
Like 9/11 concert, musicians turn out for Sandy
Call the "12-12-12" benefit show "The Concert for New York City" 2.0. Eleven years after the benefit concert in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist ...

US, Syria opposition disagree over terrorist label
The U.S. and the head of the new Syrian opposition coalition being feted at a conference in Morocco Wednesday publicly disagreed over designating a ...

Blast at Syrian regime building in capital kills 5
Three bombs collapsed walls in the Syrian Interior Ministry building Wednesday in Damascus, killing at least five people, as rebels fighting to ...

Cops, British Army guided Belfast lawyer's killing
British police and army agents planted inside Northern Ireland's major Protestant gang played a pivotal role in assassinating a Belfast attorney, a ...

Chicago man gets 10 years in suicide-bomber plot
A Chicago man who pleaded guilty to a plot to attend a Somalia training camp with the dream of becoming a suicide bomber was sentenced Tuesday to ...

Obama: US recognizes Syria's main rebel group
President Barack Obama declared Syria's main opposition group the sole "legitimate representative" of its country's people Tuesday, deeming the move ...
Somali woman gets prison for terror support
A Somali-born woman has been sentenced in San Diego to eight years in prison for routing money to a terrorist organization in her native country. U.S.
2 Ala. men arrested on federal terrorism charges
Two Alabama men who federal investigators say wanted to wage violent jihad overseas have been arrested in Georgia on terrorism charges, and one has ...

Extremists among Syrian rebels who seized base
Syrian rebels including Islamic extremists took full control of a sprawling military base Tuesday after a bloody two-day battle that killed 35 ...

AP Exclusive: ACLU seeks OAS probe of Padilla case
A civil liberties group asked the Organization of American States' human rights commission Tuesday to investigate the U.S. government for what it says ...
NY's top court: NYC gang member not a terrorist
Street gangsters who commit assaults and killings are not terrorists under the statute enacted after hijackers crashed jets into the World Trade ...

HSBC to pay $1.9B to settle money-laundering case
HSBC avoided a legal battle that could further savage its reputation and undermine confidence in the global banking system by agreeing Tuesday to pay ...

AP Exclusive: Georgia details nuke investigations
On the gritty side of this casino resort town near the Turkish border, three men in a hotel suite gathered in secret to talk about a deal for ...

Syrian rebels get new leadership in bid to unite
Rebel commanders from across Syria have joined forces under a united command they hope will increase coordination between diverse fighting groups and ...

Hamas chief's Gaza visit poses challenge to Israel
The image of Hamas' long-exiled chief triumphantly walking around the Gaza Strip, flashing victory signs beside Islamic militant leaders Friday, ...

Chemical weapons risk: Syrian missiles and shells
Growing fear that civil war in Syria could unleash the world's first use of chemical weapons in nearly three decades is based on two grim scenarios ...
Man pleads guilty in Seattle terror plot
A man pleaded guilty Thursday to plotting an attack on a Seattle military complex with machine guns and grenades. Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif, 35, agreed ...

NATO moves toward deployment on Syria border
As fears grow in the West that Syrian President Bashar Assad will unleash chemical weapons as an act of desperation, NATO moved forward Thursday with ...
Bosnian court: 18 years for US embassy attacker
A Bosnian court on Thursday convicted a man who opened fire on the U.S. embassy of terrorism and sentenced him to 18 years in prison. Mevlid Jasarevic ...

Bombing wounds Afghan intelligence chief
A Taliban suicide bomber posing as a messenger of peace blew himself up near Afghanistan's newly appointed intelligence chief on Thursday, seriously ...
3 US men plead not guilty in terror plot case
Three California men have pleaded not guilty to terrorism-related charges for allegedly plotting to kill Americans overseas. Ralph Deleon, Miguel ...
US military planners focused on Mali intervention
U.S. military planners are working closely with African nations in advance of an offensive to wrest control of northern Mali from al-Qaida linked ...
African leader aims for Mali mission in early 2013
U.N.-mandated African forces could intervene early next year to dislodge al-Qaida-affiliates from their new stronghold in northern Mali, Ivory Coast's ...

Officials: US to blacklist a Syrian rebel group
The Obama administration is preparing to designate a Syrian rebel group with alleged ties to al-Qaida as a foreign terrorist organization in a step ...
Senate passes $631 billion defense bill
The Senate overwhelmingly approved a sweeping, $631 billion defense bill Tuesday that sends a clear signal to President Barack Obama to move quickly ...