The number of people indicted in a scheme that defrauded the Red Cross of thousands of pounds designated for Hurricane Katrina victims has risen to 49, federal authorities in California said.

An Arab-American college student was convicted yesterday of joining al-Qaida and plotting to assassinate President George Bush.

An Arab-American college student was convicted today of joining al-Qaida and plotting to assassinate President George W Bush.

A judge has allowed prison staff to force-feed convicted sniper John Muhammad while he awaits trial in the county for six killings.

A US passenger jet landed in Vietnam yesterday, the first since the Vietnam War ended nearly 30 years ago, United Airlines Flight 869, from San Francisco, arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, at shortly after 10pm (3pm Irish time).

TEENAGE sniper Lee Boyd Malvo was sentenced to life in prison without parole yesterday for an October 2002 killing spree in the Washington DC area that left 10 people dead.

John Kerry’s growing string of wins is persuading party leaders to look for ways to bring the Democratic presidential primary season to a quick close.

A US jury was considering today whether Washington sniper Lee Malvo should live or die, after the teenager was convicted of capital murder over the three-week reign of terror.

A jury convicted Lee Boyd Malvo of capital murder in the Washington-area sniper attacks today, rejecting claims that the teenager was brainwashed by John Allen Muhammad into taking part in the three-week reign of terror that left 10 people dead.

Authorities in the US have said they believe the Washington-area sniper might be trying to communicate with them through a message left at the scene of the latest shooting in Virginia.

A shooting at a restaurant in Virginia, USA, in which a 37-year-old man was injured, has attracted a swarm of law enforcement officers, including a task force investigating the string of sniper shootings in the Washington DC area.

A man who claimed to have seen the Washington serial sniper before his latest shooting was today charged with giving false information to police.

THE FBI plans to question al-Qaida prisoners at Guantanamo Bay about the sniper terrorising Washington DC, it was reported yesterday.

The FBI plans to question al-Qaida prisoners at Guantanamo Bay about the sniper terrorising Washington DC, it was reported today.

FOR the first time since the Washington-area sniper slayings began, more than one witness saw a man fire and flee in a white van, but police said yesterday that none of the witnesses got a good enough look to yield a sketch.

Four alleged Muslim militants have been charged in Detroit with being part of “a sleeper combat cell” that sought to support terrorism.