ON the eighth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq the lessons of two disastrous wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have not been learned.

An al-Qaida militant suspected of planning an attack targeting the World Cup in South Africa next month has been detained by Iraqi security forces.

The inmate who died at Guantanamo Bay in an apparent suicide was identified today as a Saudi military veteran and self-described Islamic holy warrior who denied he ever intended to kill Americans.

Paramedics said the woman flight attendant was knifed and shot to death and two men were gunned down.