Terrorism

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Roadside bombs killed five NATO troops in Afghanistan, the international force said Saturday, adding to a violent summer as coalition forces step up patrols in the Taliban-dominated south. Separately, NATO reported […] […]

THE search for Africa’s most wanted terrorist, a man who has for 12 years evaded US special forces, Israeli spies and cruise missile attacks, has taken on new urgency after the double bombing in Uganda […] […]

THE US government has slapped sanctions on American-Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi, accusing him of helping to plan a failed bombing. The Treasury Department froze the assets of Awlaqi, a dual national wanted for his part […] […]

Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the Uganda bomb attacks that killed 76 people watching the World Cup final on television, an official says. The man was arrested at a police checkpoint on […] […]

WASHINGTON—The Obama administration added the U.S.-born, al-Qaida-linked cleric accused of helping to plan the failed Christmas Day airline bombing to a terrorism blacklist Friday, targeting him with sanctions aimed at cutting off his financial support. […] […]

OSLO, Norway—The famed Scandinavian model for promoting social harmony also means a gentler way of fighting terrorism—with an emphasis on disrupting plots rather than making arrests. The arrests last week in Norway of suspected al-Qaida […] […]

WASHINGTON – The United States House Judiciary Committee chairman said that an interview with a former Justice Department official shows the department did not authorise some of the harsh interrogation techniques reportedly used by the […] […]

THE man arrested for plotting a car-bombing in New York’s Times Square has appeared in a video announcing a “revenge” attack on the US. “This attack on the US will be a revenge for all […] […]

TWO explosions outside a Shiite mosque in mainly Sunni southeastern Iran killed more than 20 people and wounded over 100 overnight. The attack took place in the Jamia mosque in the restive city of Zahedan, […] […]

KABUL, Afghanistan – American forces suffered a deadly 24 hours in Afghanistan, with eight troops killed in attacks including an audacious Taleban raid on a police compound in the key southern city of Kandahar, officials […] […]