Poorly paid Kenyan security forces that moved in to control an emergency are being accused of robbing the very property they were supposed to protect.

Boko Haram gunmen opened fire in a college dormitory in northeast Nigeria as the students slept, killing 40, in the latest massacre blamed on the Islamist insurgents.

A car bomb ripped through a crowded street in Peshawar's oldest bazaar, killing 40 people in the third blast to hit the troubled city in a week, officials said.

A police doctor scouring Nairobi's Westgate mall for bodies after a four-day siege by Islamist gunmen that killed dozens has said victims were tortured before they died, according to a Kenyan newspaper.

It was one of the most moving images of Kenya's Westgate Mall terror attack - a little girl running in terror across an empty corridor to the outstretched arm of her rescuer.

After almost a week, there is no precise death toll, no word on the fate of dozens still missing and no details on the al-Qaeda-linked terrorists who attacked Nairobi's most upscale mall.

The militant behind the Nairobi assault was deemed to be too radical and hot-headed even by Osama bin Laden, who rebuffed his request for a formal alliance with al-Qaeda.

In two weeks they were due to experience the joy of becoming parents for the first time, but instead they died arm in arm in a pool of blood in a Kenyan mall.

Life in lower Manhattan resembled any ordinary day as workers rushed to their jobs in the muggy heat, but time stood still at the World Trade Center site while families wept for loved ones who perished in the terror attacks 12 years ago.

The mayor who has helped orchestrate the 9/11 observances from their start will be watching for his last time in office. And saying nothing.

The ordeal of David Miranda at Heathrow Airport is a critical moment in the conflict between press freedom and national security.

Heathrow Airport staff have been warned that women could conceal dangerous explosives in their breasts.

The Government intensified its sales job on the GCSB Bill yesterday, with the Prime Minister claiming some New Zealand citizens have had al-Qaeda training in Yemen.

Australian counter-terrorism agencies have warned universities, shopping centres, sporting arenas, transport hubs and other venues to prepare for mass killers.

The sound of footsteps and gunfire was coming closer where Osama bin Laden, his youngest wife Amal and one of his daughters must have known their life was reaching its end.

A majority of voters want an inquiry into the GCSB spy agency and the SIS, the latest Herald DigiPoll survey shows.

Seven al-Qaeda-linked militants on a suicide mission attacked the UN compound with a truck bomb and then poured inside, killing at least 13 people before dying in the assault.

When the family of Drummer Lee Rigby spoke to the nation last week, we watched in absolute agony.

Businesses which drag their heels or fail to comply with a new anti-money laundering and terrorism financing law should expect to face firm action, say regulators.

The mother of a suspected Islamic terrorist who allegedly hacked a British soldier to death, tried desperately to turn him away from extremism but "could not get through", say friends.

The heroic woman who confronted one of the terrorists in this week's savage attack in London had lived in New Zealand and her children call Auckland their hometown.

Britain scrambled fighter jets to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people, diverting it to an isolated runway and arresting two passengers.

Ingrid Loyau-Kennett is wearing Union Flag socks. They are the same ones she was wearing on Thursday, when she jumped off the Number 53 bus to confront two alleged terrorists.

The Muslim cleric who claims to have converted suspected killer Michael Adebolajo to Islam says the attack could be justified.

Michael Adebolajo was well known to the police and MI5 for years as a known extremist who preached hatred on the streets of Woolwich and turned up to violent protests across London.

America's perpetual war against terrorism must come to an end, President Barack Obama declared yesterday, as he announced restrictions on drone strikes and a fresh effort to close Guantanamo Bay.

The second suspect in the Woolwich murder was known for handing out radical leaflets, and a woman believed to be his girlfriend had recently converted to Islam.

Drummer Lee Rigby was a loving father who only ever wanted to be a soldier and "live life and enjoy himself", his family said yesterday.

A cub scout leader confronted terrorists just seconds after they murdered a soldier warning them: "It is only you versus many people, you are going to lose."