Terrorism News

An alleged Islamic militant went on trial Wednesday on charges of harboring terrorists behind twin suicide hotel bombings in Jakarta that killed seven and injured more than 50 in Indonesia.

The father of an airport driver accused of trying to cook up homemade bombs in a Colorado hotel for an attack on New York City pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges he tried to get rid of chemicals and other evidence, prosecutors said.

These undated Federal Bureau of Investigation handout photos of suspected al Qaeda commander Khalid Sheikh Mohammed were marked with the word 'Located' after Mohammed's arrest March 1, 2003 in Pakistan.

In the past six weeks, Americans have witnessed two jarringly different - but completely accurate - views of Al Qaeda's terrorist network.

A Scottish student dubbed a "wannabe suicide bomber" has been freed today after appeal court judges quashed his conviction.

Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama has released the "holds" he had placed on every one of President Barack Obama's nominees, his office said Monday.

In the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against America, it became clear that U.S. intelligence agencies had failed to "connect the dots." That is becoming even more difficult as al-Qaida changes its tactics.

A Dubai-bound Emirates flight with 356 passengers and crew on board was grounded on Sunday for about four hours at the airport here following a terror alert after which a couple was detained by police for questioning.

The Canadian high commissioner to London flatly objected to barring British MP George Galloway from Canada, saying it would simply provide "a greater platform" for a vocal politician who's "not taken seriously" in his homeland.

The leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas is visiting Moscow as Russia seeks to expand its role in Middle East peacemaking.

These undated Federal Bureau of Investigation handout photos of suspected al Qaeda commander Khalid Sheikh Mohammed were marked with the word 'Located' after Mohammed's arrest March 1, 2003 in Pakistan.

New Delhi, Feb 7 : Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday said the Centre would boldly confront all challenges thrown at it by the Naxalites.

The threat of a nuclear-armed Iran is "real" for the United States but Al-Qaeda poses an even greater danger, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday.

Top Republicans in Congress were told the suspect in the failed Christmas airline bombing was in FBI custody hours after his arrest, and none asked if he would be transferred to military custody, President Barack Obama's assistant on homeland security and counter-terrorism said Sunday.

Expressing concern over an increase in infiltration attempts, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the Centre and the states should launch coordinated efforts to tackle internal security threats.

The capital of China's restless far western region of Xinjiang, hit by ethnic riots last year in which about 200 died, faces a long struggle to maintain stability, its mayor said in comments reported on Friday.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Saturday that his country had not requested Turkey to send any new troops to Afghanistan, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

ILICH Ramirez Sanchez, better known as Carlos the Jackal, is not known for shunning the spotlight.

The discovery of the cache, which also included specialist bomb primers, has raised fears that the armed separatist group has established rearguard bases in Portugal from where to plan violence in Spain.

By Muhanad Mohammed Karbala - Chanting and flailing themselves in mourning for Imam Hussein, hundreds of thousands of Shi'a Muslims defied suicide bombs and bone-crushing crowds to gather in Iraq's holy city of Karbala on Thursday.