Topic: Terrorism
Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud has died, the country's top civilian security official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. It was the government's first categorical confirmation of the death of the feared militant, whose passing is likely to weaken, but not vanquish, the al-Qaida-linked insurgent network he led. In a sign of the continued militant threat, a ...
An alleged Islamist militant being tried on charges of harboring terrorists behind deadly twin hotel bombings in the Indonesian capital claimed Wednesday that he had helped craft a plot to assassinate the president. Amir Abdillah appeared in South Jakarta District Court on charges of violating Indonesia's anti-terrorism ...
The New York Senate has passed a resolution opposing trials of terrorists being held in New York City. The resolution passed Tuesday urges President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder to move trials of those linked to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks back to the military ...
