
Obama slams GOP focus on Benghazi as politics
House Republicans pushed ahead Monday with their investigation of the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year as ...

Attacks on Sunni mosques fuel fears in Iraq
A sharp rise in attacks on Sunni holy sites in Iraq is feeding fears that the country could spiral into a new round of sectarian violence similar to ...

Car bombs lead some to question Turkey's security
Anti-government protests flared for a third day on Monday in Turkish town devastated by two powerful car bombs near the Syrian border, and some Turks ...
Mali gunman kills 3 at aid distribution point
A suspected jihadist opened fire on a crowd at an aid distribution point in a north Malian village, killing three civilians, a local official said.

Carlos the Jackal: Ex-enigma now mired in court
Carlos the Jackal, the flamboyant terrorist and self-proclaimed revolutionary who was once one of the Cold War's most wanted men, is appealing his ...

Pakistan's Sharif gets resounding election victory
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif looked poised to return to office with a resounding election victory — a mandate that could make it ...

Turkey says it won't be drawn into Syria conflict
Turkey's prime minister vowed Sunday his country won't be drawn into Syria's civil war, despite twin car bombings the government believes were carried ...
Holder: Civilian courts best to try terror cases
Attorney General Eric Holder says those who argue that civilian courts are incapable of handling terrorism cases "are simply wrong." He says that ...
Egypt arrests 3 suspected al-Qaida militants
Egypt's interior minister said Saturday that security authorities have arrested three suspected al-Qaida-linked militants who were planning to carry ...
Man sentenced in plot against terror witnesses
A North Carolina man was sentenced Friday to four life terms for plotting to behead federal witnesses whose testimony helped convict him for his role ...

State Dep't sought to change Libya talking points
Political considerations influenced the talking points that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used five days after the deadly Sept. 11 assault in Benghazi, ...
Suicide bombers launch attacks in 2 Mali towns
Five suicide bombers carried out two simultaneous attacks on soldiers in Mali on Friday in another indication of the growing coordination of ...

Boston chief: Wasn't told FBI got Tsarnaev warning
The FBI did not initially share with Boston police the warnings it had received from Russia about one suspect in last month's marathon bombings, ...

Kerry says he'll answer questions on Benghazi
Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday he's determined to answer any questions related to the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in ...

Jihadi peril makes its way to Tunisia
The hunt for al-Qaida-linked militants in a mountainous region near Tunisia's borders with Algeria in recent days has raised alarm that the birthplace ...

Soldier says she faced harassment over Muslim name
Sgt. 1st Class Naida Hosan is not a Muslim — she's a Catholic. But her name sounded Islamic to fellow U.S. soldiers in Iraq, and they would taunt her, ...

Afghan police kill 8 at protest
Afghan police were accused of killing eight protesters at a demonstration on Wednesday as the U.S.-led coalition said it had opened an investigation ...

Weapons of war spill blood in Nigeria's insurgency
At first, the Islamic extremists in Nigeria's dusty northeast rode on the backs of motorcycles, firing on government officials and other perceived ...
Attacks across Iraq kill 8 people, wound 38
At least eight people were killed and nearly 40 were wounded in separate attacks across Iraq on Wednesday, officials said. The first attack took place ...

Bombing connected to election kill 18 in Pakistan
Three bombings in northwest Pakistan targeting individuals involved in this week's national elections killed 18 people, police said, pushing the death ...
Woman who ran secret prison bypassed as top spy
One of the CIA's highest-ranking women, who once ran a CIA prison in Thailand where terror suspects were waterboarded, has been bypassed for the ...
Vatican, US Treasury agree to share financial data
The Vatican signed an agreement with the U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday to exchange financial information as part of its efforts to comply with ...

Diplomat: US team stopped from going to Benghazi
Four members of Army special forces ready to head to Benghazi, Libya, after the deadly assault on the American diplomatic mission had ended were told ...

London hosts Somalia meeting to aid post-war gains
Somalia's president over the weekend received the country's first pieces of mail in more than two decades. It's the kind of small but hopeful ...

Kenyan court sentences 2 Iranians to life in jail
A Kenyan court on Monday sentenced two Iranian nationals convicted of plotting attacks against Western targets to life in prison. Ahmad Abolfathi ...