Al Qaeda says its top leader in Afghanistan, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, has died, according to a group that monitors Islamist websites.

The All Whites remain unconcerned with safety despite an alleged al-Qaeda threat against World Cup players.

senior White House officials said today that the Pakistani Taleban were behind the failed Times Square car bombing.

Pakistan will investigate alleged links between the Times Square bombing accused and militant groups operating in the country.

New York's citizens are on high alert, with police called in to defuse a chilly bin and someone's lunch.

Four Lions tells the story of four young Muslim fundamentalists who travel from Yorkshire to London for a bungled assault on the marathon.

An Indian court has sentenced the only surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks to death.

Times Square street vendors and NYC police, two groups usually in conflict, are suddenly the best of friends.

The near-escape of the man wanted over the Times Square bomb scare has shown up flaws in America's aviation security system.

A man allegedly involved in the Times Square car-bomb incident had recently been attending a terror training camp in Pakistan.

The Mayor of New York has promised additional surveillance cameras around Times Square and throughout the tourist heart of the city.

Bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad was taken into custody while trying to leave the United States.

Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said that "the judgement in itself is a message to Pakistan that they should not export terror to India."

Pakistan's Taleban chief promised attacks on major US cities in a video released after the failed car bomb attempt in New York, a monitoring group said.

New York police investigating a terror attack that could have set off a deadly fireball in Times Square have videotape of a possible suspect.

The heart of New York was last night shut down after a lethal car bomb was found in Times Square.

The father of one of the boys currently touring in India with a Wellington cricket team says NZ media is making the team a terrorist target by reporting on them.

A NZ schoolboys cricket team has travelled to play in India for two weeks despite a Mfat warning of an "extreme risk" of terrorism.