Australian police launched fresh raids today in connection with the failed terrorist plot in Britain, seizing computers and other material from two hospitals in western Australia, the federal police chief said.

A British investigator prepared today to question an Indian doctor arrested in Australia over the failed bombings in London and Glasgow.

THE Sydney arm of an alleged Islamic terror network had stockpiled enough chemicals to make at least 15 large bombs, a newspaper reported yesterday, as police sifted through evidence seized in a series of pre-dawn raids earlier this week.

The Sydney arm of an alleged Islamic terror network had stockpiled enough chemicals to make at least 15 large bombs, a newspaper reported today, as police sifted through evidence seized in a series of pre-dawn raids earlier this week.

Up to 60 Islamic extremists are actively involved in terrorist cells in Australia, the federal police commissioner confirmed today after a former spymaster claimed it was only a matter of time before an attack is launched on Australian soil.

Indonesia today defended its record on fighting terrorism after the United States and Australia criticised the 30-month sentence given to the alleged spiritual leader of an al-Qaida-linked terror group as too lenient.

Police have information on more than 500 Australians who access child porn and more arrests are likely, Australia’s police chief said today, a day after announcing the country’s largest ever crackdown on the industry.

Police investigating the deadly suicide attack on Australia’s embassy in Jakarta have found the chassis number of the van that carried the bomb, a key piece of evidence in their hunt for the killers.

Two days of national mourning in Russia begin today to commemorate more than 350 children and adults who died in the bloody school siege.

Armed police today transferred the alleged mastermind of last month’s deadly Bali nightclub bombings to the Indonesian capital for more questioning.