The suspect in a botched car bombing in New York’s Times Square appeared in court on terrorism and weapons charges for the first time since his arrest two weeks ago and was quickly led away in handcuffs after being held without bail.

Three Pakistani men said to have supplied funds to Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad were arrested in a series of raids as the FBI followed the money trail of the failed attack.

Two men arrested in connection with the failed Times Square car bomb are considered to have had a “direct connection” to the suspect, Faisal Shahzad, security sources said today.

The FBI are searching two locations in the Boston area in connection with the attempted bombing of Times Square in New York.

The Pakistani Taliban denied any role in the botched car bombing in Times Square but praised the suspect for a “brave job”, as New York authorities pressed him on his claims of terrorist training.

In the days before his failed attempt to detonate a car bomb in the heart of Times Square, the American suspect, who had recently returned from his native Pakistan, did a dry run, a law enforcement official said today.

The US government has ordered airlines to check updated no-fly lists within two hours of being notified of changes in the wake of the failed Times Square bomb attack.

A claim by the Pakistani Taliban that it was behind the Times Square bomb attempt should be "taken with a pinch of salt", a spokesman for Pakistan's army said today.

The no-fly list failed to keep the Times Square suspect off the plane, it has emerged.

The Times Square bomber was arrested at the last minute as his flight out of America taxied to the runway, police revealed today.

A man has reportedly been arrested in Pakistan over the failed car bombing in New York's Times Square.

The Times Square bomb suspect was due to appear in court today as a massive investigation continued across the US.

A suspect has today been taken into custody in connection with the recent failed Times Square car bomb attack.

Investigators have spoken to the registered owner of a vehicle used as a homemade car bomb in a failed attack in New York, US police officials said today.

The Pakistani Taliban released a video – apparently dated early April – of their leader promising an attack on major US cities “in some days or a month”, a monitoring group said today.

The US homeland security chief has said there was no evidence that a car bomb planted in the middle of Times Square was more than a one-off event.

Police in the US found an “amateurish” but potentially powerful bomb in a smoking sport utility vehicle in New York’s Times Square, then cleared the streets of thousands of tourists milling through the landmark district so they could dismantle it, authorities said today.