Two men and a woman with suspected contacts to al-Qaida were arrested today in connection with an online video threat by Islamic militants against Austria and Germany in March, officials said today.

THE users of two Irish computers are among 2,360 suspects that have been identified in a worldwide child-pornography investigation.

The EU will consider reducing its peacekeeping force in Bosnia by almost two-thirds if elections scheduled for later this year show the country is on the path to stability, Austria’s defence minister said today.