Afghan assault Marines dismissed

Two Royal Marines have been sentenced for assaulting an Afghan prisoner after he had been detained on suspicion of planting a roadside bomb. Devon-based Sergeant Mark Leader was found guilty by a court martial panel of assault causing actual bodily harm to Mohammad Ekhlas on 19 March 2009. Captain Jody Wheelhouse, from 45 Commando, Arbroath, Scotland, admitted the same offence at an earlier hearing

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Cricketer Malik ‘divorces first wife’ ahead of celebrity wedding

Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik is reported to have divorced an Indian woman, ahead of his planned marriage to Indian tennis star Sania Mirza. Imran Qadri, a community elder in the Indian city of Hyderabad, said Malik divorced Ayesha Siddiqui on Wednesday. The Siddiqui family have now withdrawn a police complaint against Malik over his plans to wed Mirza, Mr Qadri said

S Lanka war doctor contests poll

A doctor who worked in Sri Lanka’s war zone during last year’s civil war is standing for a pro-government party in parliamentary elections. Dr V Shanmugarajah gave high casualty figures to aid agencies and the media from within the combat zone

Second Moscow bomber identified

Russian officials have confirmed the identity of the second suicide bomber to attack the Moscow metro, a 28-year-old woman from Dagestan.

Party politics

As Gordon Brown is due to confirm the general election will be held on 6 May the papers are awash with party politics. cries, predicting the arrival of a "frenzy" of electoral combat. The Daily Mail hails "the most defining" election for a generation, while the Daily Telegraph says the "election battle lines are drawn"

US anger at Pakistan mission raid

The US has expressed "great concern" over a deadly assault by militants on the American consulate in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar. The Pakistani Taliban say they carried out the attack, which left three guards and four militants dead.

Prisoners’ jail protest goes on

A security alert at Maghaberry Prison is under way after dissident republican inmates barricaded themselves into a dining room. A suspicious object was thrown from the room, where up to 30 prisoners gathered on Sunday morning after attending Mass. Visits at the high-security prison have been suspended

To infinity…

Time was when a four-star rating for a hotel was the marker of sheer, unbridled luxury. Then it was five stars, then six and seven

Limb loss rises among UK troops

Rising numbers of UK service personnel are losing limbs as a result of serving in Afghanistan, official figures show. Some 54 lost part or all of a limb in 2009, including 26 who lost more than one, the Ministry of Defence says. That compares with 30 amputees in 2008 and 12 the year before

Attack on Pakistan US consulate

A series of explosions has been reported in the north-west Pakistani city of Peshawar.

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