Asia Pacific / Politics Feb 5, 2023
The four-star general who ruled Pakistan for nearly a decade after seizing power in 1999, attempted to usher in socially liberal values in the conservative Muslim country.
National Jan 8, 2023
Bomb threat prompts plane's emergency landing at Chubu Airport
Investigators said a phone call from Germany had been received around 6:20 a.m., with a man claiming to have put 100 kilograms of plastic explosives aboard the aircraft.
World Dec 27, 2022
Bolsonaro's call to arms inspired foiled Brazil bomb plot, suspect tells police
by Andre Romani and Gabriel Stargardter
The incident has added a new dimension to post-election violence in Brazil, where tensions remain high after the most fraught vote in a generation.
World Dec 23, 2022
Twitter is said to have struggled over revealing U.S. influence campaign
by Kate Conger and Sheera Frenkel
The situation began in 2017 when an official working with U.S. Central Command requested that Twitter verify some of the military’s accounts.
World Dec 13, 2022
Lockerbie bombing suspect appears briefly in U.S. court
by Sarah N. Lynch
Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi, 71, appeared in court just days after being captured in Libya.
National | Regional Voices: Hiroshima Dec 12, 2022
Works include repairs to roads and new road lighting, which comes following the securing in September of a ¥1.68 billion supplementary budget.
World Dec 12, 2022
Lockerbie plane bombing suspect taken into U.S. custody
by Alistair Smout and Sarah N. Lynch
Court documents described Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi as an expert bombmaker who joined Libya's External Security Organization intelligence service in the 1970s.
World Nov 24, 2022
Two bomb attacks in Jerusalem kill one and wound at least 18
by Patrick Kingsley and Isabel Kershner
Israel and the occupied West Bank have been experiencing their deadliest wave of violence since 2015.
World Nov 14, 2022
Deadly bombing in Istanbul is being investigated as a terrorist attack
by Ben Hubbard and Safak Timur
The attack was the deadliest in Turkey in more than five years, and authorities offered few details in the hours afterward.
World Oct 31, 2022
Alarmed by suicide attack, China and Pakistan join hands in probe
by Asif Shahzad and Syed Raza Hassan
A female suicide bomber targeted nationals from Pakistan's most important partner, seeking to undermine a relationship on which Islamabad's financial survival largely depends.
World Oct 31, 2022
Car bombs at busy Somalia market intersection kill at least 100, president says
by Abdi Sheikh and Abdiqani Hassani
The al-Qaida-linked group al Shabaab, which is seeking to topple the government and establish its own rule based on an extreme interpretation of Islamic law, claimed responsibility.
World Oct 30, 2022
Hate speech and online extremism fed Pelosi attack, terror experts believe
by Heather Timmons
Nancy Pelosi has been demonized online and in public by both far right and far left-leaning political websites and figures.