Eleven people were killed and at least nine injured when a motorcycle bomb exploded in the courtyard of a Baghdad mosque this evening.

THE US military and the Red Cross have launched an investigation after photos were published in British and American newspapers of an imprisoned Saddam Hussein wearing only his underwear.

The US military and the Red Cross has launched an investigation after photos were published in British and American newspapers of an imprisoned Saddam Hussein clad only in his underwear.

Stocks bounded higher today as investors shrugged off a fresh indicator of rising inflation, but climbing oil prices kept a lid on gains.