It may not have been a St Valentine’s Day massacre, coming 24 hours after the day romantics cherish most, but the way the Gunners were gunned down in the San Siro was nothing less than fatal for their Champions League hopes.

Defending UAE League champions Al Ahli have announced the shock signing of Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro on a two-year deal.

The Government has said it will pursue the use of fake Irish passports by a group of alleged assassins.

Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin said today that he is to meet his Israeli counterpart to discuss the use of fake Irish passports by a team of assassins.

Sacked England football captain John Terry has arrived back in the UK – hand-in-hand with his wife.

RORY McILROY will live the high life this week despite a downturn in his world ranking.

British banks make up the biggest group of foreign creditors for debt-swamped Dubai World and Royal Bank of Scotland is the most exposed, it was reported today.

Dubai's main investment company has asked creditors for a six-month delay on repaying its debts.

The Taliban today said the Afghan government has promised safe passage to two top Taliban leaders so they could meet with South Korean negotiators to discuss the fate of 21 Korean hostages.

ASIAN women who have endured beatings, rape and other abuse with little hope of justice shared their stories yesterday before a symbolic court that pledged to take into political action.

KUWAIT yesterday said it had arrested three of its nationals planning to launch a terrorist attack against US troops in the emirate and seized weapons and ammunition in their possession.

A US marine who survived what Kuwait called a “terrorist act” was recovering today as investigators studied how two attackers infiltrated military exercises off the emirate’s coast.

Afghanistan’s Taliban Government has issued a defiant statement saying that US claims to have crippled Afghan defences are untrue.

News agencies say more than 30 people are dead after the air strikes on Afghanistan but the Taliban says there are no casualties.