Tag: Terrorism

Russian envoy sees prospect of terrorist state

Edith Lederer · June 27, 2014 5:56 am

Needs more hashtag: State Department announces expansion of social media campaign against terrorism

Beltway Confidential

Needs more hashtag: State Department announces expansion of social media campaign against terrorism

Blake Seitz · June 26, 2014 8:36 pm

Al-Qaida launches wave of attacks in south Yemen

Al-Qaida launches wave of attacks in south Yemen

Ahmed AlHaj · June 26, 2014 7:18 pm

Kosovo police detain 3 terrorism suspects

Kosovo police detain 3 terrorism suspects

Washington Examiner · June 26, 2014 1:56 pm

Death toll from Nigerian mall bomb rises to 22

Death toll from Nigerian mall bomb rises to 22

Washington Examiner · June 26, 2014 12:58 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)

Lebanon: Beirut hotel bomber is Saudi citizen

Barbara Surk · June 26, 2014 12:17 pm

This Oct. 2008 file photo shows Imam Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike. (AP Photo/Muhammad ud-Deen, File)

Who to kill? Obama’s drone policy is more about politics than law

Jed Babbin · June 26, 2014 11:26 am

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)

National Security

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