An explosion apparently caused by a suicide vest stored in a house in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi killed eight suspected militants today.

Plans for new terror attacks against Britain and the United States were found on a computer seized during the arrest of a Pakistani al-Qaida suspect wanted for the 1998 twin US embassy bombings in east Africa, it emerged today.

Afghanistan’s new government was looking for answers today after dozens of people died when a wedding party was attacked by a US B-52 bomber and a Spectre gunship.

US military officials, the Afghan government and the US Embassy in Kabul were today on their way to the village where about 40 people celebrating a wedding, mainly women and children, were killed and 70 injured after being bombed by American forces.