The Russian and Turkish presidents resolutely denounced terrorism in all its manifestations. Vladimir Putin and Ahmet Necdet Sezer held a 30-minute meeting in New York where the Russian head of state briefed his Turkish counterpart on the situation in Chechnya. Sezer spelled out Ankara&#039s position on a Chechen settlement. Full Story

The Spanish government is preparing legislation aimed at cracking down further against the Basque terrorist group ETA. Full Story

A Russian security clampdown sparked by fears of kamikaze attacks on the ninth anniversary of Chechnya&#039s self-proclaimed independence failed to stop rebels killing at least four troops, agencies reported Wednesday. Full Story

It was just before midnight when two armed men robbed Dexter Hunter of his car, his wallet and his will to live in Jamaica. Full Story

Three Italian missionaries have been abducted by Sierra Leone rebels in a Guinean village near the border with the war-stricken West African country, the Misna missionary news service reported Thursday. Full Story

The head of the outlawed right-wing paramilitary forces, who has conceded that most of his financing comes from the drug trade, said today that he also received support from businesses. Full Story

Afghanistan&#039s ruling Taliban militia on Thursday claimed more gains against opposition forces in the northern province of Takhar as thousands of people fled the region to escape fighting. Full Story

Indonesia&#039s military said on Thursday the slaying of three foreign U.N. workers in West Timor resulted from a local row that got out of hand, but concerns are mounting it was part of a deliberate campaign of terror. Full Story

Sixteen people were injured early on Thursday by a grenade lobbed at a line of prostitutes standing alongside a Moscow street, police said. Full Story

The Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden has established links with Muslim radicals in Indonesia who are behind attacks on Christians in the Maluku islands, according to Western intelligence sources in Jakarta. Full Story

Joint action to fight extremists, terrorism and organised crime is being discussed by interior ministers from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Full Story

Afghanistan&#039s ruling Taliban movement Wednesday reported the capture of a major northeastern opposition bastion and demand again it be given the war-torn country&#039s seat at the United Nations. Full Story

Rampaging pro-Indonesian militiamen killed at least three U.N. refugee workers in West Timor Wednesday, stabbing the victims and then setting their bodies on fire in the streets, the military said. Full Story

Despite intimations to the contrary by United States Ambassador to Indonesia Robert Gilbert, there are no indications that international terrorists were involved in several incidents committed in Indonesia in the past few months, said Indonesian Police Chief General Rusdihardjo. Full Story

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar said in an interview with the U.S. Associated Press on Monday that he believed it is “going to be a long road” before terrorism in Spain will come to an end. Full Story

Government troops launched an attack on Tamil rebels in the northern Jaffna Peninsula, which left at least 316 combatants dead on both sides, military officials and rebels said Monday. Full Story

Bomb attacks blamed on criminal turf battles hit two Russian cities Monday, killing at least three people in a nation edgy in the wake of a string of deadly, unsolved blasts. Full Story

Hundreds of indigenous demonstrators in Honduras have occupied a Mayan archeological park Copan Ruinas some four-hundred kilometres west of Tegucigalpa. Full Story

A surge of rebel violence left 35 people dead over the weekend following President Clinton&#039s visit to Colombia, including seven police officers slain by guerrillas – some of whom were disguised as police. Full Story

Assailants wielding machine guns burst into the headquarters of a leading Guatemalan human rights group Monday and threatened to kill the organization&#039s leaders before stealing a truck, computers and files. Full Story

Two Canadians and two Britons held in Belgrade on suspicion of “terrorism&#039&#039 have been moved out of solitary confinement, their lawyers said Tuesday. Full Story

Two people on a motorcycle tossed gasoline bombs at a suburban Greek police station Monday to protest the government”s new anti-terrorism measures – including expanded cooperation with U.S. officials. Full Story

U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno will meet with her Greek counterpart, Michalis Chrysochoidis, Friday to sign an agreement binding Washington and Athens closer in the fight against international terrorism and organized crime. Full Story

Returning from a summer vacation disrupted by a string of separatist killings, Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar vowed Monday no leeway for the gunmen and predicted a long battle for peace in the Basque region. Full Story

The Sri Lankan military said on Monday it had wound up an offensive to recapture territory lost to Tamil Tiger rebels in the northern Jaffna peninsula after the fiercest fighting in months. Full Story

Afghanistan&#039s ruling Taliban movement launched a major attack on Monday against a key opposition-held town in the north of the country, a Pakistan-based Afghan news service said. Full Story

The U.S. State Department is urging U.S. citizens in Nepal to be cautious over the next few weeks, since rebel Maoist groups traditionally have been more active there in early September. Full Story

The United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, has condemned terrorism as a means of settling issues and expressed the hope that the Indo-Pakistan situation would evolve positively for the resumption of talks between the two countries. In a meeting with the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Mr. G.M.C. Balayogi, in New York, Mr. Annan conveyed…

Worried that the Olympic Games this month could become a prime target for terrorists, Australian law enforcement officials plan to deploy a massive security operation in preparation for scores of nightmare scenarios including attacks with biological weapons and a hijacked airliner crashing into the 110,000-seat main stadium. Full Story TRC Threat Analysis – Olympics

The United States has warned it would move for international arms sanctions against the Taliban after the failure of UN economic sanctions to force Kabul to hand over Osama bin Laden for trial in Washington on terrorism charges. Full Story

