government is formed
EIGHT civilians, three of them women, were killed in a US air strike near executed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein`s central hometown of Tikrit today, police and witnesses said
ISRAELI Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni began talks on forming a new coalition government today after edging home in a party leadership contest that set her on course to replace Ehud Olmert as prime minister
AN al-Qaeda-linked Islamist group which claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on the US embassy in Yemen has threatened more strikes against Western interests in the poverty-stricken nation
A steak through the heart ... lettuce-muncher Sir Paul McCartney has turned on fellow Brit Gordon Ramsay, saying the celebrity chef`s rants about vegetarians are `stupid`.
