Barack Obama has announced he will send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan despite growing pessimism about the war.

An anti-apartheid musician huge in his homeland is now living quietly in our midst.

In the wilds of war-torn Afghanistan, a US soldier came across a local man accompanied by a smart-looking black dog.

A statue of Sir Keith Park - the New Zealander who led the RAF during the Battle of Britain - has been unveiled in London.

The former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appeared before the international war crimes tribunal for the first time yesterday.