Terrorism

State Department notice issued Sunday about the potential for terrorists attacks in Europe. The alert expires Jan. 11: The State Department alerts U.S. citizens to the potential for terrorist attacks in Europe. Current information suggests […] […]

THE United States is considering issuing an alert for Americans travelling to Europe, after intelligence suggested an Al-Qa’ida attack could be imminent. “We are contemplating a travel alert for Europe,” a US official said. “The […] […]

Bank robbers pulled off a dramatic heist yesterday, strapping a bomb to a teller and ordering him to steal as much money as he could grab from the vault – all while his father was […] […]

LONDON—Britain raised the terror threat level Friday posed by Irish Republican Army dissidents, who have mounted repeated attacks in Northern Ireland and recently threatened to start targeting London bankers. The level has changed from “moderate” […] […]

Al-Qaida and its allies are likely to attempt small-scale, less sophisticated terrorist attacks in the United States, senior Obama administration officials say, noting that it’s extremely difficult to detect such threats in advance. “Unlike large-scale, […] […]

AN Indonesian police officer who quit the force to become a terrorist says he is affiliated to al-Qa’ida and has trained about 170 militants to wage jihad. Mohammed Sofyan Tsauri, 34, made the confession to […] […]

THREE foreign troops have been killed in Afghanistan – two in a bombing in the south, and another soldier in an insurgent attack in the country’s north, NATO said today. NATO’s International Security Assistance Force […] […]

Up to 30 insurgents have been killed in fighting in Afghanistan before this week’s parliamentary elections, Nato and Afghan officials say. The military alliance said that up to 23 militants were killed in action in […] […]

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia—A suicide car bomber hit the central market of a major city in Russia’s restive North Caucasus region on Thursday, killing at least nine and wounding more than 100 people, officials said. The attacker […] […]

PAKISTAN police have arrested three suspects linked to a Pakistani-American accused in New York of the attempted car bombing of Times Square. The three were detained in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad two weeks ago and had […] […]