The FBI has said for the first time that some of the 19 suspected suicide hijackers responsible for the attacks on Washington and New York have links with Osama Bin Laden&#039s al-Qaida network. Full Story

The more we learn about how the attack on the World Trade Centre was prepared, the more the early, harsh verdict on the performance of the intelligence services, in the US and Britain in particular, seems justified. Full Story

NEW YORK is a city under siege. Two weeks after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre, city leaders are bracing themselves for a second assault, possibly a chemical or biological attack. Full Story

The Israeli army shot dead five Palestinians yesterday, throwing down the gauntlet to the United States which has been calling for a Middle East ceasefire with increasing urgency to pave the way for its anti-terror coalition building. Full Story

A WEB of links between Osama bin Laden and a Hamburg-based cell of suicide pilots has been uncovered by German investigators. Full Story

Amid widespread domestic criticism of its failure to identify and counter the recent terrorist attacks, US intelligence agencies are coming under increasing pressure to explain their apparent inability to deal with Islamic extremist activity on American soil. Full Story

The onset of the bitter Afghan winter by early next month will blunt any significant military offensive by the country&#039s US-supported Northern Alliance against the Taliban regime in Kabul. Weather conditions may also limit US military operations designed to apprehend Osama bin Laden or strike at key Taliban positions. Full Story

Two weeks after the devastating attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the question of the hour here is this: Does the Bush administration have a well-defined plan of action in what it calls the war on terrorism, or is it groping its way toward a plan? Full Story

The US and Britain, adopting a posture of “strategic patience”, are giving the Taliban a last chance to hand over Osama bin Laden and his circle, senior defence sources said yesterday. Full Story

An Air Canada jetliner bound for Toronto returned to Los Angeles with an escort of two U.S. fighter jets on Thursday after a passenger caught smoking in the bathroom made an “anti-American threat,” airline officials said. Full Story

Osama bin Laden&#039s global network, Qaida, has been trying for some time to acquire materials necessary for chemical, biological and even nuclear weapons and may possess the capability to conduct a crude attack with chemical or biological agents, according to U.S. intelligence officials. Full Story

DOZENS of terrorists allied to Osama bin Laden are on the run in Britain after disappearing in the wake of the suicide bombings in America. Full Story

More than 1,000 protesters burned U.S. flags and an effigy of President Bush outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta on Thursday as some American diplomats prepared to leave the world’s most populous Muslim nation. Meantime, in a reflection of the growing unease in the Muslim world over a possible strike on Afghanistan, the Arab League…

The Syrian foreign minister on Thursday denounced the terror attacks on the United States as a “horrible event” and said his country supported an international effort to combat terrorism if targets were clearly defined and civilians spared. Full Story

India, fearing religious tensions and guerrilla attacks, Thursday told its states to tighten security as three people died in the first outbreak of communal unrest since attacks on the United States by suspected Islamic militants. Full Story

Top U.S. law enforcement officials released on Thursday photographs of the 19 hijackers and said some of them have contacts with the network controlled by Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden, who the United States has named as the prime suspect in the deadly airplane attacks. Full Story

Seeking to coax Americans back to the skies after deadly hijack attacks on major U.S. landmarks, the United States set new airline security measures on Thursday as Afghanistan&#039s ruling Taliban vowed defiance in the face of anticipated U.S. strikes. Full Story

FBI agents investigating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks assisted in the arrests of 10 Middle Eastern men in three states for fraudulently obtaining licenses to transport hazardous materials. Full Story

Two mid-level U.S. Air Force generals have been authorized to order the shooting down of commercial airliners without first getting clearance from the president if the planes threaten U.S. cities, defense officials said on Thursday. Full Story

The United States on Thursday took steps to tighten airline security in a country still traumatized by the attacks on its main cities while across the globe, Afghanistan&#039s rulers issued defiant messages in the face of anticipated U.S. retaliatory strikes. Full Story

France has been remarkably successful in thwarting Islamist terrorism. The French experience holds some challenging lessons for the U.S. Full Story

The U.S. has skillfully encircled Osama Bin Laden&#039s hosts. Their defiance suggests military action is imminent Full Story

Bush administration officials said yesterday that a military strike against Osama bin Laden and his supporters in Afghanistan is not imminent, citing the need to gain better intelligence about their whereabouts. Full Story

In a blow to Osama bin Laden&#039s Al Qaeda network, Sudan has quietly begun rounding up extremists that have used the African country as an operating base and safe haven for more than a decade, senior U.S. officials said Wednesday. Full Story

David Butterfield, a US Airways pilot for 23 years, does not want a gun. He is confident about the defensive arsenal already at his disposal: Depressurizing the aircraft, so everyone on board passes out. Brandishing the ax that is kept to clear debris in case of a crash. Or just manipulating the controls. Full Story

The U.S. deputy defense secretary, Paul Wolfowitz, met with America&#039s NATO allies here on Wednesday, but did not ask them to take any concrete measures in the fight against terrorism beyond the general statement of support first issued the day after the terrorist attacks. Full Story

Authorities evacuated a major subway line in Los Angeles and closed a main city street during the evening rush hour on Wednesday after passengers on a train car complained of dizziness and itching eyes and throats, police said. Full Story

Tougher laws against money laundering are needed if the United States is going to cripple Osama bin Laden&#039s international financial support network, congressional and administration officials said Wednesday on Capitol Hill. Full Story

