South Korea has said a North Korean patrol boat entered its waters around their disputed maritime border but backed off after nearly an hour following repeated warnings.

Two of Pakistan’s most influential opposition leaders banded together today in an attack on President Pervez Musharraf’s regime, demanding he step down.

SAUDIS blamed al-Qaida militants last night for the suicide car bombing of a Riyadh housing complex, declaring it proof of the terror network’s willingness to shed Muslim blood in its zeal to bring down the US-linked Saudi monarchy.

THE commander of US forces in Iraq yesterday blamed continuing violence on insufficient intelligence and lack of co-operation from the Iraqi people.