
Wigs? A map? Strange stuff in alleged US spy kit
A couple of wigs, sunglasses and a compass? Really? Some of the items Russian authorities say they seized from a U.S. diplomat who they accuse of ...

World grapples with rise in cyber crime
International law enforcement agencies say the recent $45 million dollar ATM heist is just one of many scams they're fighting in an unprecedented wave ...

Russia's Chechnya has seen decades of war, terror
The two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings have their ethnic roots in Chechnya, a part of the Caucasus Mountains that has spawned ...

Bombing probe highlights expansion of surveillance
As the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombings illustrates, getting lost in the crowd is no longer an easy feat. There are eyes — and cameras ...

4 UK men jailed for toy-car terror plot
The terror plot involved targeting British reserve troops using a toy-car packed with explosives. But investigators said Thursday Britain's domestic ...

Boston Marathon bombs put world's cities on alert
With two high-profile events in the days ahead — Margaret Thatcher's funeral and the London Marathon — British officials are looking anew at security ...

AP Glance: Pressure Cooker Bombs
The explosives used in the Boston Marathon bombing were crude devices often called pressure cooker bombs, according to a person briefed on the ...

Boston blasts prompt UK review of London Marathon
British police are reviewing security plans for Sunday's London Marathon, the next major international marathon, because of the bombs that killed two ...

UK lawmakers pay tribute to Margaret Thatcher
British lawmakers remembered former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Wednesday as a towering political figure who restored her country's confidence ...

Margaret Thatcher, Iron Lady, dead at 87
Love her or loathe her, one thing's beyond dispute: Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain. The Iron Lady, who ruled for 11 remarkable years, imposed ...
Britain's domestic spy agency names new director
Britain's domestic spy agency has chosen a new director, a 50-year-old ornithologist with counter-terrorism experience in the Middle East and Northern ...

Bulgaria links Hezbollah to attack on Israelis
Hezbollah was behind a bus attack that killed five Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last year, investigators said Tuesday, describing a sophisticated ...

Bulgaria links Hezbollah to bombing of Israelis
Hezbollah was behind a bus attack that killed five Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last year, investigators said Tuesday, describing a sophisticated ...

Dutch, Britons, Germans warned to leave Benghazi
Britain, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands urged their citizens to immediately leave the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday, warning of an ...

60 hostages dead, missing in Algeria standoff
About 60 foreign hostages are still unaccounted for three days into a bloody siege with Islamic militants at a gas plant deep in the Sahara, Algeria's ...

2 dead, 13 hurt after helicopter crashes in London
A helicopter crashed into a crane and fell on a crowded street in central London during rush hour Wednesday, sending flames and black plumes of smoke ...

AP Interview: Dane's life as a spy inside al-Qaida
After converting to Islam, a former member of a Danish motorcycle gang travels to Yemen to study the Quran and soon comes in contact with radical ...