American, Afghan and British troops have seized the largest Afghan town controlled by the Taleban.

NZ has for the first time designated four international terrorist groups which are not listed by the United Nations, John Key says.

Newly released aerial photos of the World Trade Center terror attack capture the towers' dramatic collapse.

Privacy concerns over a new airport passenger scanning system have been heightened after airport staff copied x-rays of an international film star.

A new A$200m security programme at Australian airports will include body scanners, cargo x-ray screening and beefed-up intelligence co-operation.

Israeli security forces closed two popular beaches yesterday to scour them for explosives after two barrels filled with munitions were found washed up on the shores of southern Israel.

The blanket secrecy over SAS operations has been ditched, with the Defence Force revealing that elite troopers recently helped capture bomb-makers in Kabul.

A man whose toddler and wife were barred from India wants a full inquiry, compensation and their names removed from a blacklist.

Direct flights from Yemen to Britain will be banned as a key part of new anti-terrorist measures following the failed attempt to blow up a transatlantic airliner, Gordon Brown announced yesterday.

Trade Me is clamping down on the phrases used to sell potentially explosive chemicals, after meeting with the Environmental Risk Management Authority (Erma) today.

Trade Me staff have met with a Wellington teen who allegedly used a fraudulent identity to sell potential bomb ingredients online.