Twenty-seven members of a United States military intelligence unit at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison either requested or condoned certain abuses of Iraqi prisoners there, an investigation concluded tonight.

The US Army today replaced Maj Gen George Fay with a more senior general as chief investigator of the role of military intelligence in the abuse of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

American soldiers are firing so much ammunition that the military’s largest supplier of bullets can’t keep up.

Israeli police interrogated Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for seven hours today about suspicions of bribery suspicions in a property deal.

Israeli police today questioned Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s elder son Omri for nine hours in a corruption investigation, police said.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Likud party appears to be recovering from corruption allegations, new polls published today showed.

ISRAELI Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dismissed as "despicable libel" allegations about his involvement in a financial scandal that has cast a shadow over the upcoming Israeli election.

ISRAELI Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is being investigated over an alleged €1 million bribe, it was reported yesterday.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, whose Likud party has been hurt in the polls by corruption charges, is being investigated over an alleged £1m (€1.54m) bribe, it was reported today.