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• Canada terror suspect is a Tunisian citizen

  April 25, 2013 4:27 PM

  MONTREAL (AP) - The Tunisian Embassy says one of two men accused of plotting to derail a train in Canada is a Tunisian citizen. The embassy said Thursday that 30-year-old Chiheb Esseghaier came to Quebec in August 2008 and is registered at the Consulate of Tunisia in Montreal. Esseghaier, along... more »

• 6-year sentence sought in French terror trial

  March 30, 2012 8:22 PM

  PARIS (AP) - A French prosecutor has asked a Paris court to sentence an Algerian-born nuclear physicist to six years in prison for his suspected role in plotting terrorism with al-Qaida's north African wing. The request came at the end of the two-day trial of Adlene Hicheur, a former researcher... more »

• Government concerned about exploding implants

  July 6, 2011 11:08 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government is warning airlines that some terrorists are considering surgically implanting explosives into humans to carry out attacks. There is no intelligence pointing to a specific plot, but the U.S. has shared this information with executives at domestic and international carriers. The Transportation Security... more »

• U.S. officials to speak with bin Laden's wives

  May 9, 2011 5:46 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A U.S. official says Pakistan has informed the U.S. that it will grant access to Osama bin Laden's wives, a key request by the White House. Despite simmering relations between the two countries over the unannounced raid by Navy SEALs on Pakistani soil, the official said the... more »

• Suicide bomber kills 35 in Moscow

  January 24, 2011 7:21 PM

  MOSCOW (AP) - There's been no claim of responsibility for today's deadly explosion at a Moscow airport terminal, which left 35 people dead. Investigators say it was apparently carried out by a suicide bomber. In the past, Chechen militants have taken responsibility for terror attacks in Moscow, including a... more »

• President Obama comdemns apparent terror attack in Moscow

  January 24, 2011 1:08 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is condemning an explosion that killed at least 35 people at Moscow's busiest airport, calling it "an outrageous act of terrorism against the Russian people." Russia's president, Dmitry Medvedev, said it looked like a terror attack. A state news agency says the blast... more »

• Air traveler data now collected for comparison to watch lists

  November 30, 2010 3:12 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The Transportation Security Administration says all 197 airlines that fly to the U.S. are now collecting names, genders and birth dates of passengers so the government can check them against terror watch lists before they fly. Getting all air carriers that travel to or through the... more »

• Attacks on U.S. from Yemen thwarted

  October 29, 2010 7:39 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Authorities on three continents thwarted multiple terrorist attacks aimed at the United States from Yemen on Friday, seizing two explosive packages addressed to Chicago-area synagogues and packed aboard cargo jets. The plot triggered worldwide fears that al-Qaida was launching a major new terror campaign. President Barack... more »

• Peterson tests tracking capability with Russian help

  August 9, 2010 5:30 PM

  (AP) - In a historic first for Cold War adversaries, U.S., Canadian and Russian military officers directed fighter jets and ground controllers to test how well they could track an international terrorist hijacking over the Pacific Ocean. The exercise began Sunday over the Pacific Ocean and involved commanders at the... more »

• NYC subway plot was al-Qaida conspiracy

  July 7, 2010 12:57 PM

  Federal prosecutors say the failed plot to set off bombs in the New York subway last year was part of a larger al-Qaida conspiracy that also targeted England. In a terrorism indictment unsealed Wednesday, prosecutors added several al-Qaida figures to the case, including Adnan Shukrijumah, an FBI most-wanted terrorist.... more »

• Five Americans convicted in Pakistan

  June 24, 2010 2:37 PM

  SARGODHA, Pakistan (AP) - A Pakistani court has convicted five young American men on terror charges and sentenced them each to 10 years in prison. The five Muslims from the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., were arrested in December. Prosecutors say e-mail records and witness statements prove they had... more »

• Tiny terrors: Coping with an infuriating pet

  April 18, 2010 11:47 AM

  Angie Best-Boss has tried changing litter boxes, types of litter, brands of litter. But something has gone terribly wrong with Tiger. "I loathe my cat," said the freelance writer in New Palestine, Ind. "Actually, loathe might be too weak of a word. I hate it. The stupid, stupid cat... more »

• Obama: Risks of nuclear attack have risen

  April 13, 2010 9:51 AM

  President Barack Obama says the risk of nuclear attack has increased, calling it a "cruel irony" after the end of the Cold War. In his opening address to the first full day of the Nuclear Security Summit, the president notes that the risks of nations going to war with nuclear... more »

• U.S. citizen arrested on terrorist charges in Yemen

  March 11, 2010 5:26 PM

  An official in Yemen is confirming that counterterrorism authorities have captured a U.S. citizen who is accused of being a terrorist. A spokesman for Yemen's embassy in Washington says 26-year-old Sharif Mobley was arrested after he shot his way out of a hospital, where he was being held after... more »

