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Afghan peace council official killed in south
Insurgents ambushed an Afghan government peace negotiator on Wednesday, killing him and two bodyguards as they headed to a meeting in the south to ...
Information sharing before bombings under review
President Barack Obama said Tuesday his counterterrorism bureaucracy "did what it was supposed to be doing" before the Boston Marathon bombing as his ...
Hezbollah warns of possible Syria intervention
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group said Tuesday that Syrian rebels will not be able to defeat President Bashar Assad's regime ...
Russia had elder Boston suspect under surveillance
Russian agents placed the elder Boston bombing suspect under surveillance during a six-month visit to southern Russia last year, then scrambled to ...
Bombs kill 3 NATO troops, 9 Afghans
Roadside bomb attacks in Afghanistan killed three NATO service members and nine Afghans on Tuesday, officials said, clear evidence that the ...
Preakness beefs up security, bans backpacks
Backpacks and duffel bags will be prohibited at the Preakness this year, part of a new security policy at Pimlico Race Course influenced by the ...
Obama: Boston review designed to prevent attacks
President Barack Obama says a national security review following the Boston Marathon bombings will look at whether there is more the government can ...
'I'm gay': NBA player Jason Collins breaks barrier
Last summer, NBA veteran Jason Collins considered joining an old Stanford college roommate, U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy III, at Boston's gay pride parade
Roadside bomb kills 2 in Afghanistan
Officials say a roadside bomb in northern Afghanistan has killed two people, including a local police commander credited with reducing the number of ...
FBI visits home of wife of dead bombing suspect
FBI agents investigating the Boston Marathon bombings have visited the Rhode Island home of dead suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's (TAM'-ehr-luhn ...
Boston suspect's defense team gets major boost
The defense team representing the Boston Marathon bombing suspect got a major boost Monday with the addition of Judy Clarke, a San Diego lawyer who ...
Syrian prime minister escapes bombing in Damascus
Syria's prime minister narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in the heart of the heavily defended capital Monday, state media said, laying bare ...
Iraq instability tested further with bombing wave
A wave of car bomb blasts tore through Shiite areas south of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 36 and deepening fears that Iraq is rapidly spiraling ...
Syrian premier escapes bomb attack in Damascus
Syria's prime minister escaped an assassination attempt Monday when a bomb exploded near his convoy in Damascus, state media reported, in the latest ...
Powerful blast injures at least 35 in Prague
A powerful blast believed to be a gas explosion ripped open an office building in the center of Prague on Monday, injuring at least 35 people and ...
Pakistan: Suicide bomber targeting police kills 10
A suicide bomber targeting police killed at least 10 people in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, including the son and nephew of an Afghan official ...
Major assassination attempts in Syria's conflict
Syrian opposition forces have targeted government officials, army and police officers and civil servants in their campaign to topple President Bashar ...
Bombing shifts Mass. Senate race before primaries
Even before the explosions, polling suggested that Massachusetts voters weren't excited about the looming special election to replace former U.S. Sen.
3 Taliban bombs target Pakistani politicians
Taliban bombs targeting politicians in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday killed 11 people, the latest in a series of attacks meant to disrupt next ...
Taliban start spring Afghan offensive with bombing
Taliban insurgents marked the start of their spring offensive on Sunday by claiming responsibility for a remote-controlled roadside bomb blast that ...
Lawmaker: FBI checking training angle in bombing
The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said Sunday that the FBI is investigating in the United States and overseas to determine whether ...
Boston suspects' father postpones trip to US
The father of the two Boston bombing suspects said Sunday that he has postponed a trip from Russia to the United States because of poor health. "I am ...
Boston bomb suspect in small cell with steel door
The Boston Marathon bombing suspect is being held in a small cell with a steel door at a federal medical detention center about 40 miles outside the ...
Officials: No sign 'Misha' tied to Boston bombing
U.S. officials say investigators have found no evidence that a conservative Muslim friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev had any connection to the Boston ...
4 killed in Pakistan bombings of political parties
Police say four people were killed and dozens were injured in two separate bombings of political targets in the southern city of Karachi. The blasts ...