Terrorism

THE total number of foreign troops killed in the nearly nine years of the Afghan war has topped 2000. In all, 2002 members of international forces have been killed since the US-led invasion in 2001, […] […]

GUNMEN singled out non-ethnic Baluch passengers traveling on a bus in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing 10 and wounding five others, police said. The attack is sure to add to ethnic tensions in Baluchistan province, […] […]

LONDON—Three children suffered minor injuries in a bomb attack seemingly timed to attack police and emergency services in Northern Ireland, officers and a lawmaker said Saturday. Police said a device exploded close to a school […] […]

BAGHDAD—Gunmen killed five Iraqi security personnel Saturday, including a pair of sleeping policemen who were shot and set on fire, amid persistent debate over whether Iraqi forces can protect the country as U.S. troops leave. […] […]

BRITISH military commanders say they are close to securing a significant tribal uprising against the Taliban. It could lead to the reintegration of hundreds of insurgents fighting around Sangin, the most dangerous place in Afghanistan. […] […]

In 2002, when Omar Khadr was a teenager, he followed his father on to the battlefields of Afghanistan, inspired by jihadist literature calling on Muslims to fight a holy war against Western invaders. Eight years […] […]

BERLIN—Polish authorities on Thursday extradited a suspected Mossad agent to Germany, where he faces charges over a passport that was used in the slaying of a Hamas leader in Dubai earlier this year. The suspect […] […]

KABUL—The first sign of danger was the crackle of gunfire over their heads. Ten gunmen, their faces covered, rushed toward terrified humanitarian workers and began shouting “Satellite! Satellite!” — a demand to surrender their phones. […] […]

MALAYSIA arrested three suspected militants believed to have ties with a radical cleric in Indonesia who was charged this week with helping plan terrorist attacks, officials and a news report said today. The two Malaysians […] […]

A FORMER cook for Al-Qa’ida leader Osama Bin Laden has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for providing material support to terrorism. Ibrahim al-Qosi, 51, left his native Sudan in 1996 to join Bin […] […]