A SUSPECTED suicide bomb exploded at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque packed with worshippers yesterday in Pakistan's biggest city. The blast in Karachi killed at least 13 people and wounded scores more.

A powerful bomb exploded at a Shiite Muslim mosque packed with worshippers in Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city, today, killing five people and wounding at least 50 others.

TERROR alerts spread worldwide yesterday amid suspicions of new al-Qaida operations, but countries with tourist hotspots accused Britain of overreacting and the United States of being “afraid of its own shadow”.