It may sound like a joke, but laughter yoga promises real health benefits to those willing to put on their best grin and have a go, writes Margaret Jennings

Former Iraqi Governing Council member Ahmed Chalabi and his nephew Salem – head of the tribunal trying Saddam Hussein – have dismissed charges against them as "ridiculous".

Atlanta’s Emory University has no plans to rescind an invitation to former Irish president and UN human rights official Mary Robinson to be the keynote speaker at its May 10 graduation ceremony, despite a petition claiming she failed to show sensitivity to anti-Semitism.

The body of a Channel 4 News reporter Gaby Rado, who fell to his death from a hotel roof in northern Iraq, is to be taken to Tehran, Iran’s official news agency IRNA reported tonight.