Pakistani airports on high alert
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Pakistan stepped up security at all of its major airports Sunday after receiving reports about possible terror attacks, a day before the nation's exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was to return home, officials said.
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All members of the Palestinian security services have been placed on a state of alert to prepare for a possible outbreak of unrest in the event of President Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, Palestinian security sources say.
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Pakistani security forces were on their highest state of alert Sunday, the day before critical parliamentary polls, after a suicide car bomber killed 46 people and wounded nearly 100 at an election rally.
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The focus of a global investigation into an alleged plot to blow up US-bound airliners has turned increasingly to Pakistan and Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda network, as 23 suspects faced further questioning in British custody.
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Pakistani authorities tightened security at Islamabad's airport and have detained more than 2,000 supporters of exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his party said on Sunday, the eve of his planned return.
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Traffic has held up surprisingly well since last week's stepped-up security. But the strains are showing at airports like London's Heathrow
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The World Health Organization warned Monday that countries should be on alert for bird flu because it is again on the move, with Pakistan reporting South Asia's first human infections and Myanmar logging its first human case.
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Security around Pakistani airports was tightened Sunday, a day before the expected return from exile of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, police sources said.
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A Dublin-bound plane was at the centre of a major security alert in France yesterday. The Icelandic Airlines Boeing 737 had taken off from the Balearic Islands in Spain, but was diverted to the French city
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As security is increased at airports across the UK, leading airlines ask passengers to allow more time to check in.
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Terrorists may be conducting "dry runs" at U.S. airports to test security before a possible attack, according to a Transportation Security Administration warning to airport screeners.
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Pakistan put its paramilitary forces on "red alert" across the country on Thursday after the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto sparked violent protests by her supporters.
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Security is increased in Pakistan ahead of protests over the government's operation against Islamabad's radical Red Mosque.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Sunday left on a four-nation tour aimed at bolstering European support, as police were on high alert for the Muslim festival of Ashura.
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Security forces across Pakistan are on  alert following the death of a prominent Shia leader from gunshot wounds.
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KARACHI, Pakistan Pakistani authorities are putting the city of Karachi on &quot;red alert,&quot; for an al-Qaida strike after its forces killed a top terror suspect.
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The focus of the investigation into an alleged plot to blow US-bound aircraft from the skies has turned increasingly to Pakistan and Al-Qaeda, as 23 suspects faced further questioning in British custody.