Turkey Re-Arrests Journalist a Week After His Release
Turkish authorities have re-arrested a journalist a week after he was released from prison, where he had been serving a 10-year sentence on terror convictions.
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Top UN Court Agrees to Hear Ukraine Case Against Russia
In a big win for Ukraine, the United Nations’ highest court ruled Friday that it has jurisdiction to hear Kiev’s claims that Russia illegally financed separatist groups in eastern Ukraine.
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NRA Drops Suit Over San Francisco Branding It a ‘Terror Group’
The National Rifle Association dropped its lawsuit challenging San Francisco’s decision to label it a terrorist group Thursday, a move both sides touted as a legal victory.
Read moreNew York Bomber
The Second Circuit ruled that Ahmad Khan Rahami was properly convicted of using a weapon of mass destruction in New York City in 2016, finding that there was “significant evidence” that he intended to detonate a bomb placed on 27th Street. Another bomb he set on West 23rd Street injured dozens of people.
Read moreColorado Man Accused of Plotting to Blow Up Synagogue
“Let’s get that place off that map,” federal prosecutors say suspected domestic terrorist Richard Holzer told undercover FBI agents he was planning to do to a local synagogue.
Read moreTurkey to Europe: Take Back Your Islamic State Fighters
European countries are coming under more pressure to take back and prosecute their citizens who left Europe to fight for the Islamic State and who are now held in captivity in Syria and Turkey.
Read moreIslamic State Women Ask Netherlands to Repatriate Them
Lawyers representing Dutch women who joined the Islamic State group and are now detained in Syrian refugee camps demanded Friday that the Netherlands allow the women and their children to return to their home country.
Read moreNorth Korea
A federal judge granted partial summary judgment to 82 crew members of the USS Pueblo captured by North Korea in international waters in 1968, after which they were held hostage under inhuman conditions for almost a year; the actions constituted state-sponsored terrorism.
Read moreTrump Says Islamic State Leader’s No. 2 Also Killed
President Donald Trump said Tuesday morning that the Islamic State member in line to replace Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the terrorist organization who was killed Saturday, has also been killed by U.S. troops.
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Terror Boss Dead, but the Job Isn’t Over
After the dramatic killing of the Islamic State group’s leader, the Pentagon is increasing U.S. efforts to protect Syria’s oilfields from the extremist group and from Syria itself and its Russian ally. It’s a new high-stakes mission even as American troops are withdrawn from other parts of the country.
Read moreTerror Suspect
Abdullahi Ahmed Abdullahi, 34, a naturalized Canadian citizen born in Somalia, was extradited to San Diego and charged Friday with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists in Syria.
Read moreUS Envoy Pushes Back on Plan to Try Dutch IS Fighters in Iraq
The U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands said the Dutch government should work with the Trump administration to bring Islamic State fighters back to their home country instead of holding trials in Iraq.
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Erdogan Calls the West Supporters of Terrorism
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday lashed out at Western states, accusing them of “standing by terrorists” by failing to support Turkey’s onslaught against Syrian Kurdish fighters.
Read moreBioweapon Threat Didn’t End in Cold War, Experts Warn House
Picking apart flaws in the government’s system of monitoring for bioweapons, a panel of scientists warned House lawmakers Thursday that America is grossly unprepared for a bioterrorist attack.
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Pakistan Faces Blacklisting for Financing Terrorism
Pakistan is trying to avoid getting blacklisted by the Financial Action Task Force, a global watchdog, when it meets Wednesday in Paris. But a report this month by the task force’s Asia Pacific Group, which monitors Pakistan’s progress, is not encouraging.
Read moreNew York Bomber Convicted in Shootout With New Jersey Police
An Islamic terrorist already serving a life prison term for a bombing in New York City was convicted Tuesday of multiple counts of attempted murder and assault stemming from a shootout with police three years ago.
Read moreCoast Guard Officer Pleads Guilty to Gun, Drug Charges
A Coast Guard lieutenant and self-proclaimed white nationalist accused of plotting an attack on high-profile Democrats and journalists pleaded guilty Thursday to gun and drug charges.
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