An attack on a British embassy car in the Yemeni capital has left one passenger and several passersby injured. Officials say a rocket-propelled grenade exploded near a car carrying five employees to the British embassy. Officials say the deputy chief of mission was among those in the vehicle, but was not hurt.

The armored car is said to have been hit by shrapnel from the explosion. A witness, Aly Mossad, said he found a bag with the remains of a weapon launcher.

He said he saw two men in traditional clothing with their faces uncovered running away from the scene.

An explosion on the outskirts of Bangkok that killed at least four people has added to Thailand's political uncertainty. It appears the country's political tensions are worsening.

Thai police say bomb makers may have accidentally set off the blast in an apartment building in a province neighboring Bangkok.

Police allege that supporters of the anti-government red shirt movement were behind the bomb making facilities.

German officials say a number of Germans are traveling to Afghanistan and Pakistan for militant training, and several have returned to live in Germany.

The information comes amid reports that a U.S. missile strike in Pakistan killed five German militants near the town of Mir Ali in North Waziristan, an area known for its links to al-Qaida.

Pakistani officials say the drone strike killed at least eight militants, including five Germans.

U.S. officials believe that a cell of German and British militants are behind a recent terror plot to attack several European cities.

A Pakistani-born U.S. citizen who tried to bomb New York City's Times Square has been sentenced to life in prison.

A federal judge in New York sentenced 31-year-old Faisal Shahzad Tuesday.

Shahzad pleaded guilty in June to 10 counts of weapons and terrorism charges. In court papers filed last week, prosecutors said Shahzad picked a spot in the busy entertainment district where he felt the bomb could inflict the most damage.

Prosecutors said if Shahzad not been captured, he planned to detonate another bomb in New York City two weeks later.

Nigerian security forces have questioned the presidential campaign director for former military ruler Ibrahim Babangida in connection with the independence day bombings that killed 12 people.

The State Department alerts U.S. citizens to the potential for terrorist attacks in Europe. Current information suggests that al-Qa'ida and affiliated organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks. European governments have taken action to guard against a terrorist attack and some have spoken publicly about the heightened threat conditions.

The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for Monday's attack on about 20 tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in neighboring Afghanistan. Police say at least three people were killed when gunmen opened fire on the tankers and then set the trucks ablaze at a depot in Islamabad before dawn.

A Pakistani Taliban spokesman told reporters that the attacks would continue until the supply convoys are stopped. The militant group also said it was avenging drone strikes on Pakistani territory.

Pakistani officials say suspected militants in the country's south have set fire to more than two dozen tankers carrying fuel for foreign troops in Afghanistan.

The attack took place one day after Pakistan shut down the Torkham border crossing in the northwest -- a vital supply route for NATO forces -- following a NATO cross-border strike that Pakistan says killed three soldiers.

Al-Qaida allegedly has been planning a major terror attack aimed at Germany, Britain and France. Reports say the attacks were planned in Pakistan and would have seen gun-marauding insurgents on the streets of some of Europe's largest cities.