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  • Oil bonanza may not flow for US firms

    Analysis Even with Saddam Hussein's demise, "oil nationalism" could spark terrorism and sabotage if an occupying US does not strike the right notes, writes Valerie Marcel p

  • US cuts embassy staff throughout China over SARS

    US: The United States has announced it is cutting back its diplomats throughout China, while Canada and other countries cancelled international events over an outbreak of a deadly virus that has spawned a global health crisis. p
War on Iraq

  • Airport may still contain Iraqi forces, says US

    The fighting is not by any means over, a US spokesman warned, writes Deaglán de Bréadún in Doha p

  • Saddam speech meant to show who's in charge

    In an unscheduled appearance on Iraqi television last night, the Iraqi president did not refer to the loss of Saddam Hussein International Airport earlier in the day, but criticised US tactics in the 24-hour battle for the strategic site on the western outskirts of Baghdad, writes Lara Marlowe , in Baghdad p

  • Fall of ancient Babylon to Persians could hold clues for western forces

    The US army could learn from history if they are looking for ideas on how to capture Baghdad, writes Peter Jones p

  • Cigars and trips to 'Butlins' laid on for troops

    "Gentlemen we are faced with a stark choice," said Maj Matthew Botsford. A gathering of his most senior officers stood to attention before the command vehicle of A squadron, Queen's Dragoon Guards. Based in a disused electricity plant on the outskirts of Basra, the squadron's headquarters, had come under mortar and artillery fire the night before from Iraqi militia groups, writes Jack Fairweather , outside Basra p

  • Ghazer the latest prize in allies' battle for north

    Northern front Bodies, body parts and burned- out cars littered the streets of the small northern town of Ghazer yesterday after Iraqi troops cut and ran following a two-day pounding by American bombers, writes Lynne O'Donnell , in Kalak, northern Iraq p

  • Denmark seeks US assurance over missing Iraqi general

    Saddam Hussein's ex-army chief has disappeared from his home in Denmark, where he was in exile, writes Brendan Killeen , in Copenhagen p

  • Blair seeks to assure Arab world on war

    The British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, has again vowed that the allies will hand over control of Iraq to its people as soon as possible after the war.In his latest quest to win Arab and Muslim "hearts and minds", Mr Blair went on the BBC's Arabic service to counter cynicism about the promised relaunch of the Middle East peace process and again reject speculation that the US is already planning military action against Iran and Syria. p

  • Powell and Annan discuss UN's role

    US view A majority of Americans now believe the war in Iraq is going well for the US, as recent gains on the battlefield have eased public concerns p

  • Troops on heightened alert

    View from Israel With US troops at the gates of Baghdad, the Israeli army has stepped up its level of alertness in the event that a back-to-the-wall Saddam Hussein opts to launch missiles at the Jewish state in a final, desperate fling before his regime disintegrates, Peter Hirschberg, in Jerusalem p

  • Call for UN role after war

    View from Germany Germany, France and Russia have called for the UN to lead the reconstruction of Iraq and for the country's "urgent humanitarian situation" to be addressed swiftly, writes Derek Scally Berlin p

  • Dictatorship in death throes, or just a mask?

    The dramatic seizure of Saddam International Airport by US forces has been mirrored by reports of the decisive defeat of the Baghdad and Nida Divisions of the Iraqi Republican Guard. p

  • Muslim chief urges anti-US jihad

    View from Russia In the wake of calls from a Russian Muslim leader to launch a holy war against Washington, Moscow is trying to repair relations with the US that have been damaged by months of discord over Iraq, writes Daniel McLaughlin , in Moscow p

  • Saddam may be in James Bond-type bunker

    As US-led forces push ever closer to Baghdad, a German engineer believes he has the answer to the question on everyone's lips: where is Saddam Hussein?, writes Derek Scally Berlin p

  • Saving Private Jessica and firing Arnett

    America The rescue of American soldier Jessica Lynch from captivity in southern Iraq has caused great jubilation in her home town of Palestine, West Virginia, writes Conor O'Clery p

  • Jingoism mushrooms, wrapped in the star-spangled banner

    Letter From Boston/Ian Kilroy: As Boston emerges from the harshest New England winter in years it is as if spring has caused the flowering of a strange new plant. It has mushroomed up from every lamppost. p

  • War Briefing

    Compiled by Joe Humphreys p
Other World StoriesBack to Top

  • All states will have to ratify new EU treaty

    EU: The EU's new constitutional treaty will have to be ratified by all member-states before it comes into force, according to draft articles presented to the Convention on the Future of Europe. p

  • Border dispute renews Eritrea war fears

    ERITREA: Fears are growing that a smouldering dispute over a remote mountain village pinned between Ethiopia and Eritrea could re-ignite the bloody war that ended three years ago. p

  • Warrant for arrest of Milosevic's wife

    SERBIA: Serbian police have issued an arrest warrant for Mr Slobodan Milosevic's wife, Ms Mirjana Markovic, suspected of involvement in the murder of a political foe of her husband. p
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