US Soldier Charged With Plotting ‘Mass Casualty’ Attack With Neo-Nazis
A U.S. soldier accused of plotting a ‘mass casualty’ attack with Neo-Nazis has been charged with terrorism and conspiring to murder U.S. service members.
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American Expat Among UK Terror Victims
An American man was among the three victims stabbed to death in a park in the English town of Reading that is being treated as a terror attack, the U.S. ambassador to Britain said Monday.
Read moreTurkey Deploys Troops Against Kurds in Iraq
Turkey launched an air and ground offensive against Kurds in northern Iraq on Wednesday, in a move likely to increase friction with the Baghdad government.
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Czechs Expel Russian Diplomats Over Poison Plot Hoax
The Czech Republic has expelled two Russian diplomats after a Russian embassy employee spread false information about a planned poison attack on three Prague politicians, officials said on Friday.
Read moreTaliban Claim Deadly Attack on Afghan Army Base
The Taliban said they carried out a deadly attack Thursday on an Afghan army base after the government ordered forces to resume strikes against them.
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Syrian Fighters Increase Attacks on Civilians
The United Nations on Friday accused the Islamic State and others in Syria of exploiting the Covid-19 pandemic to step up attacks on civilians, describing the situation as a “ticking time-bomb.”
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US Mercenary Says He Led Sunday Attack on Venezuela
A former Green Beret has taken responsibility for what he claimed was a failed attack Sunday aimed at overthrowing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro that the socialist government said ended with eight dead.
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China Closes Border Crossing With Myanmar Amid Fighting
China closed a border crossing with Myanmar on Friday after fighting in that nation spilled into a Chinese province and damaged buildings.
Read moreJihadis Kill at Least 70 Nigerian Soldiers
At least 70 Nigerian soldiers were killed in an ambush on their convoy by jihadist fighters in the restive northeast, military and security sources said Tuesday.
Read more24 Afghan Security Forces Killed in Insider Attack
At least two dozen Afghan security forces were killed Friday in an insider attack at their base in southern Afghanistan, officials said, as fighting raged in the war-weary country and efforts to start talks with the Taliban stalled.
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Trial Ordered for 20 Suspects in 2015 Paris Terror Attacks
French judges have ordered 20 people to stand trial over the coordinated attacks that killed 130 people in Paris in November 2015, including Salah Abdeslam, the only suspected assailant still alive, prosecutors said Monday.
Read moreRocket Attack Kills Two Americans and a Brit in Iraq
A rocket attack north of Baghdad killed two Americans and a British soldier Wednesday, and brought furious denunciations from top Iraqi politicians and the United Nations.
Read moreUN-Backed Government in Libya Suspends Talks
The U.N.-supported government in Libya said Tuesday it has suspended its participation in talks in Geneva aimed at salvaging a fragile ceasefire in the North African country after an attack on Tripoli’s strategic port.
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109 US Troops Suffered Brain Injuries From Iran Strike
The number of U.S. servicemembers diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries has shot up to more than 100, the Pentagon said Monday, as more troops suffer the aftereffects of the Iranian ballistic missile attack early last month in Iraq.
Read moreLemur Attack
A mother sued Exotic Animal Exhibits dba It’s a Zoo Life in Carteret County, N.C., Superior Court, claiming one of the lemurs in its petting zoo attacked her minor son.
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NYC Truck Attacker Fights to Exclude Hospital Interview
The Uzbek man whose truck attack on a picturesque Manhattan bike path killed eight appeared in court Thursday as FBI agents testified about their all-night interrogation with him from a hospital bedside.
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Oil Up, Stocks Down After Iran Attacks US Troops
Oil prices rose and global stock markets fell Wednesday after Iran fired missiles at U.S. bases in Iraq in retaliation for the killing of an Iranian general.
Read moreIraq Says Iran Informed It of Imminent Attack on US Bases
Iraq’s prime minister’s office said Wednesday it had received “an official verbal message” from Iran informing it that a missile attack on U.S. forces stationed on Iraqi soil was imminent.
Read moreIraqi Militias Ramp Up Threats to US
A top commander in Iraq’s Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary network said Wednesday it was time for an “Iraqi response” to a U.S. drone strike that killed the network’s deputy chief.
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Iran Warns US Not to Retaliate Over Missile Attack in Iraq
Iran says it has launched “tens” of surface-to-surface missiles at Iraq’s Ain Assad air base housing U.S. troops over America’s killing of a top Iranian general.
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