Tag: Terrorism

Harlem Suarez, who was also known as Almlak Benitez, was a professed supporter of the Islamic State and looking to use a backpack bomb at a public beach. Suarez, 23, is from Key West, Florida.Â (Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images)

National Security

Florida man charged in plot to bomb Key West beach

Kelly Cohen · July 28, 2015 8:00 pm

Kerry: Iran ‘May’ Kill Americans or Israelis

Daniel Halper · July 28, 2015 4:39 pm

NATO ambassadors met in emergency session Tuesday to gauge the threat the Islamic State extremist group poses to Turkey, and the debated actions Turkish authorities are taking in response. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

National Security

NATO backs Turkey against ISIS

Charles Hoskinson · July 28, 2015 12:56 pm

The U.S. will contribute $40 million before the fiscal year ends in September to counter violent extremism in East Africa. (AP Photo)Â

Obama pledges millions to Africa for business, anti-violence efforts

Nicole Duran · July 27, 2015 8:10 pm

Turkey started bombing both the PKK and ISIS over the weekend, after it agreed to allow the U.S. and other coalition forces use bases in Turkey to launch strikes against the Islamic State.Â (AP Photo/Cagdas Erdogan)

State Dept. downplays Turkish strikes against ISIS enemy

Pete Kasperowicz · July 27, 2015 7:51 pm

Pedestrians wait in line to enter the U.S. from Mexico in Laredo, Texas, across the Rio Grande from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Thursday, July 23, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

Poll: Republican voters favor deporting illegal immigrants

Gabby Morrongiello · July 27, 2015 5:18 pm

President Obama speaks during a joint news conference with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, Monday, at the National Palace in Addis Ababa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama says Ethiopia needs to work on human rights

Nicole Duran · July 27, 2015 1:54 pm

Washington Secrets

No. 17: Va.’s Jim Gilmore joining GOP race, says seriousness counts

Paul Bedard · July 27, 2015 1:14 pm

President Barack Obama speaks to members of the media in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 16, 2015, on the shooting in Chattanooga, Tenn. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama’s clunky response to terrorism 2.0

Susan Crabtree · July 27, 2015 4:01 am

In this Monday, July 19, 2010 file photo, a part of the South Pars gas field facility is seen on the northern coast of Persian Gulf, in Assalouyeh, Iran. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

Our ‘friends’ in the Gulf: A nexus of oil, extremism and influence

Andrew Doran · July 24, 2015 4:01 am

FBI Director James Comey testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

FBI Director: Islamic State now a bigger threat than al Qaeda

Kelly Cohen · July 23, 2015 6:01 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry gestures while he and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari make statements prior to a working lunch at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

National Security

Nigeria’s president: US ‘aided and abetted’ Boko Haram

Barbara Boland · July 23, 2015 3:23 pm