Attackers tossed gasoline bombs at a suburban police station Monday to protest more aggressive anti-terrorism measures, including expanded cooperation with U.S. officials. Full Story

A bomb exploded Monday in a market in the central Russian city of Ryazan, killing two people and wounding several others, an emergency official said. Full Story

An explosion at a British car dealership here on Sunday caused minor damages and no injuries, police said. Full Story

A grenade exploded in a parking lot next to Caltex Philippines petrol station in a suburb of the capital Manila on Sunday but there were no casualties, police said. Full Story

Colombian troops repelled a rebel attack on a major communications complex in fighting that killed a battalion commander and seven other government soldiers, the army said Saturday. Full Story

An American millionaire who angered Nordic governments by leading divers to the site of the wrecked Baltic Sea ferry Estonia said on Friday that his team had discovered a hole in the sunken craft. Ful Story

Pakistan asked Afghanistan”s ruling Taleban movement on Friday to strengthen security for its diplomatic missions in the neighbouring country hours after a bomb rocked a Pakistani consulate there. Full Story

Concerned about a possible threat from Iraq during the U.S. presidential campaign, the Pentagon yesterday alerted an Army Patriot antimissile battery for possible deployment to Israel, defense officials said. Full Story

An Islamic separatist group holding an American hostage has demanded a $10 million ransom for his release, according to local officials. Full Story

British Home Secretary Jack Straw will seek to deepen cooperation on a slew of issues from counter terrorism to forced marriages during his six-day official visit to India next week. Full Story

It is believed in the general staff of the Russian Armed Forces that international terrorism may attempt intensifying its activities in the Central Asian region if band formations in Chechnya are wiped out. Colonel- General Valery Manilov, first deputy chief of the general staff of the Russian Armed Forces, said this to reporters on Thursday.…

The Basque separatist group ETA claimed responsibility Friday for a series of attacks that cost four lives in northern Spain in recent weeks, in a statement published in the Basque newspaper Gara. Full Story

A group of alleged kidnappers arrested over the weekend is being linked by prosecutors here to a violent and well-armed mafia accused of some of Mexico&#039s most spectacular abductions. Full Story

There has been a bomb explosion outside the Pakistani consulate in Jalalabad, in eastern Afghanistan. The building&#039s outer wall was damaged in the explosion, but there were no casualties. Full Story

The government&#039s star witness against Mazen Al-Najjar, an alleged terrorist jailed for 1,200 days on secret evidence, conceded Wednesday that he had no unclassified information proving that Al-Najjar advocated violence or exchanged funds with terrorists. Full Story

Judges suspended the Lockerbie bombing trial for three weeks on Thursday, leaving the prosecution&#039s star witness, a Libyan former double agent, still waiting to testify. Full Story

U.S. officials say they believe “there are possible links” between Abu Sayyaf, the Philippine group responsible for kidnapping an American citizen on Monday, and a terrorist group linked to Saudi exile Osama bin Laden. Full Story

There some ugly business being transacted in the Philippines. It&#039s a three-way deal among a tiny band of Filipino Muslim extremists; Moammar Gadhafi, the Libyan strongman; and several major democratic governments. It goes like this: The extremist group, known as Abu Sayyaf, kidnaps Europeans and other foreigners and holds them in brutal conditions for months.…

At least 13 people were injured when a bomb exploded on Thursday in a mini-bus terminal in North Cotabato province in the southern Philippines, local television said. Full Story

Chechen rebels are planning to stage a series of terrorist and sabotage acts on September 6, the so-called Ichkeria Independence Day, First Deputy Chief-of-Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Manilov said on Thursday. Full Story

Taliban&#039s supreme leader Mulla Muhammad Omar has said that the U.N. sanctions could not force the student militia to expel Osama bin Laden from Afghanistan. Full Story

The security forces have killed nine Kurdistan Workers&#039 Party (PKK) terrorists during two days of fighting in the Tunceli region of southeastern Turkey, a security official said on Wednesday. Full Story

Islamic militants in the Philippines have threatened to behead an American hostage unless the US agrees to release a jailed Islamic militant. Full Story

More than 1,000 people were evacuated from a train bound for Sydney on Thursday morning after a suspicious package was found on board and authorities used the protocol that has been designed for next month&#039s 2000 Olympic Games to deal with the situation. Full Story

An empty bus was blown up near the venue of the trial of former Indonesian President Suharto when a device was hurled at it but there were no casualties, police and SCTV television reported on Thursday. Full Story

A British military spokesman said five British soldiers released by their captors in Sierra Leone were safe and well in the capital, Freetown. Full Story

Colombian police deactivated a 4.4-pound bomb in this colonial port city Wednesday a short distance from a building President Clinton was due to visit later in the day. Full Story

A 1996 order prohibiting the release of certain information in the Oklahoma City bombing trials of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols will remain in effect, a judge ruled Tuesday. Full Story

Moderate Kosovo Serbian leaders opposed to Slobodan Milosevic&#039s Belgrade regime on Wednesday accused the United States of turning a blind eye to ethnic Albanian extremism. Full Story

The US embassy in the Philippines on Wednesday warned its nationals to avoid travelling to certain areas in the southern Philippines following the abduction of an American by Muslim extremists. Full Story