White House steps in over CIA-Senate mutual accusations of spying
The White House tried to mediate between the CIA and the Senate panel that oversees it after both sides alleged they were spied on by the other over an interrogation program, a source familiar with the discussion said. The involvement of the White House's most ...
Tunis AFP-JIJI Tunisia's president has lifted a state of emergency in force since the 2011 uprising that ousted dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, his office said Thursday, despite a string of recent jihadist attacks. The country has been rocked by sporadic violence since the January 2011 ...
A deadly knife attack at a Chinese train station last week should not be linked to ethnicity, a senior government official said, days after authorities blamed the incident on separatists from its troubled Xinjiang region.China says militants from Xinjiang, home to a large Muslim ...
China on Sunday blamed militants from the restive far western region of Xinjiang for an attack at a train station on the other side of the country by knife-wielding "terrorists" in which at least 33 died, including four of the assailants, who were shot ...
Iran has signed a deal to sell Iraq arms and ammunition worth $195 million, according to documents seen by Reuters — a move that will break a U.N. embargo on weapons sales by Tehran. The agreement was reached at the end of November, the documents ...
Former leader reignites simmering debate about his role in Iraq conflict
Tony Blair reignited the debate about the West's response to terrorism Sunday, with a call on governments to recognize that religious extremism has become the biggest source of conflict around the world. In an article in The Observer, the former prime minister, who led the ...
The Japanese government told an international body last summer that it intends to enact a law that will allow it to crack down on anyone even slightly involved in a terrorist plot, sources said. In December 2000, Japan signed a U.N. treaty aimed at fighting ...
In Fallujah, al-Qaida fails to learn from its past
The details were barely reported at the time by the world's media: the killing on Dec. 21 in the west of Iraq's Sunni-dominated Anbar province of 24 Iraqi Army personnel, including the commander of the 7th Division. According to one account, the men were killed ...
'Architect of 9/11' exchanges letters with pen pal
Details from an extraordinary exchange of letters between a care worker from Nottingham, in England's East Midlands, and the alleged architect of the 9/11 attacks were revealed Saturday, offering an unprecedented insight into the mind of one the world's most notorious Islamic militants. Khalid Sheikh ...
Egypt arrests four Al Jazeera journalists for Brotherhood ties
Egypt's government has detained four journalists working for the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera English news channel, arresting them during raids on a five-star hotel and at least one private residence Sunday night. The journalists, including an Australian national, are accused of "harming national security" through links to ...
Story of ‘systematic’ exploitation of women becomes reporter’s life
On the first day that Jineth Bedoya Lima arrived for work at the offices of Colombia National Radio in Bogota, she was assigned to cover a story that would become her life. That day, in December 1996, her task was to report on a ...
