A suicide bomber in southern Afghanistan killed two children and wounded seven civilians and a small number of British soldiers in an attack today on a British aid group.

A suicide bomber in a car targeted a Nato convoy in southern Afghanistan today, killing one Nato soldier and eight civilians, the alliance said in a statement.

Thousands of rioters clashed with police and Nato peacekeepers across Afghanistan today in demonstrations against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. One person was killed and an unknown number were injured.

Rioters clashed with police and Nato peacekeepers during demonstrations today against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

A cargo aircraft crashed into Afghan mountains today with 10 people on board, said a spokeswoman for Nato-led peacekeeping forces.

A Pakistan air force jet crashed during a routine training flight in southern Pakistan today, but no one was hurt.

A helicopter belonging to the Nato-led international security force in Afghanistan crashed in the west of the country today, killing 17 Spanish troops. The cause was not immediately clear.

British troops are investigating the death of an Iraqi police officer killed during clashes between coalition forces and insurgents near the southern city of Basra.

British troops took control of the offices of Muqtada al-Sadr in the southern Iraqi city of Basra today after clashing with militants loyal to the rebel cleric.

Masked Shiite militiamen armed with rocket launchers and automatic weapons poured through the streets of the southern Iraqi city of Basra today, setting up roadblocks to protest at US military action in Najaf.

Iraqi insurgents targeted the British run city of Basra today killing at least 55 people, including ten children on their way to schools, in a series of bomb blasts.

At least 55 people were killed today and 238 injured – including four British soldiers – after a series of explosions in the southern Iraqi city of Basra.

Ten Iraqi children on their way to primary school were among the 40 dead in a series of simultaneous explosions in Basra today.

A fourth possible suicide attack has rocked through a camp outside Basra shortly after the three blasts, the British Ministry of Defence has said.

Nell McAndrew cut short visits to British troops in Basra because she was unhappy with her accommodation there, it emerged today.

British troops were battling to control rioting mobs in the Iraqi city of Basra today after a power cut raised temperatures to boiling point.