Warfare and Conflict

The sister of Osama Bin Laden is living in the UK, Whitehall sources confirm.

Downing Street warns "difficult decisions" lie ahead as European Union leaders announce plans for an emergency summit on Friday.

BBC Political Editor Andrew Marr says Tony Blair's world role really has made the UK prime minister a bridge between America and Europe.

Tony Blair gives the Taleban regime in Afghanistan a clear warning to hand over terrorist suspect Osama Bin Laden, or face the consequences.

Home Office Minister John Denham promises that the government will act to cut out the "cancer of Islamophobia" in British society.

Thoughts on the bomb attacks, from Africans around the world.

The President of Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade, calls for Africa to ensure that African countries are not used as bases for terrorist networks.

Somalia's government says it will not offer sanctuary to Osama Bin Laden after suggestions that he may flee there.

The BBC's Jane Black speaks to New Yorkers left stunned by the devastation of their city in the aftermath of the attacks.

Reports on how information about the safety of Asian nationals working in New York's destroyed World Trade Center could take days to emerge.

First hand accounts from BBC News Online users.

BBC News Online rounds up the main stories from around the world on the reverberations from the catastrophic terrorist attacks in the US.

The US named 19 people suspected of being the hijackers, as police around the world worked to find the organisers of the attacks.

Religious leaders condemned the attacks against the USA during Friday prayers, although some say America and Israel may be partly to blame.

Full copy of the speech in which American President Bush speaks of a "kinship of grief" and a "unity against terror" at a memorial service in Washington DC.

The US not only wants to find those responsible for Tuesday's attacks, but is also planning a campaign against terrorism worldwide.

In New York's financial district, workers picked their way back to the office for the first time since the attacks.

US President George Bush wants Osama Bin Laden "dead or alive" as the worldwide investigation into the US attacks widens.

The US steps up security following a warning from senior officials that associates of the hijackers could still be at large.

As Americans struggle to comprehend the tragedy which befell their country last week, some fear a desire for revenge has gripped the nation.

The FBI says it is looking for nearly 200 people in connection with last week's terror attacks in the US, as first criminal charges are filed.

Their story has been almost lost in the coverage of the World Trade Center attack, but the friends and relatives of those who worked at New York's highest restaurant are devastated at their loss, reports the BBC.

Who is a "terrorist" and who is a "freedom-fighter"? Barnaby Mason re-opens the debate.

Osama Bin Laden and the World Trade Center replaced sex and Britney Spears as the most popular internet searches.

The US military is gearing up for retaliation but soldiers are facing a war in which there is no clear enemy and no territory to conquer.

The US Defence Department starts to clamp down on information, and the press want to ensure more access than it had during the Gulf War.

Americans have been told not to vent their anger on their Muslim neighbours. But these are still troubling times for the nation's Afghan-Americans, reports the BBC.

Uzbekistan says it is ready to discuss co-operation with the US in what it calls the struggle against international terrorism in the region.

The overthrow of Afghanistan's King Mohammad Zahir Shah in 1973 sparked a chain of events that have led to the desperate state that now exists, reports the BBC.

The BBC's Afghanistan correspondent Kate Clark finds Afghans increasingly hopeful that the UN can help them return to a peaceful life.

The BBC's George Arney listens to Pakistan analysts' views on a possible US invasion of Afghanistan, where those who have gone before have failed.

Afghanistan's ruling Taleban confiscated 1,400 tonnes of food aid, as the UN braced itself for a massive humanitarian crisis.

The BBC's John Simpson, smuggled into Afghanistan dressed as a woman, finds support ebbing away from the Taleban.

Terror suspect Osama Bin Laden has many options in fleeing from justice, explains the BBC.

The leader of Afghanistan's Taleban regime tells a meeting of senior clerics that Osama Bin Laden will not be extradited without evidence.

Gulf Air and Emirates suspended services to Sri Lanka after a massive increase in war-risk insurance on flights to Colombo.

The chief cleric of India's largest mosque warns the US not to attack Afghanistan without proof of its role in last Tuesday's events.

President Musharraf has pledged support for the US, but many in his country are strongly supportive of Osama Bin Laden, reports the BBC.

South Asian nations spoke out against the devastating attacks on the United States, as they stepped up security around US installations.

Ayatollah Khamenei says Iran will play no part in an attack on Afghanistan, accusing the US of seeking to exploit the current crisis for its own ends.

UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw begins a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, despite an earlier row over Mr Straw's comments.

Gulf Arab states pledged full co-operation with Washington to end global terror attacks in a move certain to relieve the Americans.

Reports say that Algeria has handed over two lists of people it considers possible terrorists to the US, some of whom may have links to Osama Bin Laden.

The father of Egyptian hijacker suspect Mohammed Atta has fiercely denied that his son could have been involved in the attacks.

Washington urges Chechen rebels to cut terrorist ties, less than two days after Russia backed the campaign against terrorism.

The US briefs Nato allies about its global anti-terrorism drive following the attacks on New York and Washington.

The UK prime minister arrives in Washington to discuss the US terror attacks with President Bush.

Almost a week after the attacks on the US, European countries are still struggling to identify how many of their citizens have died.

As the US prepares its response to the attacks on New York and Washington, Europe stops short of full support.

Across Europe security was tightened and events were cancelled, while people gathered to pay their respects to those who died in the US.