SATURDAY

CHART-TOPPING singer Adele is potentially turning down millions of pounds after vowing never to play festivals or arenas, despite her astonishing success.

American gunships and tanks pounded militia positions near two shrines in the centre of the Iraqi holy city of Karbala today,

A total of 1,146 people were executed in 28 countries last year, with China, Iran and the United States topping the list of nations that use the death penalty, Amnesty International said.

MOVES by Turkey to create a military buffer zone between its borders and northern Iraq could lead to mayhem and bloodshed, the human rights group, Amnesty International, has warned.