Tag: Terrorism

FILE - In this Saturday, March 3, 2007 file photo, a convoy of armed U.S. humvees stop as goats pass by during the closing ceremonies of the annual military exercises called "Balikatan," or "shouldering the load together," at the coastal village of Bato-Bato in Indanan town, Jolo province, southern Philippines. After more than a decade of helping fight al-Qaida-linked militants, the United States is disbanding an anti-terror contingent of hundreds of elite American troops in the southern Philippines where armed groups such as Abu Sayyaf have largely been crippled, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

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APNewsBreak: US ends Philippines anti-terror force

Jim Gomez · June 26, 2014 10:58 am

Rescue services work at the scene of an explosion at a shopping mall in Abuja, Nigeria, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. An explosion rocked a shopping mall in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, on Wednesday and police say at least over 20 people have been killed and many wounded. Witnesses say body parts were scattered around the exit to Emab Plaza, in the upscale Wuse 11 suburb. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga)

Explosion rocks mall in Nigerian capital

BASHIR ADIGUNHARUNA UMAR · June 25, 2014 9:51 pm

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrians gather at the site of a car bombing in Homs, Syria, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. An explosion struck the central Syrian city of Homs, killing and wounding several people, in the latest blast to hit the city in recent weeks, Syrian media and an activist group said. (AP Photo/SANA)

Al-Qaida in border town pledges loyalty to rivals

Zeina Karam · June 25, 2014 8:44 pm

Afghanistan's presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, center, asks a cameraman to move to the right side, during an event at his residence in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, called on Abdullah to rejoin the process and demanded that the commission stick to the official timetable for releasing preliminary results next week. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Afghan forces fight Taliban onslaught in south

MIRWAIS KHANRAHIM FAIEZ · June 25, 2014 7:00 pm

Fire engines work on extinguishing a fire after a suicide bomber blew himself up in his room at a Beirut hotel, Lebanon, Wednesday, June 25, 2014, as Lebanese security forces raided the premises. The bombing is the latest in a string of attacks and security sweeps in Lebanon over the past week that have sparked fears of renewed violence in a country that has been deeply affected by the civil war in neighboring Syria.(AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Explosion rocks Beirut hotel during security raid

Bassem Mroue · June 25, 2014 6:25 pm

The State Department's Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications has hired a contractor to provide it with six staffers toÃÂ conduct "a digital English-language campaign designed to counter propaganda by al Qaeda and other extremist groups" outside the U.S., according to Fed Biz Opps, a website for government contract solicitations and related information.ÃÂ (iStock Image)

State Department going online to counter terrorism messages

Kelly Cohen · June 25, 2014 5:02 pm

Gravestones for fallen German soldiers of both World Wars standing at the cemetery in Dortmund, Germany, Monday, April 28, 2014. The First World War began on July 1914 and lasted until November 1918. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Is the rise of ISIS World War I’s next phase?

Austin Bay · June 25, 2014 2:56 pm

Egyptian security forces and civilians inspect damages after an explosion hit a subway station in Shubra el-Khemia northern Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Four minor explosions struck subway stations in Cairo on Wednesday, wounding two people and causing widespread panic among morning commuters, officials said. (AP Photo/Magdy Ebrahim, El Shorouk Newspaper) EGYPT OUT

4 blasts hit Cairo subway stations, court, wound 3

Maggie Michael · June 25, 2014 10:42 am

FILE - With an image of the former World Trade Center seen through the reflective windows of the 9/11 Memorial Museum, some of the first public visitors can be seen arriving at the site in New York in this Wednesday, May 21, 2014 file photo. Organizers say over 300,000 people have visited the Sept. 11 museum since it opened little more than a month ago, and that has exceeded their expectations. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

9/11 museum counts 300K visitors since May opening

JENNIFER PELTZRACHELLE BLIDNER · June 25, 2014 5:08 am

UN: Ivory, charcoal funds criminal, terror groups

Jason Straziuso · June 24, 2014 7:41 pm

Lebanese army and citizens gather at the site of a car bombing in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. A powerful car bomb explosion rocked a neighborhood south of the Lebanese capital Tuesday, causing several casualties, a Lebanese security official and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

1 killed, 20 hurt in overnight bombing in Lebanon

Zeina Karam · June 24, 2014 5:53 pm

China: 32 terror groups broken up in crackdown

Washington Examiner · June 23, 2014 9:57 am