The first prisoners of war captured in southern Iraq were searched and herded into temporary barbed wire enclosures.

Allied troops invading Iraq will face millions of landmines scattered across the country, some of which were planted by US forces during the last war, military officials said today.

The Pentagon has denied that peacekeeping forces in the Balkans are having their health put at risk from the remnants of US weapons containing depleted uranium.

Russia is reported to be moving tactical nuclear weapons into a military base in Eastern Europe for the first time since the Cold War.