Controversial US attorney general Alberto Gonzales has announced he will resign his position as the United States’ top law enforcement official.

A senior US Homeland Security official briefed European travel industry representatives in Brussels on new entry controls that come into force today including mandatory fingerprinting and photography for European visitors.

A gap in the airline passenger-check system permitted Yusuf Islam – former pop star Cat Stevens whom the US suspects of having terrorist ties – to board a transatlantic flight despite being on a no-fly list, a Bush administration official said today.

AIR MARSHALS have been caught sleeping on the job, have lost their weapons and tested positive for drugs and alcohol, according to a new report.

A US government official has apologised to Senator Edward Kennedy, who was stopped at airports because a name similar to his appeared on the government’s no-fly list of terror suspects.

A top government official has apologised to Senator Edward Kennedy, who was stopped at airports because a name similar to his appeared on the government’s no-fly list of terror suspects.

The United States will not force the issue of placing armed sky marshals on transatlantic airliners if Europe rejects such anti-terrorist precautions, an official said today.

Visitors travelling to the US will be fingerprinted and photographed before entered the country, The Associated Press learned tonight.

Sweeping baggage checks for passengers on the “very open” US rail transit systems are impractical despite the spectre of terrorist threats, a high-level Bush administration official said yesterday.

British Airways’ chief executive Rod Eddington said that it may be appropriate to put sky marshals on board an airliner to prevent a hijacking, but that standards must be set to make sure it is done safely.

All visitors travelling to the US on visas are to be fingerprinted and photographed from next year in an attempt stop terrorists entering the country.

The IRA has formed part of a global terror network based in Colombia, training Marxist rebels alongside Iranian and Cuban officials, a report by the US Congress said today.