The US is to protest to the Turkish prime minister for comments he made calling Zionism a crime against humanity.

A suicide bomber has blown himself up near Nato headquarters in Kabul, killing at least six people, according to Afghan authorities.

Suspected militants attacked and set on fire at least 20 oil tankers in Pakistan that were on their way to Nato and US troops in Afghanistan.

A SENIOR Russian general yesterday shrugged off Washington’s concern about Cold War-style patrols of Russian nuclear submarines off the US coast, saying it was business as usual for Moscow to keep its navy in shape.

A suicide attacker on foot blew himself up near a Nato convoy in southern Afghanistan today, seriously wounding three civilians, while a roadside bomb killed a policeman in the east, officials said.