Counterterrorism

U.S. has urged legal reforms abroad to block Islamic State recruits

The U.S. Justice Department has provided specific suggestions to governments in Europe and elsewhere...

Nov 25, 2015 09:51 PM EST

ACLU sues two psychologists who devised CIA interrogation program

The American Civil Liberties Union sued two psychologists who devised the CIA's Bush-era interrogati...

Oct 13, 2015 09:59 PM EDT

Libya says Algerian militant Belmokhtar killed in U.S. strike

Libya's recognized government said on Sunday veteran Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar had been k...

Jun 14, 2015 06:43 PM EDT

Obama lifts hold on U.S. military aid to Egypt

President Barack Obama on Monday told Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi that he would lift a h...

Mar 31, 2015 05:54 PM EDT

House breaks impasse, passes security funding without provisions

The House of Representatives approved full fiscal-year funding for the U.S. domestic security agency...

Mar 03, 2015 05:38 PM EST

Al Qaeda Terror Plot Thwarted in Canada: Authorities Arrest 2 Whose Hopes Were to Commit Violence on Passenger Train, Authorities Say (Video)

Canadian authorities have arrested two men, Chiheb Esseghaier, of Montreal and Raed Jaser, of Toonto...

Apr 22, 2013 05:15 PM EDT

CIA 'Ramping'Up' Counterterrorism Efforts' in Iraq, Wall Street Journal Says

The CIA is stepping in and "ramping up" its role with the unit in Iraq, the Wall Street Journal repo...

Mar 12, 2013 05:24 PM EDT