Common supervision of European banks, possibly by the European Central Bank, would help restore confidence and protect the financial system, ECB Governing Council member Panicos Demetriades said yesterday.

SADDAM HUSSEIN scrapped all Iraqi weapons of mass destruction after the first Gulf War, his chief nuclear scientist has claimed.

A reporter with Time Magazine has received video footage of a suicide bomber chronicling his final hours right up to his deadly mission.

SHI'ITE Muslim mourners chanted anti-American slogans yesterday, venting their anger at Iraq's instability after suicide bombings killed up to 271 pilgrims.

A NEW American plan to hand sovereignty back to Iraqis will be changed after objections from the country’s most revered Shi’ite Muslim leader, the head of Iraq’s Governing Council said yesterday.