The FBI has removed a computer from the US home of a sister of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.

The trial of a former US Navy sailor accused of communicating with suspected terrorists and leaking information to UK supporters will begin today.

A woman today pleaded guilty to slashing the throat of her room-mate’s nine-month-old baby and leaving him to bleed to death in retaliation for being asked to move out.

A US soldier was killed and two others were injured today when a powerful explosion hit their convoy west of Baghdad, troops at the scene said.