Tag: Terrorism

Syrian expatriates chant anti-Assad slogans as they celebrate the Jordanian government's decision to expel the Syrian Ambassador, Bahjat Suleiman, in Amman, Jordan, Monday, May 26, 2014. Jordan has expelled the Syrian ambassador from the country, giving him 24 hours to leave Amman. The state-run Petra news agency said Monday, May 26, 2014 that the government declared Ambassador Bahjat Suleiman persona non-grata on Monday and asked him to leave. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

Jordan expels Syrian envoy in diplomatic tussle

Zeina Karam · May 26, 2014 6:43 pm

Afghan National army soldiers arrive to the scene after suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 26, 2014. A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle on Monday killed at least two Afghan defense ministry staffers and wounded at least several others after he rammed a bus carrying soldiers and civilian employees who were returning home from work. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Officials: Kabul bombing kills 2 wounds 9

RAHIM FAIEZAMIR SHAH · May 26, 2014 1:11 pm

FILE - In this May 23, 2014 file photo, paramilitary policemen with shields and batons patrol near the People's Square in Urumqi, China's northwestern region of Xinjiang. So far this month, police in China's restive western region of Xinjiang have broken up 23 terror and religious extremism groups and caught over 200 suspects, state media reported Monday, May 26. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Doubts cast on China’s counter-terrorism abilities

Didi Tang · May 26, 2014 9:54 am

FILE - In this May 23, 2014 file photo, paramilitary policemen with shields and batons patrol near the People's Square in Urumqi, China's northwestern region of Xinjiang. So far this month, police in China's restive western region of Xinjiang have broken up 23 terror and religious extremism groups and caught over 200 suspects, state media reported Monday, May 26. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

China: 23 terror, extremist groups busted in May

Louise Watt · May 26, 2014 4:18 am

In this hand out photo distributed on Sunday, May 25, 2014 by the Belgian Federal Police, a surveillance camera shows a man shooting at the Jewish museum in Brussels, Belgium, on Saturday, May 24, 2014. Police stepped up security at Jewish institutions, schools and synagogues after three people were killed and one seriously injured in a spree of gunfire at the Jewish Museum in Brussels on Saturday. (AP Photo/Belgian Federal Police)

Belgium hunts for suspect in Jewish attack; 3 dead

Raf Casert · May 25, 2014 9:29 pm

Tunisia: 3 arrested in alleged terror plot

Tunisia: 3 arrested in alleged terror plot

BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA · May 25, 2014 7:39 pm

FBI Director James Comey recently told the New York Times, "I didn't have anywhere near the appreciation I got after I came into this job just how virulent those affiliates had become. There are both many more than I appreciated, and they are stronger than I appreciated." (AP/Susan Walsh)

The FBI prospers by feeding public safety fears

Steve Chapman · May 25, 2014 6:48 pm

FILE - In this May 23, 2014 file photo, paramilitary policemen with shields and batons patrol near the People's Square in Urumqi, China's northwestern region of Xinjiang. So far this month, police in China's restive western region of Xinjiang have broken up 23 terror and religious extremism groups and caught over 200 suspects, state media reported Monday, May 26. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

China offers leniency to suspects after bombing

DIDI TANGLOUISE WATT · May 25, 2014 10:44 am

Iraqi security forces conduct body checks on Shiite pilgrims as they march to the shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 24, 2014. Shiite pilgrims are expected to converge on the shrine in northern Baghdad during their annual march to commemorate the eighth-century death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, a key Shiite saint. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Car bomb at liquor store in northern Iraq kills 12

Washington Examiner · May 25, 2014 7:38 am

Some flowers were put close to the site of a shooting at the Jewish museum in Brussels, Saturday, May 24, 2014. Three people were killed and one seriously injured in a spree of gunfire at the Jewish Museum in Brussels on Saturday, officials said. The attack, which came on the eve of national and European Parliament elections, led officials to raise anti-terror measures.(AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

Official: 2 Israelis killed at Brussels museum

Washington Examiner · May 25, 2014 5:54 am

Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., says his party hasn't ruled out participating in a Republican-created panel to investigate the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, but only if Speaker John Boehner meets several Democratic demands.ÃÂ (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Steny Hoyer lists Democrats’ demands for ‘fair’ Benghazi panel

Sean Lengell · May 20, 2014 6:13 pm

U.S. becoming lone optimist in Libya

Beltway Confidential

U.S. becoming lone optimist in Libya

Spencer Brown · May 20, 2014 4:00 am