• No-fly list nearly doubles since attack

  March 10, 2010 9:06 AM

  An intelligence official says the government has nearly doubled the number of people on the no-fly list since the attempted Christmas Day attack near Detroit. The official says that in the two months since a Nigerian man tried to blow up a Detroit-bound airplane, the government's list of suspected terrorists... more »

• Gibbs: Accused 9/11 plotter likely to be executed

  January 31, 2010 9:59 AM

  Accused Sept. 11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is likely to be executed after being tried and convicted, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Sunday. Gibbs spoke on CNN's "State of the Union." The Obama administration has begun looking for places other than the heart of New York City to... more »

• NY man accused in plane door scare free on bail

  January 30, 2010 11:40 AM

  A New York man accused of trying to open a plane door mid-flight has been freed on bail and ordered not to fly. Thirty-three-year-old Gregory Thomas Burns appeared in federal court in Denver Friday afternoon and was released on $10,000 bail. He's accused of trying to open a plane's exterior... more »

• Obama: al-Qaida link to Christmas terror suspect

  January 2, 2010 9:15 AM

  President Barack Obama is blaming an al-Qaida affiliate for a botched Christmas Day terrorist attack on an international flight bound for Detroit. In his weekly radio and Internet address today, Obama described the path through Yemen of 23-year-old suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. Obama says it appears that during his time... more »

• Holder: Failure 'not an option' in terror trial

  November 18, 2009 12:40 PM

  When it comes to prosecuting 9/11 suspects in federal court in New York, Attorney General Eric Holder says, "Failure is not an option." He was asked at a Senate hearing today what might happen if Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the others are acquitted. Holder said, "These are cases that have... more »

• December trial date for dad of terror suspect Zazi

  October 21, 2009 9:10 AM

  A Colorado man whose son is accused of plotting a terror attack in New York City is scheduled to go to trial in December on a charge of lying to investigators. A federal judge on Tuesday scheduled a 10-day trial for Mohammed Wali Zazi starting Dec. 7 in U.S. District... more »

• Obama: US 'making real progress' fighting terror

  October 6, 2009 12:25 PM

  President Barack Obama says the United States is making real progress in its efforts to fight terrorism. Obama visited the National Counterterrorism Center on Tuesday and told officials that their work is keeping the United States safe and more united than at any other time in the nation's history. He... more »

• Colorado judge paves way to send terror suspect to NY

  September 25, 2009 11:47 AM

  A federal judge has taken the first step in sending a Colorado man to New York to face terrorism charges. U.S. Magistrate Judge Craig Shaffer dismissed a charge accusing Najibullah Zazi of lying to federal authorities. Zazi was arrested on that charge Saturday. Shaffer was considering Friday whether to authorize... more »

• Colorado suspect in NYC terror case due in court

  September 25, 2009 8:13 AM

  An Afghan immigrant accused of a plot to build bombs for attacks on U.S. soil is due back in federal court in Denver. Najibullah Zazi is scheduled to appear in court Friday for a hearing on whether he can be detained without bail. The hearing was postponed Thursday after the... more »

• Two Colorado terror suspects in court today

  September 24, 2009 9:20 AM

  Three suspects charged in a wide-ranging terror probe are going to court in New York City and Denver. Colorado air shuttle driver Najibullah Zazi and his father have detention hearings later Thursday in Denver. A New York City imam, Ahmad Afzali, has a hearing in New York City. The three... more »

• Aurora terror suspect admits to terror ties

  September 18, 2009 5:29 PM

  NBC (Denver)-- NBC reports Najibullah Zazi has admitted to ties to al-Qaeda and has admitted attending a terror training camp in Pakistan. NBC says Najibullah Zazi denies planning to stage attacks in the United States. This comes as Zazi continued his third day of FBI questioning, Friday. FBI agents... more »

• NYC man: FBI asked about Denver friend in raid

  September 15, 2009 5:00 PM

  A New York City man says FBI investigators who raided several city apartments in an anti-terrorism probe questioned him about a childhood friend who lives in Denver who stayed with him last week. Naiz Khan says he didn't know of any connections his friend had to terrorism. He referred to... more »

• Pueblo man remembers brother killed on 9/11

  September 11, 2009 5:11 PM

  Pancho Lopez of Pueblo lost his older brother 8 years ago in the September 11 attacks. Maclovio "Joe" Lopez was on one of the planes that hit the Twin Towers. Pancho Lopez and his wife attended a memorial ceremony in Pueblo on Friday, to pay tribute to all the victims... more »