Emaciated and frail, more than 100 men lie on concrete floors of freezing, solitary cells in Guantanamo, silently starving themselves to death.

A suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings died from gunshot wounds and blunt trauma to his head and torso, his newly released death certificate says.

Shaker Aamer remembers the frantic knocking on the door, the voices screaming for him to get out.

The received wisdom is that the Tsarnaev brothers began their attack on the Boston Marathon to advance the cause of their fellow Chechens, writes Pete Lentini.

The FBI was alerted by Russia's security services to serious concerns about one of the Boston bomb suspects as recently as November, it was claimed yesterday.

Musician Amanda Palmer has been met with a flood of angry responses after writing a poem for one of the suspected Boston bombers.

The hunt for the Boston bombing suspects was successful through a combination of technology, public co-operation and sheer luck.

The father of 8-year-old bomb victim Martin Richard had tried to shield the eyes of the boy's brother, 12-year-old Henry, as the carnage unfolded around them.

Extra police and security staff will be stationed along the route of the London Marathon tomorrow as one of many extra measures being taken by race organisers after consultations with the Metropolitan Police and the Mayor's office.

An eerie but as-yet-unverified photograph has emerged of what appears to be one of the Boston bombing suspects (circled in red) just metres from the 8-year-old victim Martin Richard (circled in blue).

Extra alertness after the Boston bombing will deter attacks, but the nature of big public events means they remain exposed to danger.

The recipe is straightforward. First you take a small quantity of explosives made from cleaning fluid and place it in a pressure cooker with a liberal helping of small metal objects, such as ball bearings or nails.

One of the most graphic images to emerge from the Boston Marathon bombings was of a young man who appeared to have lost both his legs.

The Boston bombings have reaffirmed Australia's commitment to its burgeoning counter-intelligence agency, which is preparing to move.

Police in Delhi have arrested a New Zealand Sikh community leader over charges including alleged involvement in seditious activities and attempted murder.

Confronted by public protest and fierce congressional questioning, CIA director-designate John Brennan strongly defended the Obama Administration.

For many years Mokhtar Belmokhtar was little more than a footnote in the intelligence reports analysing the increasingly muscular presence of Islamist groups in Saharan Africa.

Canada is investigating a claim by the Algerian Prime Minister that one of its citizens co-ordinated the terrorist raid at the Saharan gas plant.

The thriller Zero Dark Thirty hunted down top spot at the North American box office - and easily won it.

Three weeks before the ceremony and the [Olympic Stadium] was packed with thousands of people all doing things impressively.

The British-Iraqi man killed in last month's quadruple Alps shooting had access to a bank account linked to Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein.