Tag: Terrorist attacks
House panel has agreement on bipartisan Jan. 6 commission
WASHINGTON — The top Democratic and Republican members of the House Homeland Security Committee have reached an agreement on legislation to form a bipartisan...
Flight 93 families hope heroism award helps keep story alive
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Serene, stark and seemingly in the middle of nowhere in Pennsylvania, the National Park Service memorial to the people who died...
At least 6 killed in suicide bombing in Somalia’s capital
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Police in Somalia say at least six people were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a police station in the capital,...
Spain arrests 3 for urging extremist attacks against France
MADRID — Three men whose social media posts allegedly encouraged extremist attacks against French targets are in custody in Spain after Spanish police and...
At least 7 killed in suicide bombing in Somalia’s capital
MOGADISHU, Somalia — At least seven people were killed and more than 11 others wounded when a vehicle exploded outside a police headquarters in...
France unveils new counterterrorism and intelligence bill
PARIS — The French government on Wednesday unveiled a new counterterrorism and intelligence bill aiming at better preventing attacks, notably via a greater surveillance...
Tributes to French police official stabbed by extremist
RAMBOUILLET, France — Masked and in silence, hundreds of police officers, family members and others paid homage Monday to a French police official killed...
CIA head said to have made unannounced trip to Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — CIA Director William Burns made a recent unannounced visit to Kabul, a senior politician and a well-placed public figure told The...
General: Afghan military will collapse without some US help
WASHINGTON — Afghanistan’s military “will certainly collapse” without some continued American support once all U.S. troops are withdrawn, the top U.S. general for the...
Suicide bombing in Afghan capital as peace meeting delayed
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bombing in the Afghan capital injured four people, the government said, hours before Turkey announced the delay of a...