Heavy security surrounds brief but chaotic appearance of elderly radical cleric.

The Taleban is resorting to desperate measures to retain control in an Afghanistan region.

A fake NZ doctor hailed as a hero after London's 2005 bombing lied about her role in helping the victims, an inquest has been told.

The godfather of the Taleban, one of Pakistan's most prominent retired spies, has died of a heart attack in the wilds of Waziristan while held captive by Islamist militants he helped spawn.

A car exploded in front of a Coptic Christian church as worshippers emerged from a New Year's Mass in the Egyptian city of Alexandria early Saturday, killing at least seven people, officials said.

Staff at the NZ Embassy in Rome have been told to be on the look out for suspicious packages after mail bombs exploded in the hands of employees at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome on Thursday.

A Victorian court has found three men guilty of planning a terrorist attack on an Australian army base in Sydney.

Mohamed Haneef has reportedly been awarded about A$1 million in compensation for a 2007 detention.

Protesters have won countless rights for Britons - now authorities are stifling their voices when they most need to be heard.

Winter in Belgium's Ardennes will forever be linked with Nazi Germany's last great offensive of World War II.

A doctor claims his career at Gold Coast Hospital was ruined by a false accusation of terrorism about him.