Rescuers are searching through rubble for survivors after a massive explosion at a Texas fertiliser plant killed as many as 15 people and injured more than 160.

Up to 15 people have been killed in an explosion at a fertiliser plant in Texas, police said today.

The suspect in a deadly Arizona shooting is in a federal courtroom facing charges of attempting to assassinate a congresswoman.

The ringleader of a plot to set off truck bombs in front of a stock exchange and two government buildings was given an unprecedented sentence – becoming the first Canadian to receive a life term for terrorism.

A Canadian man pleaded guilty to his role in a homegrown terror plot that heightened fears in a country where many people thought they were relatively immune from terrorist strikes.

Lawyers for some of the 14 Muslim terror suspects held in an alleged plot to blow up buildings complained at a bail hearing today about the treatment of their clients, saying one of them was beaten by a guard.

The husband of a woman killed in the Omagh bombing joined fellow victims of world terror attacks at a conference in Colombia.

The US Supreme Court has ruled that a man convicted of involvement in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing can stand trial on more charges.

US Defence officials say the Pentagon suffered well over £68m worth of damage in Tuesday's terrorist attack.

Former President Bill Clinton was locked away in a resort in Australia’s tropical northeast today awaiting a chance to return home .