An American soldier was killed and two others were injured today when a patrol came under attack in northern Iraq, the US military said.

American soldiers were wounded today when a patrol came under attack in northern Iraq, the US military said.

A suicide car bomber has killed an Iraqi policeman and himself at a road checkpoint behind the UN headquarters in Baghdad.

Japanese police were to continue questioning an American Air Force sergeant who is under suspicion in the alleged rape of a woman in Okinawa.