Scores die in Iraq suicide attacks
A wave of suicide bombings across Iraq has left more than 55 people dead and almost 300 injured. Three suicide bombers targeted Baghdad as tens of thousands of Shia pilgrims streamed into the city
for an annual event commemorating the death of an eighth-century saint. The quick succession of suicide... [continued]
Robert Fox: suicide bombers' message from al-Qaeda 
Backbenchers to challenge Brown
At least 30 Labour MPs are to write a joint letter to the entire cabinet in a bid to unseat Gordon Brown, a newspaper has claimed. The letter will outline how the MPs, described as backbench
"moderates", are despairing over what they see as problems facing the Labour party, including Mr Brown's leadership.... [continued]
The Mole: One third of Cabinet believe Brown's days are numbered
Phillip Blond: a winning formula for the next election
Opinion Digest: Calamity for Labour in Glasgow
Sixteen die in Istanbul blasts
Sixteen people have been killed, and 154 injured, in bomb blasts in Istanbul which Turkish authorities claim bears the hallmarks of a Kurdish rebel attack. The explosions took place in the busy
residential district of Gungoren. The first, smaller, blast occured in a rubbish bin, and attracted onlookers afterwards, who... [continued]
October 2007: Hawkish Turks prepare for Iraq invasion
Northern Ireland: terror fears
The UK security services believe that the threat of terror in Northern Ireland is growing, it has emerged. MI5 is picking up more suspicious activity from dissident republicans than any other group in the UK or Ireland, including radical Islamists. Up to 60 per cent of the security services' phonetaps... [continued]
‘Gulf 15’ commander leaves post
The captain of HMS Cornwall - the frigate at the centre of the Iranian hostage crisis last year - has been removed from his post, the Ministry of Defence revealed today. Royal Navy Commander Jeremy
Woods has been moved "to a post where his talents and experience can be used... [continued]
Robert Fox: the Navy's in deep water over the HMS Cornwall crisis
Peregrine Worsthorne: did the Gulf 15 have to fawn to their captors?
Sport ‘bought into’ Olympics claim
An investigation carried out by the BBC has raised concern that a Japanese cycling event may have been included in the Olympics because of a cash donation. The 'keirin' - a rapid and exciting track
cycling event - has long been popular in Japan, but with a comparatively low profile... [continued]
The First Post's Olympics blog
Karadzic appeal confirmed
Radovan Karadzic, former leader of the Bosnian Serbs, has launched an appeal against his extradition to The Hague, his brother Luka has confirmed. Luka Karadzic visited his brother in prison in
Belgrade on Sunday. Asked afterwards by reporters if his brother's defence team planned to appeal, he replied: "Of course... [continued]
Why is Ratko Mladic so hard to find?
Karadzic's secret life as an alternative healer
Inferno engulfs historic pier
A huge blaze has turned a Somerset pier into an "inferno", according to eyewitnesses. Thirty firefighters are involved in attempts to put out the flames at the Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare, hampered in their attempts by a low tide. The column of smoke from the fire can be seen as... [continued]
Congress rescues Freddie Mac
The US Congress has backed the biggest state rescue of the American financial system since Franklin Roosevelt's 1933 New Deal, signifying substantial relief for world markets. The US Treasury now has
the go-ahead to pump capital into Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the mortgage lenders which hold half the country's... [continued]
Freddie and Fannie: an American racket
Ryanair warns of £47m loss
Budget airline Ryanair has warned it could lose as much as £47.4m this year if oil prices stay high. The company's net profits in the three months to the end of June this year fell by 85 per cent - a worse slump than analysts had predicted. Chief executive... [continued]
