Al-Jazeera Arab satellite network said today that it would broadcast excerpts of a new videotape by Ayman al-Zawahri, al Qaida’s No. 2 leader.

A Briton was killed and a dozen were injured when a car bomb exploded outside a Qatar theatre during a the performance of a play, the Interior Ministry said.

US SECRETARY of State Colin Powell told a Senate panel yesterday that what appears to be a new statement from Osama bin Laden shows why the world needs to be concerned about Iraqi ties to terrorism.

Pakistani police are questioning a Sudanese man they suspect delivered a tape-recording of Osama bin Laden to a television reporter in Islamabad.