Terrorism

NAIROBI, Kenya—A Kenyan man who once told authorities he was part of an al-Qaida plot to blow up the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi is now facing charges in connection with last month’s terror attacks in […] […]

TALIBAN militants have urged Pakistan not to take foreign aid and instead accept a $20 million pledge from their movement. The move raises the stakes in the battle for the allegiance of millions stricken by […] […]

GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA—No. 2, a tanned U.S. Air Force colonel, Gulf War vet and father of three, volunteered to come to this island courthouse to serve as a juror for the war crimes trial of […] […]

It would be a mistake to think of Omar Khadr as the only figure on trial at Guantanamo Bay this week. His historic trial before a discredited American military tribunal promises to shame not only […] […]

LONDON—Scottish lawmakers have demanded the country’s government release full details of the medical advice that led to the release from jail of the Lockerbie bomber almost a year ago. Opposition Labour Party legislators called for […] […]

The lawyer defending a woman sentenced to death by stoning in Iran says he has applied for asylum in Norway, but hopes Iranian authorities will allow him eventually to return home. Mohammad Mostafaei said yesterday […] […]

THE Taliban publicly flogged and then executed a pregnant Afghan widow by shooting her three times in the head for alleged adultery, police said. Bibi Sanubar, 35, was kept in captivity for three days before […] […]

ABU Bakar Bashir, the Muslim cleric and 2002 Bali bombings suspect, has been arrested by Indonesian police for alleged involvement with terrorism. His lawyer, Muhammad Ali, said his client was taken in early today, allegedly […] […]

Dr Tom Little, one of 10 people killed by militants in northern Afghanistan, had spent more than 30 years working in the country, often in harsh and remote areas. Little, a senior ophthalmologist from Delmar, […] […]

THE family of a British doctor killed along with eight foreign aid workers in Afghanistan has rejected claims that she was preaching Christianity to Muslims. Dr Karen Woo was among 10 people shot dead in […] […]