Fighting Fit

Iran executes IT expert who spied for Israel

A computer buyer for Iran’s defence industry and nuclear programme was hanged after admitting he worked as a spy for Israel

Two dead in attack near UN compound in Baghdad

Two foreign workers were killed and another 15 injured when a rocket exploded near to United Nations’ compound in Baghdad

Iraq gives US troops three years to get out

The Iraqi Parliament approved a controversial security pact with Washington setting a timetable for US forces to leave

Rabbi's toddler son saved from hostage house

Commandos were reported to have opened fire on a house to try to rescue Israelis who had been held hostage for nearly 24 hours

QE2 over the Moon in new home

The Queen Elizabeth 2 has arrived at her new home in Dubai where she will be used as a floting hotel

Israel PM Olmert 'to be charged' with corruption

Israel’s Attorney General Menachem Mazuz announced that he was planning to bring criminal charges against Ehud Olmert

Bin Laden's driver to leave Guantanamo Bay

Salim Hamdan is to be transferred to his home country of Yemen to serve out the remainder of his sentence

Miliband refuses to rule out Afghanistan increase

Foreign Secretary declined to scotch reports that soldiers will be sent to Afghanistan if Barack Obama calls for them

Video: Israeli policeman headbutts woman

Officer in a helmet struck a woman and a second protester demonstrating against demolition of homes in east Jerusalem

Iraqis see democracy at work in security pact debate

People across the country transfixed by scenes of parliamentary democracy as they tune in to watch heated exchanges

'Sex on the beach' Brits spared jail

Michelle Palmer and Vince Acors had three-month sentence suspended on appeal, and they were deported from Dubai

Miliband gets timing right over Tehran

Foreign Secretary taps into unease over Tehran's nuclear ambitions and gives a new urgency to Middle East talks

Iran says Miliband in Zionist plot

Foreign Secretary accused of secret pro-Israel bias after urging Persian Gulf states to confront Iran's nuclear ambitions

Video released on Gurkha gun battle

Rifleman Yubraj Rai was first Nepalese fighter to die in Afghanistan when he died near Musa Qala Watch video

Israel fears US will dither

Concern is growing in Israel that the United States will do nothing to prevent Iran becoming a nuclear power