Three people have been arrested in Spain over the kidnap of five-year-old British boy Shail Saeed in Pakistan. Two Pakistani brothers and a Romanian woman were held by police at an address in the Mediterranean city of Tarragona, 60 miles from Barcelona. Police are said to have discovered a large part of the money at the flat they shared in the city. The international hunt for the kidnappers had turned... 

Court drawing of Rajib Karim: The BA employee is accused of two counts of planning suicide bombings A would-be suicide bomber worked for British Airways and plotted to take advantage of cabin crew strikes to launch an attack, it was alleged yesterday. Rajib Karim, a trusted IT expert at the airline, planned to volunteer for crew training to help keep flights running during the threatened walkouts. He... 

American Colleen R. LaRose, 46, is accused of using the Internet to recruit and assist Muslim terrorist operations in Europe and Asia. Using e-mail, YouTube videos, phony travel documents and a burning desire to kill “or die trying,” a middle-aged American woman from Pennsylvania helped recruit a network for suicide attacks and other terrorist strikes in Europe and Asia, according to a... 

Minority babies set to become majority in 2010 Minorities make up nearly half the children born in the U.S., part of a historic trend in which minorities are expected to become the U.S. majority over the next 40 years. In fact, demographers say this year could be the “tipping point” when the number of babies born to minorities outnumbers that of babies born to whites. The numbers are growing... 

Anti-Gypsy Wall Elzbieta and Viera, mother and daughter, stand in their garden looking down at the Roma (Gypsy) children tobogganing hilariously in the last of the winter snows. All that separates them is a wall – a new, white concrete wall, 150m (495ft) long, 2.2m tall. Beyond the wall stand the wattle-and-daub, mud-and-twig hovels where many Roma live here in Ostrovany, in eastern Slovakia. “I... 

France’s far-right Front National has upset Algeria, a former French colony, in its latest election poster denouncing “Islamism” and featuring a map of France decked in the North African country’s national flag. French far-right party the Front National (FN) has revealed its latest election poster – a map of France decked in Algerian national colours, covered with minarets and featuring... 

Plots in Kupala Street-Bahdanovich Street- Svislach River area are sold to the state of Oman. “Belarus plans to use Oman for promotion of its products in the region,” “Belarus sees Oman as a key partner in the region”, “Oman, Belarus ink pact to form business council”. Such headlines have appeared in today’s Belarusian mass media covering the visit of the Belarusian “parliamentary’... 

Herbert Pundik There have always been journalists who “crossed the lines” and switched to being spokespersons, advisers or investigators of bodies that were previously the object of their coverage and commentary. There have presumably always been journalists whose work serves as a cover for clandestine work, but only a few are willing to admit it. One such person is Herbert Pundik (Nahum... 

Authorities have released surveillance footage of two men shooting an elderly man to death and robbing him for his jewelry. Armando Alcala, 77, is seen on surveillance video walking to the trash in his parking lot when two men hop out of a car an attack him. “When you see the actual crime unfold before you like that it makes you angry,” Hialeah Police Chief Mark Overton said. Hialeah Police... 

The New Conservative Party’s claims to be committed to preserving Britain identity is in tatters after it nominated a Ugandan as one of its council candidates in Barking and Dagenham. Richard Ssemitego will fight the Eastbury council seat in Barking and Dagenham on behalf of New Conservatives. The announcement was made, appropriately enough, at a Bangladeshi Women Association Community Hall in Barking... 

Najibullah Zazi, pictured being extradited to New York from Denver, Colorado, has admitted plotting a suicide bomb attack in New York An Afghan immigrant has pleaded guilty to planning a suicide bomb attack on New York’s subway system in what would have been the worst attack on the United States since September 11. Najibullah Zazi, 25, also admitted receiving bomb-making and weapons training... 

David Cameron has vowed to boost the number of ethnic MPs if he wins the election David Cameron hopes to more than treble the number of female Tory MPs and boast up to 15 ethnic minority members if he wins the general election. Inisiders say his candidate selection policy will have the ‘Obama effect’ and change the face of the white, male-dominated party. Currently the Tories have 18 women... 

Labour 'wanted social change', according to the new document Labour encouraged mass immigration even though it knew that voters opposed it, Whitehall documents confirmed yesterday. The Government said the public disagreed with immigration because of ‘racism’ and ministers were told to try to alter public attitudes. The thinking on immigration among Labour leaders was set down in... 

* Agent claims MI5 and Foreign Office were tipped off * David Miliband vows to ‘get to the bottom’ of affair * Gordon Brown promises an inquiry into identity theft * Dubai police chief calls for arrest of Mossad head * Hamas promises retaliation against Israel MI6 was tipped off that Israeli agents were going to carry out an ‘overseas operation’ using fake British passports,... 

Milan Muslim Riots! Dozens of immigrants from North Africa rioted during the night in a multi-ethnic district of Milan, smashing shop windows and overturning cars to protest at the knifing death of an Egyptian, Italian police said on Sunday. It was the second episode of violence involving immigrants this year, after clashes in southern Italy in January brought about the worst racial violence in the...