AN explosion shattered a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in an attack yesterday that killed at least 32 worshippers during Muslim prayers, officials said in Quetta, Pakistan. Angry Shi’ites rioted in the streets of this south-western city, burning cars and tires.

A Pakistani man who killed two CIA employees in a 1993 shooting rampage outside the agency’s US headquarters has been executed as the government warned of global retaliation against Americans.

US officials received a warning in 1995 that Islamic militants were plotting to attack an American nuclear site and targets in Britain - but did not pass on the information to the agency overseeing nuclear facilities or to the plants themselves, it has emerged.

It has been reported that seven marines have died in the US plane crash in Quetta, Pakistan.

Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban regime tonight offered to negotiate about handing over Osama bin Laden - but rejected Prime Minister Tony Blair’s warning to surrender him ‘‘or surrender power’’.

Afghanistan's ruling Taliban militia is reportedly bracing itself for an imminent US attack.