“The European Union’s foreign policy chief said Pakistan should resist talking with al Qaeda in its efforts to quell militancy in tribal areas bordering Afghanistan. Javier Solana told a news conference in Islamabad that al Qaeda leaders were operating outside Pakistan’s law and constitution.” (Reuters)

“Terrorist groups are believed to be actively recruiting Western Europeans for possible attacks in Europe, or to use the continent as a springboard for strikes in the United States, the U.S. Homeland Security chief said Tuesday.” (International Herald Tribune)

“A doctor whose brother died after staging a failed suicide car bombing at Glasgow airport pleaded guilty Friday to withholding information from police about that and two other attacks.” (AFP)

“Pakistan’s new coalition government will fight terrorism with “determination,” Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani told visiting U.S. envoys, a day after a coalition partner indicated the parliament may review the policy.” (Bloomberg)

“Prime Minister Gordon Brown tomorrow will tell Britain’s spy agencies to work more closely with police to fight terrorism, though the government will stop short of creating a single department in charge of security.” (Bloomberg)

“The US administration on Monday signed deals with Hungary, Lithuania and Slovakia paving the way for visa-free travel for their citizens despite concerns in Brussels over the bilateral agreements. The Department of Homeland Security said the three former communist states had agreed to improvements in security with the possibility of securing visa-free travel for nationals [...]

“At least three recent newcomers to the European Union will opt this week for agreements with Washington on visa-free travel, the U.S. secretary for homeland security said Sunday.” (International Herald Tribune)

“The U.S. military’s first and only study looking into ties between Saddam Hussein’s Iraq and al Qaeda showed no connection between the two, according to a military report released by the Pentagon. The report released by the Joint Forces Command five years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq said it found no “smoking gun” after [...]

“The European Union and the United States agreed on Thursday to defuse a crisis over visa deals by allowing talks between Washington and individual EU states to run in parallel with EU-U.S. negotiations.” (Reuters)

“Jordanian authorities on Wednesday released Jordanian Sheik Abu Mohammad al-Maqdisi, a leading al-Qaida mentor, after several years imprisonment without trial, security sources said.” (MSNBC)