Tag: Bombing

Pedestrians walk through the Times Square neighborhood of New York, U.S., on Monday, Dec. 17, 2018.

Authorities arrest man they say was planning to bomb Times Square

Zach Halaschak · June 7, 2019 11:57 am

Soldiers of French antiterrorist plan "Vigipirate Mission", secure the access near the site of a suspected bomb attack in central Lyon, Friday May, 24, 2019. A small explosion Friday on a busy street in the French city of Lyon lightly injured several people, local officials said.

Lyon attack: ‘Parcel bomb’ explosion in France injures at least seven

John Gage · May 24, 2019 4:57 pm

In this July 18, 2017 photo, Shiite Volunteer fighters from the Imam Ali Brigade, an armed faction with the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, train at their camp, in Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq. When U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sat down with Iraqi officials in Baghdad earlier this month as tensions were mounting between the U.S. and Iran, he delivered a nuanced message: If you're not going to stand with us, stand aside.

National Security

Rocket fired at US embassy in Iraq the same model used by Iran

Russ Read · May 20, 2019 2:19 am

In this Thursday, April 9, 2015 photo, tourists ride camels at the historical site of the Giza Pyramids in Giza, near Cairo, Egypt.

Explosion injures more than a dozen near pyramids in Egypt

Caitlin Yilek · May 19, 2019 2:38 pm

The outside of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Washington D.C.

ATF headquarters in DC evacuated due to suspicious package

Anna Giaritelli · May 16, 2019 7:59 pm

A Sri Lankan relative of a victim of Easter Sunday bomb blasts pays tribute at the burial site after a televised Sunday mass by Sri Lankan Archbishop Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, in Negombo, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 28, 2019. Sri Lanka's Catholics celebrated Sunday Mass in their homes by a televised broadcast as churches across the island nation shut over fears of militant attacks, a week after the Islamic State-claimed Easter suicide bombings killed over 250 people.

National Security

Sri Lanka attacks were planned locally and not directly guided by ISIS: Report

Zach Halaschak · May 6, 2019 7:21 pm

Sri Lankan naval soldiers check a blood soaked cloth as others clear the debris from inside of the damaged St. Anthony's Church.

Sri Lanka bomber trained in Syria with ISIS

Zach Halaschak · May 2, 2019 4:04 am

This frame grab from video provided by WPLG-TV shows FBI agents escorting Cesar Sayoc, in sleeveless shirt, in Miramar, Fla., on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018.

Would-be bomber who targeted prominent Democrats cites Trump as a life inspiration

John Gage · April 24, 2019 3:31 pm

Vice President Mike Pence will spend the Easter holiday weekend visiting with leaders in South Korea. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Pence calls Sri Lanka bombings on Easter ‘an attack on Christianity’

Zach Halaschak · April 21, 2019 8:41 pm

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference at the State Department, Friday, March 15, 2019, in Washington.

Pompeo says ‘vile attacks’ in Sri Lanka killed several American citizens

Zach Halaschak · April 21, 2019 4:51 pm

Kosovo president Hashim Thaci addresses the crowd gathered during the 20th anniversary of the NATO bombing in the village of Glogjan, Kosovo on Sunday, March 24, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Serbs should blame Slobodan Milosevic, not NATO, for the 1999 war

Tom Rogan · March 28, 2019 7:53 pm

A police vehicle drives past wreckage after a suicide car bomb attack on a government building in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia, Saturday, March 23, 2019.

Extremists attack Somalia government office, minister among 5 dead

Associated Press · March 23, 2019 11:45 pm