Terrorism

Syria's Assad dubious of U.S.-Russia peace initiative

2013-05-18 18:49:00

BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad has expressed skepticism that a planned U.S.-Russian peace conference could help stop the bloodshed in his country, according to an interview published Saturday in an Argentine newspaper. The Syrian leader...

Cause for hope -- and fear -- in Pakistan

2013-05-19 00:00:00

There is reason for hope in Nawaz Sharif's victory in the recent Pakistani elections. Sharif, who has twice served as Pakistan's prime minister, has said he wants to build a more robust democracy, revive the country's shattered economy and end the...

Leak ended informant's rare opportunity, U.S. officials say

2013-05-16 16:46:00

WASHINGTON — Disclosure of a highly classified intelligence operation in Yemen last year compromised an exceedingly rare and valuable espionage achievement: an informant who had earned the trust of hardened terrorists, according to U.S. officials....

Man arrested in Idaho, accused of terrorism conspiracy

2013-05-16 19:52:00

BOISE, Idaho — Federal authorities in Idaho said Thursday they had arrested an Uzbekistan national accused of conspiring with a designated terrorist organization in his home country and helping scheme to use a weapon of mass destruction. The U.S....

Two 'known or suspected' terrorists vanished from witness program

2013-05-16 18:40:00

WASHINGTON — Two "known or suspected" terrorists who cooperated with the government and were placed in the Witness Security Program later were able to board airplanes and quietly vanish, the Justice Department's inspector general concluded in a...

Hunger strike, Yemeni dilemma could spur Guantanamo closure plans

2013-05-17 05:00:00

A 100-day-old hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison for suspected terrorists has agitated international human rights advocates anew, prompting fresh calls worldwide for closure of the detention center that President Obama vowed to shutter more than...

Idaho man pleads not guilty in alleged Uzbekistan terror plot

2013-05-17 10:52:00

BOISE, Idaho — An Uzbekistan national living in Boise said little during his first court appearance Friday on federal charges that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan a terrorist...

Defense official says U.S. has authority to target terrorists anywhere

2013-05-16 18:17:00

WASHINGTON — A senior Pentagon official told a Senate committee Thursday that the U.S. would be at war with Al Qaeda for 15 to 20 more years and said the military could target terrorists anywhere under a law passed after the Sept. 11 terrorist...

Pakistan's incoming prime minister turns pragmatic

2013-05-15 15:14:00

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After a resounding victory in Pakistan's national elections, presumptive new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif could have pressed his populist, hard-line approach that paints the U.S. as hopelessly malevolent and self-interested....

U.S. diplomat accused of recruiting for CIA in Russia

2013-05-14 16:25:00

MOSCOW — Russian authorities detained an American diplomat accused of attempting to recruit a Russian intelligence officer into the CIA, the Federal Security Service said Tuesday. Ryan Christopher Fogle, the third secretary of the American Embassy...

Review: 'Star Trek Into Darkness' ramps up action, leaves room for heart

2013-05-15 12:10:00

"Star Trek Into Darkness," bursting at the seams with enemies, wears its politics, its mettle, its moxie and its heart on its ginormous 3-D sleeve. Director J.J. Abrams and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise try to build a better sequel with action...

Government secretly obtains phone records from journalists

2013-05-13 21:33:00

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors secretly obtained telephone records from more than 20 lines belonging to the Associated Press and its journalists in an attempt to learn who leaked information on how the CIA thwarted an apparent terrorist plot...

New York City's Times Square, the scene of a May 2010 failed bombing attempt, was to be the next target for the Boston Marathon suspects, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Thursday.

2013-04-25 14:53:42

The Air and Water Show is an accustomed part of a Chicago summer, a pleasant occasion to picnic on the beaches while craning skyward as stunt pilots trace great swirling loops in the lakefront skies. (Click below for full story.)

2012-08-15 12:43:00

IN CHICAGO: For tens of thousands, the annual Air and Water Show in August meant patriotism and pride. For others, the roar of the Navy and Air Force jet fighters brought back fears of airplanes smashing into high-rise buildings.

2012-08-15 12:39:00