The United States warned citizens to avoid nonessential travel to Indonesia today, saying a suicide bombing on Bali island earlier this month showed terrorists were still active.

New terror fears gripped Asia today, sparking security scares at embassies and travel alerts, but Indonesia shrugged off calls to outlaw the elusive militant group suspected in deadly suicide bombings on Bali island.

Two men have been detained for questioning over the suicide bombings at three crowded restaurants on Indonesia’s Bali island, police said today.

Police were rushing to identify three suicide bombers in blasts that killed 26 people on Bali island, while seeking three accomplices and enlisting a former operative of Southeast Asia’s top terror group to help track down the masterminds.

Amid screams of “Allah, Allah, help!” the waiter – knocked down by a bomb blast at Bali’s beachside Cafe Menega – got up near a table where five children had been sitting.

At least three Westerners have been injured in a series of explosions in a popular tourist area of Bali.

Indonesia ordered a nationwide security crackdown today after several foreign governments warned terrorists were preparing to launch attacks against Western targets ahead of Christmas.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard attended a solemn commemoration today for victims of the nightclub bombings two years ago on Indonesia’s Bali island, which claimed the lives of 88 Australians.

Prime Minister John Howard scored a convincing victory in Australia’s federal election, winning a historic fourth term in a vote that will ensure the country keeps its troops in Iraq for the foreseeable future.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard appeared to be heading for a historic fourth-term victory in his country’s federal election today, in a vote that will ensure the country keeps its troops in Iraq.

AN Islamic militant group yesterday claimed that a deadly truck bomb attack outside the Australian Embassy in Indonesia was a punishment for Australian support for the war in Iraq.

One of the few suspects to express remorse over his alleged involvement in last year’s bombings on Indonesia’s Bali island arrived at court today to hear his sentence.

Police publicly identified nine suspects today in the August 5 attack on the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta that killed 12 people and wounded nearly 150.

A bomb rocked Indonesia’s Parliament building today, shattering glass and damaging a wall, just days after police arrested nine Islamic militants they said were planning fresh terrorist attacks.