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Terror probe after 'low force' blast in French city of Lyon

A "low force" blast hit a busy pedestrian street Friday in the French city of Lyon, injuring seven people as it shattered the ...

John Walker Lindh

"American Taliban" John Walker Lindh is released from prison

John Walker Lindh, the Californian who took up arms for the Taliban and was captured by U.S. forces in Afghanistan in 2001, ...

Suicide car bomb kills at least 9 in Somalia's capital

Islamic extremists exploded a suicide car bomb near the presidential palace in Somalia's capital Wednesday, killing at least ...

John Walker Lindh

'American Taliban' fighter to be released after 17 years

John Walker Lindh, the young Californian who became known as the American Taliban after he was captured by U.S. forces in the ...

Army veteran indicted in California bomb plot against rally

A U.S. grand jury on Wednesday indicted an Army veteran in a plot to plant a bomb at a rally by white supremacists in ...

Khalifa Hifter

UN envoy warns Libya is on verge of descending to civil war

The U.N. envoy for Libya warned Tuesday that the oil-rich nation "is on the verge of descending into a civil war" that could ...

Accused New Zealand mosque shooter charged with terrorism

New Zealand police on Tuesday filed a terrorism charge against the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch ...

US abstains from global pledge to curb online violence

The White House is not endorsing a global pledge to step up efforts to keep internet platforms from being used to spread ...

Anxiety, hope as church schools wait to reopen in Sri Lanka

Catholic officials and parents in Sri Lanka are hopeful that church-run schools will begin to reopen soon for the first time ...

Sri Lanka imposes curfew, blocks social media amid violence

Sri Lanka's government imposed a nationwide curfew Monday and temporarily blocked social media following a flare-up of ...

CEO and co-founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg in Paris

New French rules for Facebook? Zuckerberg likes the idea

France welcomed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to Paris on Friday with the threat of sweeping new regulations against his ...

Why does Facebook fail to fix itself? It's partly humans

The question comes up over and over, with extremist material, hate speech, election meddling and privacy invasions. Why can't ...

Kenyan: UK man jailed for 4 years for explosive possession

A Kenyan court has jailed a British national believed to be part of an extremist cell to four years in prison for possession ...

FBI: 850 open investigations into domestic terrorism

The FBI has more than 850 open investigations into domestic terrorism across the country, and the threat continues to grow, ...

Suicide bombing outside Pakistan shrine kills 10

A suicide bomber attacked security forces guarding a famous Sufi shrine in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday, ...

Maithripala Sirisena

AP Interview: President says Sri Lanka now safe for tourists

Sri Lanka's president says "99%" of the remaining suspects in the Easter attacks on churches and hotels have been arrested ...

A loophole could keep young terror suspects out of US courts

The Justice Department's ability to charge minors for supporting terrorist groups has been hampered by a 2018 Supreme Court ...

Would-be bomber gets 16-year term; judge cites mental health

A federal judge on Monday handed an Illinois man a 16-year prison sentence for trying to kill hundreds of people by ...

The Latest: Pompeo says US pressuring Iran to act 'normal'

The Latest on the United States and Iran (all times local): 3 p.m. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the Trump ...

2 arrested after clash in Sri Lanka town hit by Easter blast

Two people were arrested after mobs attacked Muslim-owned shops and vehicles in a Sri Lankan town where a suicide bombing ...