The police chief of a small south Texas town was shot dead during a traffic stop on Saturday, a county sheriff said.

NEW York police have arrested a 27-year-old man they called a “lone wolf” militant on charges of plotting to build bombs to kill American soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

A US citizen and al-Qaida sympathiser accused of plotting to bomb police and post offices in New York remained in custody today on terrorism-related charges.

An “al-Qaida sympathiser” accused of plotting to bomb police and post offices in New York City as well as US troops returning home has been arrested on numerous terrorism-related charges.

OUR minister of state with responsibility for equality matters, Frank Fahey, was put through the wringer last week when he updated the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on Ireland’s progress in the field of women’s rights.