Articles filed under Terrorism
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Pentagon chief convenes counter-IS meeting, lauds strategyFeb 22, 2015 10:00 pm - CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait (AP) - U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter convened an extraordinary war council Monday on Iraq's doorstep six days after taking office, gathering mil...
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France bans 6 from traveling to extremists in SyriaFeb 22, 2015 10:00 pm - PARIS (AP) - France has barred six people from leaving the country because they wanted to join extremists in Syria, the first such travel ban under a new law aimed at ke...
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Girl bomber kills 5 in northeastern Nigerian marketFeb 22, 2015 10:00 pm - POTISKUM, Nigeria (AP) - A girl as young as 10 blew herself up in a busy market in northeastern Nigeria, killing herself and four others, and fueling fears Islamic extre...
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Families of 3 missing UK girls urge 'Please come home!'Feb 22, 2015 10:00 pm - LONDON (AP) - Turkish police searched Monday for three missing British schoolgirls believed to be headed to Syria to join the Islamic State extremist group as their frig...
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Former Maldives president dragged into court by policeFeb 22, 2015 10:00 pm - MALE, Maldives (AP) - Police on Monday dragged the Maldives' former president into a court, which ordered his detention while he is tried over his decision to arrest a t...
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Homeland Security chief: Budget impasse could harm statesFeb 22, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is warning states that the possible shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security would harm the nation's ability to counter...
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Lebanese satirist in hot water over claims he defamed IslamFeb 22, 2015 10:00 pm - BEIRUT (AP) - A Lebanese satirist appeared before a prosecutor in Beirut on Monday, after the country's top Sunni religious authority filed a judicial complaint against ...
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'American Sniper' suspect's ex-comrades mourn man they knewFeb 22, 2015 12:00 am - STEPHENVILLE, Texas - For those who served with Eddie Ray Routh in the Iraqi desert, the man on trial for gunning down the famed "American Sniper" Chris Kyle and a frien...
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Maldives arrests ex-president for his move to arrest judgeFeb 22, 2015 12:00 am - MALE, Maldives - Authorities in the Maldives arrested former President and current opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed on Sunday, ordering him to stand trial for his 2012 ...
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Giuliani comments meet bipartisan pushbackFeb 22, 2015 12:00 am - Politicians of both parties used Sunday talk-show appearances to condemn former Mayor Rudy Giuliani's remark last week that he didn't think President Barack Obama loved ...