The only British soldier convicted over the death in military custody of Iraqi hotel worker Baha Mousa said on Monday that he witnessed an officer abuse other prisoners. Former corporal Donald Payne told the public inquiry into Mousa's death that he saw Lieutenant Craig Rodgers punching or kicking a group of detainees and even pretending to set fire to ...

Somali gunmen fired mortars on Monday at a US lawmaker in Mogadishu seeking to tackle rampant sea piracy, hours after the dramatic end to an American skipper's maritime hostage ordeal. Donald Payne, a congressman from New Jersey and a foreign affairs committee member, escaped unhurt from the attack at Mogadishu airport, which was subsequently claimed by Somalia's hardline ...