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December 18, 2018

German authorities raid mosque in Berlin in terrorism probe

German authorities say police are searching a Berlin mosque as part of an investigation into its imam on suspicion he raised ...

December 18, 2018

Expert: California man convicted in terror case no extremist

A California man convicted of attempting to support the Islamic State does not have the attributes of an Islamic extremist ...

December 16, 2018

Somalia closes notorious prison amid abuse allegations

Somalia has closed an underground prison where the government has held extremist suspects and journalists amid allegations ...

December 16, 2018

Report: Iran prisoner who died in hospital was a terrorist

Iranian semi-official ISNA news agency is reporting that a detained activist who died last week was a member of terrorist ...

December 15, 2018

Lawyers seek to exclude evidence at NYC truck attack trial

Lawyers for a man charged with killing eight people in a terrorist attack on a New York City bike path said in a court filing ...

December 14, 2018

The Latest: Italian journalist among the dead in Strasbourg

The Latest on France attack aftermath and death of suspect (all times local): 6:55 p.m. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte says ...

December 14, 2018

Syrian Kurdish-led fighters take Hajin, last town held by IS

U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led fighters captured the last town held by the Islamic State group on Friday, after three months of ...

December 14, 2018

Strasbourg market attack suspect killed in police shootout

The man authorities believe killed three people during a rampage near a Christmas market in Strasbourg died Thursday in a ...

December 13, 2018

The Latest: Man killed in Strasbourg was market shooter

The Latest on the attack on a Christmas market in Strasbourg, France (all times local): 11:45 p.m. The office of the Paris ...

December 13, 2018

The Latest: France issues wanted poster for shooting suspect

The Latest on a shooting attack at a Christmas market in France (all times local): 8:15 French authorities have issued a ...

December 13, 2018

France's Macron caught between protests, Strasbourg attack

French President Emmanuel Macron is trying to take back control of his nation after a month of protests that caused mayhem ...

December 12, 2018

5 detained as France hunts Christmas market terror suspect

French authorities detained five people as they hunted Wednesday for a suspected extremist who sprayed gunfire at one of ...

December 12, 2018

Reading between the lines of Trump's Oval Office tussle

The heated, on-camera Oval Office exchange between House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ...

December 11, 2018

UK police use Taser on man who made it past Parliament gate

U.K. police say a Taser was used to subdue a man who made it past the main gate of Britain's Parliament, ran toward officers ...

December 11, 2018

Suicide bomber kills 4 security forces near Afghan capital

An Afghan official says a suicide car bomber has struck a security convoy on the outskirts of Kabul, killing four security ...

December 07, 2018

Australia anti-encryption law rushed to passage

A newly enacted law rushed through Australia's parliament will compel technology companies such as Apple, Facebook and Google ...

December 07, 2018

US fails to win UN condemnation of Hamas militants in Gaza

A U.S.-sponsored draft resolution that for the first time would have condemned the militant Islamic group Hamas, which ...

December 06, 2018

State TV says suicide car bombing kills 2 in southeast Iran

A suicide car bomber struck a police headquarters in the Iranian port city of Chabahar on Thursday, killing at least two ...

December 05, 2018

Somali officials report deadly US-backed raid on al-Shabab

Somali commandos backed by U.S. forces raided two al-Shabab checkpoints at which the extremists extort money from commercial ...