Two bombs exploded in a market near a highly revered Shiite shrine in Najaf, Iraq, today, killing at least 24 people and injuring 30.

About 200 people demonstrated outside the British Embassy in Tehran today, throwing stones at the building to protest at the US-led occupation of Iraq.

A militant Palestinian group that claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in Israel today vowed to send suicide bombers to Iraq to fight off US and British forces.