A prison riot near the Syrian capital of Damascus killed at least nine people today, according to a human rights activist in contact with the prisoners.

Five bombs ripped through a police training school in south-western Pakistan early today, leaving six policemen dead and nine wounded, a police official and a doctor said.

Iraqi security forces captured a suspected terrorist operating on Baghdad’s blood-soaked Haifa Street – cornering him today in a cupboard as he was disguising himself with his wife’s underwear.

ROCKET-propelled grenades slammed into US military vehicles in two attacks yesterday in and around Baghdad after an explosion at a mosque in the town of Fallujah killed 10 Iraqis and injured four others.

Several American soldiers were reportedly wounded today when a rocket-propelled grenade was fired at their armoured car in Baghdad.