Did Afghan forces mislead US forces into destroying the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz? By Matthieu Aikins

THE European Tour’s Dubai Desert Classic beginning over the Emirates Course on Thursday, offers $2.5m (€1.8m) in prize money while, across the Atlantic, The AT&T Pro-Am on the US PGA Tour carries a purse of $6.3m (€4.6m).

The Pentagon has released new details of allegations against three high-profile terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay in a move condemned by a defence lawyer as a tactic to inspire moral condemnation.

US Marines on the USS Peleliu launched their first airstrikes against Taliban and al-Qaida targets in Afghanistan today, using Harrier jump jets loaded with 500lb bombs, officials said.