A car bomb exploded outside a UN office in Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second city, today, wounding at least one person.

The al-Qaida terror network has claimed responsibility for the suicide car bombing in which 17 people were killed in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Saturday, an Arab newspaper reported.

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is questioning whether America has failed to take “truly bold moves” in Iraq and Afghanistan and asking the Pentagon to rethink its strategy.

A top al-Qaida terrorist has fled from Iraq to neighbouring Iran where he is being protected by the government along with several other senior figures from the network, it was reported today.

Fears of a terrorist attack were growing today as the British in Saudi Arabia were told an onslaught could be “imminent” and the US raised its terror alert status.

The Bush administration has raised the country’s terror alert level to orange, its second highest level, amid fears that a wave of terrorist attacks overseas will spread to the United States.

A US judge has rejected a government compromise proposal and ruled for a second time that terrorism suspect Zacarias Moussaoui needed to directly interview a senior al-Qaida prisoner to prepare his defence.

Relieved British passengers arrived home from Kenya today after the British government grounded all UK flights to and from the east African state, warning of an imminent terrorist threat.

The deadly car bombings of residential compounds in Riyadh could be followed by more attacks on Americans, US officials warned, amid stepped up security by Saudi officials and rumours of more attacks in the already jittery capital.

Australia today warned that terrorist groups may be planning an attack on Westerners in the Indonesian city of Surabaya over the next few days.

Hundreds of US troops hunting remnants of the al-Qaida network in eastern Afghanistan today fanned out into the mountains and villages.

The FBI tonight issued a worldwide alert for a Saudi Arabian believed to be plotting terrorist attacks as part of al-Qaida.

Terrorists may have targeted the Palo Verde nuclear power plant in Arizona, US Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said today.

It has been reported that two al-Qaida suspects have been arrested in Pakistan.

An explosion in a house in the Saudi capital killed suspected member of Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida terror network

Pakistani authorities have captured another suspected key al Qaida figure – a man US government sources say oversees communication among the terror network’s operatives.

American special forces killed five attackers after they were ambushed in eastern Afghanistan, a US military spokesman said today.

Pakistan today denied an Iranian radio report that terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden had been captured.

The United States and its allies have stepped up searches along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border for terrorists they fear may launch attacks should there be war against Iraq, intelligence sources say.

The net is closing around terror leader Osama bin Laden, Pakistani intelligence officials said today.

Four Algerians accused of plotting to bomb a French Christmas market were today jailed for up to 12 years in Germany.

The claim made by Pakistan's home minister, Sanaullah Zehri, that two of Osama bin Laden's sons have been captured have not been confirmed by other Pakistani ministries.

In Washington, US counter-terrorism officials have strongly disputed the report by a Pakistani provincial minister that sons of Osama bin Laden have been arrested in south-eastern Afghanistan.

Bin Laden’s sons were injured in the gun battle that led to their capture, said reports.

Two of Osama bin Laden’s son were arrested in south-eastern Afghanistan in a joint operation involving US forces, Pakistan’s provincial home minister said today.

It has been reported by a Pakistani provincial minister that sons of Osama bin Laden have been arrested in south-eastern Afghanistan.

Pakistani and US forces have intensified the search for Osama bin Laden along a south-western stretch of the border with Afghanistan following information from a newly captured al-Qaida deputy, Pakistani intelligence and military officials say.

Osama bin Laden is alive, in good health and living in the border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan, says a Pakistani intelligence official.

A letter threatening a terrorist attack using cyanide has been sent to a New Zealand newspaper, police said today.

Mystery today surrounded the whereabouts of al-Qaida mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, who was captured in Pakistan over the weekend.

Osama bin Laden, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was one of the world’s most wanted men.

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the September 11 attacks and a senior operative in Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida network, was in the hands of US authorities today, after being been captured in a joint raid by CIA and Pakistani agents.

A group calling itself “September 11” sent terror threats to the British High Commission and American and Australian embassies in New Zealand warning it had 55lbs of cyanide to use against US interests if Iraq was attacked, police said today.

Authorities in New Delhi tightened security in the Indian capital after intelligence agencies warned of a possible terrorist attack during the weekend, officials said today.

Three Saudi Arabians have been jailed for 10 years by a Moroccan court for leading an al-Qaida plot to attack British and US warships.

Israel’s ambassador has used a UN Security Council meeting on terrorism to attack Syria as “one of the world’s foremost sponsors of terrorism”.

A man armed with a bayonet hijacked a light plane and forced its pilot to make a 90-minute flight across eastern Australia, prompting authorities to swing into anti-terror mode, officials said today.

Britain today remained on terror alert after a series of alarms and arrests amid heightened security at airports across the UK.

Britons need not fear attacks from suicide bombers, controversial Muslim cleric Abu Hamza said today.

Five people were being questioned by police today after being arrested under anti-terror laws near airports.

Police have let staff back into Terminal Two at Heathrow Airport.

A key piece of information leading to the recent terror alerts in the United States was fabricated, it was reported today.

Around 150 people were forced to spend the night wrapped in blankets at Gatwick after a security alert closed the North Terminal.

A major security operation was continuing at British airports and other key sites today, as anti-terrorist police quizzed a passenger over a live grenade found in luggage at Gatwick airport.

Police were today continuing to question two men arrested near Heathrow Airport under the Terrorism Act 2000.

A man was arrested under the Terrorism Act today after being stopped with a live grenade at Gatwick Airport, police said.

A man was arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act at Gatwick Airport, police said today.

Two men have been arrested near Heathrow under Britain's terror act.

British military aircraft have been patrolling the skies above London as part of the latest operation to guard against a terrorist attack, Britain's Ministry of Defence confirmed today.

A British-based Islamic news agency said today it had a new audio recording of Osama bin Laden in which he predicts he will die as “a martyr” this year in an attack against his enemies.