TERRORIST cells supporting Osama bin Laden in Europe have been crushed in dawn raids from the Costa del Sol to Leicester. Terrorist plots that were foiled by raids in recent months included a plan to kill President Bush at the G8 summit in Genoa using aircraft, and an attempt to destroy the US Embassy in…

The United States is preparing to test a revolutionary system for detecting chemical attacks in subway stations, a government official said on Wednesday. Full Story

A man whose name was found in a car registered to one of the suspected hijackers in the September 11 terrorist attacks is being held on unrelated charges, according to a federal affidavit. Full Story

President Bush said on Wednesday he had “a lot of confidence” in CIA Director George Tenet, who has come under fire after the Sept. 11 attacks revealed major gaps in U.S. intelligence operations. Full Story

Arrests are being made across Europe in the wake of the U.S. suicide bombings. Full Story

President Bush will propose placing armed federal marshals on virtually all U.S. commercial air flights and significantly boosting the federal role in airport security screening as part of a package of airline and airport security measures to be unveiled Thursday Full Story

The leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan, Mullah Mohammad Omar, said in a rare interview that the United States could not defeat his movement in its attempt to obtain Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden. Full Story

Trainees at terrorist camps in Afghanistan learned how to assassinate, commit sabotage, unleash poisons and build explosives, a convicted terrorist collaborator testified in chilling testimony two months ago. Full Story

The Bush administration and Congress agree there must be air marshals aboard airplanes and stronger cockpit doors to keep hijackers out, but are debating whether the federal government should take over airport security. Full Story

The FBI is starting a massive nationwide records check on all truck drivers licensed to carry hazardous materials. Full Story

Iran said Wednesday U.S. retaliation for this month&#039s suicide attacks would be justified if there was proof who was to blame, but made clear it would not help in any strike against Afghanistan. Full Story

Iran&#039s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Wednesday his country would provide no help to the United States in any attack on Afghanistan after Washington accused his country of practicing terrorism. Full Story

Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat agreed on Wednesday to make a new bid to forge a lasting truce that could boost U.S. efforts to create a global anti-terror coalition. Full Story

Spanish police have arrested six suspected associates of Osama bin Laden, the man Washington blames for the U.S. hijack attacks. Full Story

Protesters in Afghanistan&#039s capital Kabul set fire to the deserted U.S. Embassy on Wednesday after an ultimatum to the ruling Taliban from President Bush&#039s anti-terror coalition. Full Story

A learned-looking captive in northern Afghanistan says he&#039s ready for terrorism as soon as he&#039s free. Full Story

The United States said on Tuesday that it was planning to punish – but not replace – the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan, whom it blames for harboring a terrorist network headed by Osama bin Laden. Full Story

Taliban forces in Afghanistan are reported to have up to 100 shoulder-fired Stingers, the U.S.-made missile with the deadliest record against low-flying aircraft of any weapon since World War II. Full Story

Jack Straw ended the first visit by a British foreign secretary to Iran since the Islamic revolution of 1979 yesterday having secured a softening of Iran&#039s attitude to an American-led assault on Afghanistan. Full Story

&#039&#039Justice not revenge&#039 is a pointless slogan unless you have first hunted down the culprits to face such justice&#039 Full Story

When president George Bush called his friend Ariel Sharon, the Prime Minister of Israel, two days after the New York bombing and asked him to allow the Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres to meet Yasser Arafat, he hardly expected to hear no for an answer. Full Story

Paul Wolfowitz&#039s admirers and detractors agree on one thing – “hawk” is too timid a description of the outspoken deputy defence secretary trying to persuade President Bush to bomb Iraq. Full Story

President Bush pressed on Tuesday for expanded powers to detain people in a homefront “war against terrorism” but the Pentagon hinted that a major land attack on Afghanistan may not be in the offing. Full Story

Millions of words have been written about Bin Laden, but almost all of them by people who have never met him. One of the few who has is distinguished Pakistani journalist Rahimullah Yusufzai. Here he describes his extraordinary meetings with the world&#039s most wanted man – and tries to explain what makes him tick Full…

A top official from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned against underestimating the risks of possible biological or chemical attacks after last week&#039s atrocities in the United States. Full Story

Taleban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has said the 11 September attacks on the United States were to avenge the “cruelty” of American foreign policy. Full Story

President Bush on Tuesday called on Afghan citizens disenchanted with Taliban rule to help the United States in its bid to punish Saudi exile Osama bin Laden for the Sept. 11 attacks. Full Story

Ariel Sharon, the Israeli Prime Minister, yesterday agreed to meet Jack Straw after Tony Blair intervened to quell a diplomatic row between the two countries. Full Story

A man with a loaded gun passed through a security checkpoint at Hartsfield International Airport and went undetected, Atlanta police said on Tuesday. Full Story

TONY BLAIR told Afghanistan’s Taleban regime last night that it was now an enemy of Britain and faced destruction by the West. Full Story

The United States will not launch a massive D-Day invasion to win the war on terrorism, but is preparing for a long, deadly fight following the Sept. 11 attack on America, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Tuesday. Full Story

The House of Representatives approved a $344 billion defense spending bill that shifts some missile defense funds into anti-terrorism programs after suicide hijack attacks two weeks ago. Full Story