Bush disgusted of jail photos
US President George W. Bush expressed "deep disgust" today at the apparent abuse of Iraqi detainees by US troops and vowed to punish those responsible.
British troops accused of abuse
Britan's Daily Mirror newspaper published photographs today which it claimed showed British troops abusing an Iraqi prisoner in a camp near Basra, southern Iraq.
34 killed in China coalmine blast
An explosion tore through a coal mine in remote northern China overnight, killing at least 34 miners and leaving another two trapped underground, state media said.
Bush ‘enjoys’ 9/11 grilling
US President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney answered questions today from September 11 commissioners trying to learn how followers of Osama bin Laden pulled off the worst terrorist attack in American history.
Fallujah free as US pulls back
US Marines announced the end of the bloody three-week-old siege of Fallujah, saying yesterday they would pull back from the city and allow a new, all-Iraqi force move in and take over security.
US troops snap prisoner abuse
US military police stacked Iraqi prisoners in human pyramids and attached wires to a hooded detainee in an attempt to convince him he might be electrocuted.
17 kidnapped children rescued
Seventeen children kidnapped from the streets of Kabul have been liberated by authorities facing what appears to be a growing problem in Afghanistan, Interior Minister Ali Ahmed Jalali said today.
Cleric’s supporters bussed in to Jakarta
Hundreds of supporters of Abu Bakar Bashir headed to Jakarta yesterday ahead today's riot against police in the capital Jakarta.
Man snatches 30 bodies to heal wife
A Chinese man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing 30 corpses from local graveyards, cooking soup with their flesh and crushing the bones in a bid to heal his sick wife, state media said on Wednesday.
Bashir ignores police questions
Jemaah Islamiah-linked cleric Abu Bakar Bashir was questioned in jail by Indonesian police yesterday, but did no answer any questions.