The CIA has admitted it destroyed video tapes showing the interrogation of two terror suspects by the American intelligence agency.

Islamic terrorists are planning an attack on a US nuclear power plant to coincide with the July 4 Independence Day celebrations, it was reported today.

A senior al-Qaida commander arrested in Pakistan last month has reportedly told his US interrogators that the terrorist network has the capability to build a “dirty” nuclear bomb.

US special forces are planning a second raid inside Pakistan in a new bid to seize Osama bin Laden, it was reported today.

Osama bin Laden's captured aide is thought to have been plotting a new wave of terror attacks on the US before he was seized.

The White House has confirmed that troops have captured one of the key members of al-Qaida.

The capture of Abu Zubaydah, al-Qaida’s most senior commander, is one of the most significant developments in the war on terrorism, experts said.

Pakistani authorities have handed over to the United States a man thought to be the biggest catch yet in the war on terrorism.

Pakistan has handed over to US authorities about 20 Arabs arrested last week in raids on suspected al Qaida hideouts, a senior intelligence official said today.

An unnamed US official has claimed that a Palestinian militant who has evaded intelligence agencies for years has become the new chief of operations in the al-Qaida network.