Calling America “a country awakened to danger and called to defend freedom,” President Bush tonight urged its citizens to prepare for a long and probably costly battle against thousands of terrorists in dozens of nations. Full Story

President Bush announced on Thursday the creation of a Cabinet-level position with a sweeping mandate to oversee a “homeland defense” protecting Americans from attack. Full Story

Vowing “justice will be done,” President Bush steeled America for a war on terrorism on Thursday, saying the hour for military action was near and demanding Afghanistan&#039s leaders turn over Islamic militants suspected of last week&#039s attacks. Full Story

Vowing “justice will be done” against those responsible for last week&#039s terrorist attacks, President Bush Thursday night denounced Afghanistan for training and harboring terrorists. Full Story

The Bush administration is struggling with its first high-level quarrels over the scope and timing of its military response to the terrorist attack, according to administration officials. Full Story

In pondering what military action the United States might take in waging war on terrorists, Pentagon planners are concentrating on Special Forces, not the regular troops that prevailed in the Gulf War, according to U.S. and European specialists. Full Story

British Prime Minister Tony Blair pledged “our solidarity, our sympathy and our support&#039&#039 to the United States on Thursday as he joined President Bush at the White House to discuss plans for a battle against global terrorism. Full Story

Iraq would be willing to aid the United States in the wake of last week&#039s attacks on New York and Washington, according to the official Iraqi News Agency. Full Story

FANATICS. Barbarians. A war between good and evil. These are the words being used to describe the World Trade Center attackers and whatever method the United States will use to retaliate. Americans are good and the people responsible for this terrible crime are evil, aren&#039t they? While the world waits for our response, it&#039s important…

Beating Bin Laden requires changing the environment that nurtures him — a challenge more political than military Full Story

Jon Henley explains why France is the least keen European nation to pitch in with a US-led war against terrorism Full Story

The Karachi-based daily, Dawn, devotes its first leader to the fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians. The writer believes that the US forced Israel into line, to prevent the conflict undermining Washington&#039s efforts to build an anti-terrorist coalition. Full Story

Stocks on Thursday added to horrific losses that have lopped more than 1,200 points off the blue-chip Dow average this week, as corporate warnings of layoffs and worsening earnings after last week&#039s terror attacks stoked fears of more damage to the U.S. economy. Full Story

New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani on Thursday put the latest toll of those missing after last week&#039s aerial attacks on the twin towers of the World Trade Center at 6,333 people. Full Story

President Bush will deliver a “very direct” message to Afghanistan&#039s ruling Taliban Thursday in a speech to Congress and the American people that will include a detailed description of the al Qaeda terrorist network of Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden Full Story

President Bush on Thursday night will tell the U.S. military to “be ready” to retaliate for the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington and will tell governments: “Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists.” Full Story

Saudi Arabia pledged to President Bush on Thursday that it would use all its resources to fight terrorism while the 16-member European Union agreed on a series of joint measures. Full Story

As the United States plans its military response to last week’s terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, the role of Pakistan — and the position of the country’s unelected military leader, General Pervez Musharraf — have become key questions. Full Story

A flight attendant aboard American Airlines Flight 11 called a colleague and told of a horrific struggle with hijackers aboard the doomed plane in the moments before it crashed into the World Trade Center&#039s north tower on Sept. 11 Full Story

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Thursday the United States was deploying military forces to help fight a new war on terrorism, but cautioned that the conflict would be “a marathon, not a sprint.” Full Story

US intelligence officials describe the evidence against Osama bin Laden as overwhelming. Almost every lead points to him, they say. By the standards of most intelligence material, where every nuance counts, the clues are undoubtedly persuasive. However, by the standards of a courtroom, it is all circumstantial so far. Full Story

Israel&#039s national airline El Al says an increased fear of flying brought about by the terror attacks in America has led to a surge in demand for its flights. Full Story

Algeria is reportedly co-operating with the US in the international alliance against terrorism. Full Story

Treasury launches global drive to block terrorists&#039 fund raising accounts Full Story

FBI and CIA officials were advised last month that as many as 200 terrorists were slipping into the United States and planning “a major assault”, a high-ranking US law enforcement official has said. Full Story

A man linked to an associate of Osama bin Laden and wanted in connection with the investigation into last week&#039s terrorist attacks was arrested by federal agents, the FBI confirmed Thursday morning. Full Story

FBI Director Robert Mueller acknowledged Thursday that authorities have questions about the identities of several of the 19 hijackers whose names the FBI released last week. Full Story

The European Union has approved tough new anti-terrorist measures in the wake of the attacks on the United States. Full Story

U.S. Army units have been ordered to deploy for possible military operations as part of a major Pentagon build-up in and around the Middle East in response to last week&#039s attacks on America, Army Secretary Thomas White said on Thursday. Full Story

On the surface, the picture seems innocent enough: Two men passing through an airline security checkpoint. Full Story

The White House rejected a proposal by Islamic clerics on Thursday that Osama bin Laden be allowed to leave Afghanistan voluntarily. As President Bush prepared to address Congress, the Army&#039s civilian leader said the military was bracing for “sustained land combat operations.&#039&#039 Full Story

President Bush gives an address to a joint session of Congress on Thursday night to urge Americans to be vigilant and patient as the United States prepares to strike the first blow in a war on terrorism. Full Story

