Man Behind Subway Bomb Plot Pleads Guilty
The man arrested in last year’s plot to bomb the New York subway has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges. Najibullah Zazi, a 25-year-old...
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Feb 16, 20101 min
Dubai Names Suspects Wanted for Killing Hamas Leader
Authorities in Dubai are seeking international assistance in the search for the 11 suspects who are thought to be responsible for the...
Feb 16, 20101 min
Taliban's Second in Command Captured in Secret Mission
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s top military commander, was captured several days ago in Pakistan according to U.S. government...
Feb 2, 20102 min
Somali Islamist Group to Ally with al Qaeda
Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabaab announced that it would ally with al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden in waging an international...
Feb 2, 20102 min
China Opposes Visit Between Obama and Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama in Washington (October 2009). Via BBC. Chinese officials warned President Obama not to meet with the Dalai Lama, stating that...
Jan 26, 20101 min
Report Warns of Al-Qaeda WMD Threat
In a report released yesterday, a former CIA senior official wrote that the threat of Al Qaeda acquiring and using weapons of mass...
Jan 19, 20101 min
U.S. Defense Secretary Visits India for Security, Trade Talks
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is in India this week to conduct regional security talks, with a focus on fighting insurgency in...
Jan 19, 20101 min
Investigations Find FBI Conducted Illegal Phone Searches
The Washington Post is reporting that the FBI illegally collected telephone records from 2002 through 2006 by invoking nonexistent...
Jan 12, 20101 min
China Responds to U.S. Arms Sales to Taiwan with Missile Interceptor Test
China conducted a test on ground-based midcourse missile interception technology within its territory. Via Xinhua. China announced on...
Jan 12, 20101 min
Gunmen Seize Three Britons, One Colombian in Nigeria
Four workers were abducted Tuesday, near Port Harcourt in Nigeria. Via CBC.ca. Four Shell contractors were kidnapped in Nigeria...
Dec 1, 20091 min
EU Clears Bank Data Transfers to U.S.
Europe’s Council of Ministers agreed to a controversial deal on Monday allowing the U.S. access to European financial data, despite the...
Dec 1, 20091 min
Hezbollah Blames U.S. For All Terrorism
Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s leader, called the United States a threat to the world when announcing the group’s new “manifesto” in a...
Nov 17, 20091 min
Pentagon Bars Release of Photos Allegedly Showing Detainee Abuse
Blood can be seen on the floor of this cell at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Via WikiCommons/Truthout. The Pentagon is blocking the public...
Nov 17, 20091 min
Iran Forms Committee to Thwart U.S. 'Plots'
In Iran, a panel composed of the Ministries of Information, Interior and Foreign Affairs has been created for the purposes of combating...
Nov 11, 20091 min
Israel shows documents it says link Iran to arms
Israel has released documents and photos that it says provides proof that the massive weapons shipment intercepted last week came from...
Nov 11, 20091 min
U.S. Announces North Korea Nuclear Talks
The State Department announced that U.S. officials will meet one-on-one with North Korea to discuss ending the country’s nuclear program....
Nov 10, 20091 min
Taliban, U.S. Claim Seizures of Weapons
Insurgents Display Captured U.S. Weaponry. via NY Daily News/Al Jazeera. The Afghan National Police and NATO- led forces seized 250 tons...
Nov 10, 20091 min
Korean Navies Clash in Disputed Waters in South Yellow Sea
The navies of North and South Korea clashed in disputed waters in the South Yellow Sea This map shows the Korean Demarcation Line. via...
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