There was disappointment all round for Ireland's trio of golfers at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Regional Championships this week, despite some good individual performances.

A Shiite militant group has released a video of an Iraqi-American soldier who was kidnapped nearly four months ago while visiting his wife in Baghdad, an American television network reported today.

US and Iraqi forces swept into Baghdad’s Sadr City Shiite slum in an early morning raid today, killing four Iraqis, wounding eight and detaining five, police said.

At least eight people were killed by a pair of car bombs that tore through shoppers in central Baghdad today, while a Slovak and Polish soldier were reported killed overnight by a roadside bomb south of the capital.

California’s attorney general is suing the six largest US and Japanese carmakers, including General Motors, Ford and Toyota, for damages related to greenhouse gas emissions.

EVOLUTIONARY theory should be taught to science students, but it alone cannot explain complex biological phenomenon, said a biochemistry professor who is a leading advocate of “intelligent design.”

A 42-year-old bachelor was today celebrating after winning the biggest prize in American television history as he scooped $2.18m (£1.7m) on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.