Terrorism

AYATOLLAH Ali Khamenei has called on Muslims to fight the “blind and savage terrorism” fuelled by US and Britain as he blamed both countries for deadly the bombing of an Iranian mosque. “In our region… […] […]

NEW YORK – Investigators detonated a working replica of the car bomb used in the failed Times Square terror attack, creating a large explosion that destroyed other vehicles and scattered flaming debris, law enforcement officials […] […]

The invasion of Iraq triggered a massive upsurge in terrorist activity against the UK, the former head of MI5 said. Baroness Manningham-Buller said the Security Service had been forced to seek a doubling of its […] […]

LONDON—British and U.S. intelligence had no credible evidence of a link between Saddam Hussein and the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States before the 2003 Iraq invasion, the ex-head of Britain’s domestic spy […] […]

TOKYO—A former North Korean spy who blew up a South Korean jetliner more than 20 years ago arrived in Japan on Tuesday to meet the families of Japanese kidnapped by the reclusive regime, including one […] […]

AN American citizen is behind Inspire, a new online magazine published in English by al- Qaeda that is geared toward recruiting Western youth, it has been claimed. Samir Khan, who left the United States in […] […]

WASHINGTON—Since the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 in the U.S., top-secret intelligence gathering by the government has grown so unwieldy and expensive that no one really knows what it costs and how many people […] […]

BAGHDAD — In the deadliest of a recent string of attacks against former insurgents who switched sides to fight alongside American forces, more than 40 people were killed by a suicide bomber Sunday as they […] […]

BAGHDAD—A suicide bomber targeting army soldiers and members of a government-backed militia lining up to receive their paychecks killed at least 43 people and wounded 46 on Sunday, Iraqi officials said. Violence has dropped dramatically […] […]

BRITAIN’S most senior commander in southern Afghanistan has said Nato forces would be “mugs” not to talk to the Taliban. Major-General Nick Carter said efforts were already under way in the south to talk to […] […]