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Hollande says aircraft carrier could support Iraq operations

France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier is ready to be used to support military operations again...

Jan 15, 2015 05:21 AM EST

Five Yemenis transferred from U.S. custody at Guantanamo: Pentagon

The Pentagon transferred five Yemenis held at Guantanamo prison to foreign custody on Wednesday in t...

Jan 15, 2015 04:55 AM EST

U.S. judge rejects request to delay Boston bombing trial

A U.S. judge on Wednesday rejected the latest plea by lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzh...

Jan 14, 2015 10:33 AM EST

Al Qaeda claims French attack, derides Paris rally

Al Qaeda in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo,...

Jan 14, 2015 10:18 AM EST

Paris attacks suspect entered Syria on Jan. 8, Turkey says

The suspected female accomplice of Islamist militants behind attacks in Paris was in Turkey five day...

Jan 12, 2015 07:54 PM EST

After attacks, arm-in-arm world leaders join mass Paris march

World leaders including Muslim and Jewish statesmen linked arms to lead an estimated million-plus Fr...

Jan 11, 2015 04:44 PM EST

Two anti-torture protesters arrested at Dick Cheney's house

Two protesters were arrested at the McLean, Virginia, home of former Vice President Dick Cheney on S...

Jan 11, 2015 07:04 AM EST

Paris shooting cases demonstrate spy agencies' limits

This week's deadly attacks in France by Islamist gunmen showed the limits of spy and anti-terrorist ...

Jan 10, 2015 08:48 AM EST

French forces kill newspaper attack suspects, hostages die in second siege

Two brothers wanted for a bloody attack on the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo w...

Jan 10, 2015 01:00 AM EST

London imam Abu Hamza to be sentenced for U.S. terrorism conviction

For years, the radical imam Abu Hamza al-Masri delivered incendiary sermons at a London mosque, usin...

Jan 09, 2015 03:49 AM EST

Police hunt three Frenchmen after 12 killed in Paris attack

Police are hunting three French nationals, including two brothers from the Paris region, after suspe...

Jan 07, 2015 10:19 PM EST

U.S. embassy bombing suspect dies ahead of New York trial: NBC News

A suspected al Qaeda figure alleged to have planned the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Tanza...

Jan 03, 2015 08:47 AM EST

France wants action on Libya, stops short of African calls for intervention

French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Friday world powers must tackle instability in Li...

Jan 02, 2015 08:37 PM EST

U.S. sends five Guantanamo prisoners to Kazakhstan for resettlement

Three Yemenis and two Tunisians held for more than a decade at the U.S. military prison at Guantanam...

Dec 31, 2014 12:33 AM EST

Four militants hanged in Pakistan as execution campaign widens

Pakistan hanged four Islamist militants on Sunday in the second set of executions since the governme...

Dec 21, 2014 10:25 AM EST

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