Newt Gingrich is planning to officially end his campaign for the US Republican presidential nomination with an announcement in Arlington, Virginia, today.

A Moroccan man who believed he was working with al Qaida was arrested near the US Capitol as he planned to detonate a "suicide vest", given to him by undercover officers.

Police have recovered an AK-47 assault rifle after closing a stretch of Constitution Avenue near the White House to investigate reports of gunfire in the area.

The killing of Osama bin Laden is a grim reminder of the outrages that were perpetrated in his and al-Qaida’s name in the US on September 11, 2001.

A man who became distraught as he was being briefed on his mother’s condition by a surgeon at Baltimore Hospital pulled a gun and shot and wounded the doctor, then killed his mother and himself in her room.

The largest US-Russian spy swap since the Cold War happened less than a month after an idea was secretly hatched in the Oval Office, and reached fruition on a remote stretch of Vienna airport tarmac.

Officials in Dublin are today investigating claims that a false Irish passport was to be used by a member an alleged Russian spy ring in the US.

Massive snowfall and strong winds again blasted Washington and much of the US east coast as the US capital struggled with the latest storm in its most difficult winter in memory.

The Texas army camp massacre gunman was being investigated for possible links to an extremist website, it emerged today.

A former Boeing engineer was today charged with stealing space shuttle secrets for China, the US Justice Department said.

A LIMERICK woman thinks she has found a rich American relative.

FANCY a share of a $1.9 million inheritance? Well if you happen to be living in north Cork or south Limerick you’d better start researching your family tree.

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez declared he would nationalise electrical and telecommunication companies, taking a bold step toward increasing state control as he promised to transform Venezuela into a socialist country.

Five years after terrorists wrought death from clear skies, the US began its observation of a solemn anniversary today, with plans for silent reflection and fresh mourning for the nearly 3,000 lives lost on September 11, 2001.

Leaders at a 38-nation Asia-Europe summit in Helsinki, Finland, stood in silence today, remembering those killed in the September 11 terror attacks five years ago in the United States.

Confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui, taking the witness stand in Alexandria, Virginia, today argued that he cannot get a fair trial so close to the Defence Department and denied he was trying to sabotage his defence by testifying earlier that he was to have piloted a fifth plane on September 11, 2001.

Belgium’s King Albert and other dignitaries marked the 60th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge today, honouring thousands of American soldiers who died fighting Nazi Germany’s desperate bid to stop the Allied advance across Western Europe.

US AIRWAYS must rely on daily revenue and cash to operate during its bankruptcy reorganisation, leaving it vulnerable to liquidation should the funds run out or a creditor seek court permission for payment.

Would-be space traveller Gregory Olsen remains optimistic that his flight to the International Space Station on a Russian rocket will go ahead even though it is temporarily on hold due to an undisclosed medical issue.

A racketeering lawsuit filed by human rights lawyers accuses US civilian contractors at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq of conspiring to execute, rape and torture prisoners to boost corporate profits from military payments.

ELI LILLY, the maker of prozac antidepressant pills, raised its 2003 earnings forecast on demand for psychiatric medications including zyprexa for schizophrenia and new drugs such as cialis to treat impotence.

The Chief Executive Board of Star Alliance today unanimously approved the application of US Airways to join the world’s largest airline alliance.

A former US marine has been found guilty of shooting dead his wife, girlfriend and five-year-old daughter so he could start a new life with another woman.

Threats from Osama bin Laden have made Americans and Britons in the Gulf region wary but not yet fearful enough to leave.

A variety of companies pay terrorists to be left alone, it was reported today.

US authorities have charged the first person with helping the New York and Washington terrorist hijackers as the number of people arrested or detained in the wide-ranging investigation grew to 352.

Linda Tripp has filed a lawsuit against the US government, alleging the Pentagon illegally told a newspaper she was being interviewed for a job in the Defence Department.