PAKISTANI Taliban militants have kidnapped 30 security forces from a police station in the northwestern Swat Valley today, a day after killing three intelligence men
AL-QAEDA chemical weapons expert Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar was believed to have been killed today in a suspected US missile strike in Pakistan, security officials said
THREE suicide bombers, believed to be women, have killed 25 Shi`ite pilgrims as they headed to a holy shrine in Baghdad for a major religious ceremony that has been marred by bloodshed in the past
OIL prices rose today after rebels said they had sabotaged two pipelines in Nigeria, a major exporter of crude, and analysts said that the market was also tracking developments over Iran
Too simple ... maths teacher should be passing on more complex mathematical ideas to students, a report says
