
Intelligence agencies faulted for Libya fallout
A Senate report has found that the White House did not make major changes in the talking points that administration officials used after the attack ...
Congress tightens belt, trims spy budget for 2013
Congress has drastically trimmed the budget for U.S. spies and satellites for 2013, though not quite as deeply as the White House wanted. In one of ...
Police: NYC couple had 'Terrorist Encyclopedia'
A woman who gave birth under arrest and her boyfriend were facing weapons charges Monday after authorities said they found a substance used to make ...

Report details changes in Benghazi explanations
The FBI, CIA and other intelligence agencies — but not the White House — made major changes in talking points that led to the Obama administration's ...

AP IMPACT: Al-Qaida carves out own country in Mali
Deep inside caves, in remote desert bases, in the escarpments and cliff faces of northern Mali, Islamic fighters are burrowing into the earth, ...

A lesson in pop culture via Guantanamo
An Afghan man who is being held with the most significant terrorism suspects in U.S. custody has apparently gained extensive knowledge of western pop ...
Nigeria president likens nation's unrest to Syria
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has likened attacks by a radical Islamist sect in his West African nation to the ongoing civil war in Syria, an ...

Car bombing targeting Shiites in Pakistan kills 19
A car bomb targeting a bus carrying Shiite Muslim pilgrims killed 19 people in southwest Pakistan, officials and eyewitnesses said. Earlier Sunday, ...

Afghan bomber attacks near major US base
A vehicle driven by a suicide bomber exploded at the gate of a major U.S. military base in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing the attacker and ...

UN envoy worried after talks with Syria's Assad
The international envoy to Syria said after talks with the country's leader Monday that the situation was "worrying" and gave no indication of ...

Israel rejects US gun lobby claims on its security
Israel's policy on issuing guns is restrictive, and armed guards at its schools are meant to stop terrorists, not crazed or disgruntled gunmen, ...

Army teams going to Africa as terror threat grows
A U.S. Army brigade will begin sending small teams into as many as 35 African nations early next year, part of an intensifying Pentagon effort to ...

Alabama terror case could hinge on relationships
The terrorism case against an Alabama man accused of planning to wage violent jihad in Africa may hinge on just how well he knew a man on the FBI's ...

Bombing at political rally kills 9 in Pakistan
A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed nine people including a provincial government official at a political rally held Saturday by a party that has ...
Iraq confirms arrest of minister's bodyguards
Iraqi authorities said Friday they've arrested 10 bodyguards of the country's Sunni finance minister in a terrorism-related sweep, the first official ...

Rallies across Yemen support military shake-up
Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis rallied across the country Friday to support a military shake-up this week that limited the powers held by loyalists ...
North Mali Islamist group adds new brigade
An Islamist group behind public executions and amputations in northern Mali is further expanding its reach, taking in a new brigade of members.

State Dept security chief resigns after Benghazi
Four State Department officials resigned under pressure Wednesday, less than a day after a damning report blamed management failures for a lack of ...

Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2012
Neil Armstrong would always be taking that first step onto the moon, and Dick Clark was forever "the world's oldest teenager." Some of the notables ...

New Syria rebel chief describes clandestine life
The new Syrian rebel chief said he's been moving between safe houses since taking up command, even changing quarters twice in one night when he feared ...
Mali leader acknowledges extremists not foreigners
Mali's president acknowledged Wednesday that the Islamist group carrying out public executions and amputations in the country's north is made up ...

Benghazi review finds systematic security faults
An independent panel charged with investigating the deadly Sept. 11 attack in Libya that killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans has ...

Experts: Kids are resilient in coping with trauma
They might not want to talk about the gunshots or the screams. But their toys might start getting into imaginary shootouts. Last week's school ...
Prosecutors: Fla. man planned NY terror bombing
A Pakistani-born man wanted to avenge the deaths of U.S. drone attacks in Afghanistan by blowing up a New York City landmark but lacked the money and ...
Police: 4 face treason, terror charges in S.Africa
Four white men in South Africa face treason and terrorism charges over an alleged plot that included plans to attack the ongoing African National ...