A globetrotting Atlanta lawyer with a dangerous strain of tuberculosis was allowed back into the US by a border inspector who disregarded a computer warning to stop him and don protective gear, officials said.

Police are confident that all the main players in the alleged airliner bomb plot have been accounted for, the British Home Secretary said today.

A PASSENGER who claimed to have a bomb in a carry-on bag was shot and killed by a US federal air marshal yesterday on a jetway to an American Airlines plane that had arrived from Colombia.

An underground electric transformer exploded today, sparking a fire that forced authorities to close streets and evacuate several buildings – including the World Bank headquarters in Washington.

Singer Yusuf Islam has announced he's won substantial damages from two British newspapers which alleged he supported terrorism.

A man charged with temporarily blinding the pilot and co-pilot of an executive jet with a laser beam claims he was simply using the device to look at stars with his seven-year-old daughter.

President George Bush has formally chosen former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik to lead the US Homeland Security Department, charged with safeguarding Americans from future attack.

Internet users at home are not nearly as safe online as they believe, according to a shock report published today.

Computer industry experts have warned of a mysterious, large-scale internet attack against thousands of popular websites.

Preliminary tests of a white powder discovered in a US Senate office building in Washington were positive for the potentially deadly poison ricin, police said.

Al-Qaida may be plotting to fly cargo planes from overseas into such crucial targets in the United States as nuclear plants, bridges or dams, US security officials are warning.

Security researchers detected hackers distributing software to break into computers using flaws announced last week in some versions of Microsoft’s Windows operating system.

The US Homeland Security Department has unveiled a major new advertising campaign that uses television, radio, newspapers and billboards to urge Americans to prepare for possible terrorist attacks.

Al-Qaida is planning a mass-casualty attack to rival September 11, but preparations have been disrupted by recent arrests of terror suspects, it was reported today.