Terrorism

GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA— The federal government will appeal a Federal Court of Canada ruling that it must remedy its breach of Omar Khadr’s constitutional rights. Meanwhile a U.S. military judge has refused to allow Canadian […] […]

KAMPALA, Uganda—In simultaneous bombings bearing the hallmarks of international terrorists, two explosions ripped through crowds watching the World Cup final in two places in Uganda’s capital late Sunday, killing 64 people, police said. One American […] […]

KABUL—Six American service members and at least a dozen civilians died in attacks Saturday in Afghanistan’s volatile east and south, adding to a summer of escalating violence as Taliban militants push back against stepped-up operations […] […]

PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN—The death toll from twin suicide bombings in Pakistan jumped to 102 with 115 people wounded on Saturday, making it the deadliest attack this year in the country. Authorities continued to remove debris from […] […]

OSLO, Norway—The arrest of three suspected al-Qaida members planning bomb attacks and operating in Norway went smoothly, but a conviction might be harder to get. Despite tightening anti-terrorism laws since 9/11, Norwegian prosecutors have yet […] […]

LONDON – Two suspected al Qaeda terrorists arrested on suspicion of planning to blow up a Manchester shopping centre are also alleged to be involved in a plot to plant bombs on the New York […] […]

THE death toll from attacks on Shia pilgrims in the past few days has reached 60, with two more blasts last night that killed seven people. Militants struck across the Iraqi capital yesterday, despite security […] […]

Human rights judges have ordered a halt to the extraditions of Babar Ahmad and radical preacher Abu Hamza, both wanted in the US on terror charges. The Strasbourg court said it wanted more time to […] […]

A BRITISH court has convicted three men of conspiring to murder hundreds of people in a terrorist attack. Ibrahim Savant, Arafat Waheed Khan and Waheed Zaman were found guilty at London’s Woolwich Crown Court and could […] […]