The sex scandal involving US Secret Service agents and prostitutes in a hotel in Colombia involved at least 20 foreign women, congressional officials say.

A man has been arrested, accused of plotting an attack on the Pentagon and US Capitol using remote-controlled aircraft armed with explosives.

ENERGY giant BP yesterday said it was capturing about a fifth of the estimated oil gushing from its ruptured undersea Gulf of Mexico well and hoped to try to fully stop the flow later this week.

America's intelligence chief made a blunder of his own after he admitted top-level errors over the handling of the Christmas Day plane bomb attempt.

The US Congress is to subpoena the White House gatecrashers to reveal how they got into a state dinner without an invitation.

The couple who gatecrashed a White House state dinner for India’s prime minister will invoke their right to silence if they are made to appear before the US Congress over the security breach.

The couple who gatecrashed President Barack Obama’s first state dinner may be subpoenaed to appear before a congressional committee probing the security breach.

Congress approved new laws to step up anti-terror efforts in the US, shifting money to high-risk states and cities and expanding screening of air and sea cargo.

A break-in targeting US State Department computers around the world happened after an employee in Asia opened a mysterious email that quietly allowed hackers inside the government’s network.

Ports and ferries group P&O today said it was confident its multi-billion pound takeover by Dubai Ports World would go ahead despite growing opposition in the United States.

Security is being stepped up on New York’s tube network tonight after word of a “credible” threat to the city’s transit system.