Tag: Terrorism

Pope Francis and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting at the Vatican, Nov. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Pope Francis and Vladimir Putin to meet June 10

Kelly Cohen · June 4, 2015 11:43 am

In this Oct. 12, 2010 photo, Rep. Cedric Richmond speaks at a debate for Louisiana's 2nd district House seat in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

National Security

Watch: DHS rejects Dem who asked if U.S. is ‘fueling’ ISIS attacks

Pete Kasperowicz · June 3, 2015 7:21 pm

Smoke rises after a Saudi-led airstrike hit a site believed to be one of the largest weapons depot on the outskirts of Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on Wednesday June 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

National Security

U.S. official: More than 10,000 jihadists killed in airstrikes

Kelly Cohen · June 3, 2015 4:14 pm

Obama's polling on Islamic State contributed to an overall drop in Obama's approval rating. (AP Photo)

Obama’s handling of ISIS plunges to record low

Kelly Cohen · June 3, 2015 12:48 pm

This Feb. 19, 2015 photo shows Referee Module No. 2 of the Whole System Live Agent Test at Dugway Proving Ground in Dugway, Utah. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating that aspect of what went wrong at Dugway Proving Ground, the Army installation in Utah that sent the anthrax to government and commercial labs in nine states across the U.S. and to an Army lab in South Korea. (Kristin Murphy/The Deseret News via AP)

America not ready for a bioterror attack: Experts

Robert King · June 3, 2015 4:01 am

The Pentagon would not confirm U.S. State Department allegations that Syrian President Bashar Assad is directly aiding the Islamic State through targeted airstrikes by his government forces. (AP Photo)

National Security

State: Syria’s Assad directly supporting ISIS

Tara Copp · June 2, 2015 7:44 pm

A U.S. Army veteran will tell a House subcommittee Monday that the Department of Veterans Affairs allowed a student with "Islamic views" and "no qualifications or educational background" to perform a complicated surgery on his jaw that left him with permanent pain and nerve damage. (iStock)

Army vet: VA let student with ‘Islamic views’ perform botched surgery

Pete Kasperowicz · June 1, 2015 5:46 pm

Women and children rescued by Nigeria soldiers from Islamist extremists arrive at a camp for the displaced people in Yola, Nigeria. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

UN: Abortions not encouraged for Boko Haram victims

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 1, 2015 5:22 pm

According to a recently released Homeland Security Inspector General report, Red Team members were able to get through security checkpoints with potential weapons in 67 out of 70 tests. (AP Photo)Â

TSA missed 95 percent of weapons, explosives in security tests

Kelly Cohen · June 1, 2015 4:27 pm

Quinnipiac University's new poll finds support for gay marriage and concern about the U.S. fight with ISIS.

Americans, 3-1, say Obama is losing fight against ISIS

Paul Bedard · June 1, 2015 2:11 pm

Palmyra is one of a handful of places on the planet whose presence can't easily be conveyed through a camera lens. (AP Chart)

Islamic State is destroying the common patrimony of the human race

Dan Hannan · June 1, 2015 9:00 am

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, sits in a vehicle guarded by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan. A one-year travel ban is expiring for five senior Taliban leaders held in U.S. detention at Guantanamo Bay until they were released last year in exchange for Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for nearly five years after he walked away from his Army post in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Voice Of Jihad Website via AP video)

National Security

Qatar extends travel ban for ‘Taliban 5’

Kelly Cohen · June 1, 2015 12:27 am