Visiting South African cricketers "are uneasy" following Monday's suicide bomb attack on a pop concert in Manchester but abandoning their tour of England is not under consideration, the team's manager says.

A day after the terrorist attack in Manchester that claimed 22 lives, the International Cricket Council (ICC) today reiterate its pledge that safety and security is the highest priority for the its two events – the ICC Champions Trophy and the Women’s World Cup – to take place in England.

Countries from the United States to Japan and Singapore are considering tightening security ahead of major theatre and sports events following a suicide bomb attack in Britain that killed at least 22 people.

Charlotte Campbell was praying her 15-year-old daughter was alive, she tells CNN after the blast at Manchester during pop singer Ariana Grande’s concert.

Britain's political parties agree to suspend election campaigning until further notice following an explosion in Manchester that killed 19 people at a concert by US singer Ariana Grande.

Online reaction to the suspected terror attack on a pop concert that killed at least 19 people has been swift.

US Department of Homeland Security says it is closely monitoring the situation in Manchester, England, after an explosion killed at least 19 people at a concert by US singer Ariana Grande.

Twenty- two people are killed in a suspected explosion at the end of a pop concert by US star Ariana Grande in Manchester in northwest England that is being treated as a terrorist incident, British police says.