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(CNN) -- Three prisoners at the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, hanged themselves, the U.S. military said Saturday. They are the first confirmed suicides at the compound. Prisoners have attempted suicide in the past. "Two Saudis and one Yemeni, each located in Camp 1, were found unresponsive and not breathing in their cells by guards," said a statement issued by Joint Task Force-Guantanamo. (Watch as the first reports of the deaths are released -- 2:47) "Medical t ...

By Michael Christie MIAMI (Reuters) - Three foreign prisoners were found dead on Saturday after hanging themselves with clothing and bedsheets in the first deaths at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, since the prison opened in January 2002, U.S. defence officials said. The military said two Saudis and one Yemeni were found unresponsive and not breathing in their cells by guards and th ...

Three detainees at the US base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have died in what appears to have been a joint suicide pact, officials said. The inmates - two Saudis and a Yemeni - hanged themselves in their cells, according to the camp's commander. Rear Adm Harry Harris said the suicides had been clearly a planned event and were not spontaneous. The US holds about 460 men at the facility on suspicion of links to al-Qaeda and the Afghan Taleban. They are the first deaths reported at the detention  ...

Argentina got their World Cup campaign off to a winning start with victory over Ivory Coast in a gripping opening to Group C in Hamburg. Roberto Ayala saw a header come back off the post before Hernan Crespo put Argentina ahead from close range. Javier Saviola then latched on to Juan Riquelme's exquisite throughball to flick in the second before the break. Didier Drogba turned in a low shot to set up a frantic finale but Ivory Coast were let down by some poor finishing. Henri Michel's Ivory  ...

By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-led troops and Iraqi forces will capitalise on Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death by cracking down on insurgents trying to regroup after losing their leader, President George W. Bush said on Saturday. Bush's vow was another signal that the United States was not ready to start scaling back its military presence despite the killing of al Qaeda's chief in Ir ...

(CNN) -- A video on an Islamist Web site shows terrorists beheading three people who appear to be Iraqi army soldiers after making them confess that they were part of a "death squad" that killed Sunnis. "Whoever insists on fighting Islam and Muslims and joins the apostasy army, we say to him: 'You will not go any further without us targeting you, God willing,'" read a statement on the site from a group calling itself Ansar al-Sunna. "And you will not drive a car witho ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 21 Iraqi civilians and a deputy governor died in separate acts of violence in Iraq on Saturday. Four Iraqis were killed and seven wounded when gunmen opened fire on a minibus returning from Abu Ghraib in the Haswa district of western Baghdad, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official told CNN. The official said the motive for the attack was unknown. In central Baghdad's Karradah neighborhood, nine civilians were killed and 23 people, including three police officers, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three detainees at Guantanamo Bay committed suicide in what apparently was a joint pact to protest the U.S. military prison that holds suspected terrorists, a senior administration official said Saturday. They are the first deaths reported at the detention center in Cuba, where the United States is holding about 460 men on suspicion of links to al Qaeda and the Taliban. It wa ...

Trinidad and Tobago held on for a courageous draw despite playing the whole of the second half with 10 men. Soca Warriors defender Avery John picked up the first red card of the World Cup after two reckless tackles. Cornell Glen had Trinidad and Tobago's best chance with a thumping drive that hit the bar, but they were pinned back for much of the game. Marcus Allback and Zlatan Ibrahimovic both should have done better with good chances but the islanders held on. Trinidad and Tobago were forc ...

Questions are being asked about how the police and intelligence services handled an anti-terror raid in east London after the release of two men. Brothers Abul Koyair, 20, and Mohammed Abdul Kahar, 23, who was shot during the raid, were freed without charge. Muslim Council of Britain chief Mohammed Abdul Bari said: "The question the community raises is the genuineness of the intelligence." Police have defended the raid and said inquiries are ongoing. Officers are continuing their search for ...