Afghan clerics on Thursday recommended Osama bin Laden, Washington&#039s prime suspect in last week&#039s nightmare attacks, should leave their country and a Taliban official said the Saudi exile was ready to stand trial if evidence was produced. Full Story

As the Bush administration builds a coalition to fight global terrorism, the president and members of his Cabinet are threatening action not only against the suspected mastermind of last week&#039s World Trade Center attacks but against countries that offer safe haven to terrorists. Full Story

The Bush administration, scrambling to crack down on the financial machinations of terrorist organizations, unveiled an annual strategy for combating money laundering yesterday that included hastily revised features aimed at disrupting the financial networks of terrorists. Full Story

FBI officials said yesterday that some of the 19 terrorists who carried out last week&#039s assault on New York and Washington may have stolen the identities of other people, and their real names may remain unknown. Full Story

OSAMA BIN LADEN has fled to a hideout near Bagram at the foot of the Hindu Kush mountains in northwestern Afghanistan, Pakistan’s military experts believe. Full Story

Several months after Osama bin Laden declared holy war on the United States in August 1996, an Arab journalist trekked up to his hideout, 8,000 feet high in the mountains of southern Afghanistan. Why, he asked the fugitive Saudi millionaire and terrorism financier, had there been no immediate attacks to back up the threats? Full…

Most mainstream comment in Europe and Asia has expressed concern that the Washington and New York attacks could have the ultimate effect of promoting American isolationism. What happens will depend most on how the hunt for the terrorists ends. Full Story

India and Pakistan are jockeying for a place in America&#039s affections after the devastating terror attacks in the United States. Full Story

AMERICA and anti-Taliban forces in Afghanistan are edging towards an alliance to defeat their common foe, the foreign minister for the opposition United Front said yesterday. Full Story

China&#039s chief of police said on Wednesday Beijing would share information with the United States in the most concrete offer to date of what it would do to help a U.S.-led global war on “terrorism”. Full Story

India has been working with the United States in the days following last week&#039s hijacking attacks by sharing the locations of what it said are terrorist training camps. Full Story

AMERICA and the West are bracing themselves for another potential “Day of Infamy” this Saturday, when accomplices of the hijackers are suspected of having plotted new outrages. Full Story

Three bicycles lay propped up against a eucalyptus tree inside the headquarters of the Taliban&#039s compound in Peshawar. A young Taliban was furiously polishing the diplomatic car, a badly scratched metallic blue Toyota Corolla. Another was cutting the grass. If their country is facing imminent attack from a mighty US-led force, the mood here betrays…

AMERICA and Britain are producing secret plans to launch a ten-year “war on terrorism” — Operation Noble Eagle — involving a completely new military and diplomatic strategy to eliminate terrorist networks and cells around the world. Full Story

With America&#039s military planners considering every option for retaliation, officials are involved in close discussions with their Pakistani counterparts about how to carry out strikes on neighbouring Afghanistan without adding to an already tense political situation inside that country. Full Story

America&#039s defence establishment has disclosed that it ordered its fighter jets to intercept all the passenger aircraft hijacked in last week&#039s attacks on New York and Washington, and that two F-15s were just eight minutes away when the second airliner crashed into the south tower of the World Trade Centre. Full Story

Senior American counter-terrorism experts believe that killing or capturing Osama bin Laden and destroying his power base will not achieve very much, because there are plenty of other people and groups willing to take his place. Full Story

Its name implies peace, but it preaches Holy War – so what kind of religion is it? Full Story

President Bush worked to build an international coalition for a war on terrorism on Wednesday as the White House cautioned Americans that military action will take some time to prepare. Full Story

In the Internet Age, when communications speed across national boundaries in nanoseconds, terrorist groups are winning the cyberspace battle, say intelligence and security experts. Full Story

Osama bin Laden, now America&#039s public enemy No. 1, was the type of Soviet-hating freedom fighter that US officials applauded when the world looked a little different. Full Story

“Carlos the Jackal”, once the world&#039s most wanted terrorist who sowed a trail of terror across Europe and the Middle East in the 1970s, said he was delighted by the terror blitz in the United States and vowed admiration for its No.1 suspect. Full Story

Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri on Wednesday assured President Bush that her predominantly Muslim nation opposes the terrorist attacks that took place in the United States last week. “We share this moment of grief with you,” she said. Full Story

The 87-year-old ex-king of Afghanistan called on his people Wednesday to “rescue themselves” by renouncing terrorism. Full Story

There is new evidence suggesting the terrorists who carried out last week&#039s attacks in New York and Washington used the World Wide Web to help coordinate their deadly efforts. Full Story

Pakistan&#039s leader, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, sought Wednesday to paint a picture for his nation&#039s diverse population of the tough geopolitical spot the nation is in, as the United States presses Pakistan for assistance and threatens action against its northwestern neighbor, Afghanistan. Full Story

Leaders of militant Islamic groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad said on Wednesday they will not adhere to a new cease-fire in the Mideast. Full Story

A leading Republican senator said Wednesday that last week&#039s terrorist attacks represented “a massive failure” on the part of the U.S. intelligence community, and he faulted federal law enforcement agencies for a lack of coordination in relaying key information to one another. Full Story