Terrorism

CAIRO—A leader of al-Qaida’s North Africa branch said Thursday that future negotiations over the fate of five French hostages snatched from an African mining town must be conducted with terror network leader Osama bin Laden […] […]

SANGIN, Afghanistan—When members of the Alikozai tribe rose up against the Taliban in this critical insurgent stronghold, neither coalition forces nor the government in Kabul lifted a finger to help them. The Taliban promptly crushed […] […]

TERRORIST attacks are being planned in Germany, including one this month, the country’s Interior Minister, Thomas de Maiziere, has warned. “From today, there will be a visible police presence. I thought it should be explained […] […]

BAGHDAD—Iraqi officials say insurgents have targeted police patrols across Baghdad, killing one policeman and wounding seven people. Police and hospital officials say the policeman died when a roadside bomb struck a patrol in downtown Baghdad. […] […]

ABOARD THE MS EURODAM—The passengers sitting in a gently rocking conference room are enraptured by the man who, depending on your perspective, once held the easiest or most frustrating job. Bill Harlow was the public […] […]

THIS audacious attack by militants has shocked Pakistan. MILITANTS have destroyed the headquarters of Karachi’s main anti-terrorist agency in a massive suicide blast that killed 18 people and signalled an ominous expansion of the Taliban […] […]

SAUDI Arabia is on alert for a possible al-Qaeda attack next week during hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage that draws millions of worshippers to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. Making the warning, Interior […] […]

LONDON—A mail bomb intercepted last month at an English airport could have exploded over the East Coast of the United States, British police said Wednesday. Forensic evidence showed the device, originally sent from Yemen by […] […]

OTTAWA—Canada is banning office printer cartridges from airplanes in the wake of the Yemen scare 10 days ago. Transport Canada says cartridges weighing more than 454 grams will be banned from carry-on bags, checked baggage […] […]

US spy chief James Clapper has defended his agency after a probe found US intelligence did not pass on warnings about an American man who was a key figure in the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Although […] […]