The man who planted a car bomb in New York’s Times Square boasted that he thought it would kill at least 40 people and he planned to detonate a second bomb two weeks later, US prosecutors said.

SELF-CONFESSED terrorist Faisal Shahzad was so eager to tell how he plotted to kill Americans in Times Square he went to court with a prepared statement.

Calling himself a "Muslim soldier", a Pakistan-born US citizen has pleaded guilty to carrying out the failed Times Square car bombing.

Two top Obama administration chiefs have told Pakistan that it has only weeks to show real progress in a crackdown against the country's Taliban, a senior US official said.

The co-owner of a catering company that organised events for the US Embassy is among six men detained by Pakistan for allegedly helping the failed Times Square bombing suspect, a senior Pakistani intelligence official said.

THE suspect in a botched car bombing in New York’s Times Square appeared in court on terrorism and weapons charges for the first time since his arrest two weeks ago and was led away in handcuffs after being held without bail.

The suspect in a botched car bombing in New York’s Times Square appeared in court on terrorism and weapons charges for the first time since his arrest two weeks ago and was quickly led away in handcuffs after being held without bail.

Three Pakistani men said to have supplied funds to Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad were arrested in a series of raids as the FBI followed the money trail of the failed attack.

A car with petrol cans stored in the back sparked a fresh terror scare near New York City's Union Square early today.

Two men arrested in connection with the failed Times Square car bomb are considered to have had a “direct connection” to the suspect, Faisal Shahzad, security sources said today.

The FBI are searching two locations in the Boston area in connection with the attempted bombing of Times Square in New York.

The Pakistani Taliban denied any role in the botched car bombing in Times Square but praised the suspect for a “brave job”, as New York authorities pressed him on his claims of terrorist training.

US and Pakistani officials are questioning four alleged members of an al-Qaida-linked militant group over possible connections to the failed Times Square bomber, intelligence officials said yesterday.

In the days before his failed attempt to detonate a car bomb in the heart of Times Square, the American suspect, who had recently returned from his native Pakistan, did a dry run, a law enforcement official said today.

THE US government has ordered airlines to check updated no-fly lists within two hours of being notified of changes in the wake of the failed Times Square bomb attack.

The US government has ordered airlines to check updated no-fly lists within two hours of being notified of changes in the wake of the failed Times Square bomb attack.

A claim by the Pakistani Taliban that it was behind the Times Square bomb attempt should be "taken with a pinch of salt", a spokesman for Pakistan's army said today.

The no-fly list failed to keep the Times Square suspect off the plane, it has emerged.

THE Times Square bomber was arrested at the last minute as his flight out of America taxied to the runway, police have revealed.

The Times Square bomber was arrested at the last minute as his flight out of America taxied to the runway, police revealed today.

A man has reportedly been arrested in Pakistan over the failed car bombing in New York's Times Square.

The Times Square bomb suspect was due to appear in court today as a massive investigation continued across the US.

A suspect has today been taken into custody in connection with the recent failed Times Square car bomb attack.