Month: November 2010

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—An official security source says UAE authorities are tracing the serial numbers of a mobile phone circuit board and computer printer used in the mail bomb sent from Yemen and found in […] […]

WASHINGTON—The U.S. and allied governments tightened their scrutiny of air cargo and shipped packages Monday, asking consumers and businesses for more vigilance as investigators scanned for more mail bombs possibly sent from Yemen. U.S. counterterrorism […] […]

KABUL, Afghanistan—The Taliban briefly overran a district seat in eastern Afghanistan, torching government buildings and capturing police officers after an intense gunfight, officials said Monday. The government was back in control of Ghazni province’s Khogyani […] […]

PARACHINAR, Pakistan—A U.S. drone attack killed five people in northwest Pakistan on Monday, local intelligence officials said, the latest in a barrage of such strikes against al-Qaida and Taliban militants that have long sought sanctuary […] […]