KENYAN FORCES LAUNCH ASSAULT TO END HOSTAGE SIEGE
By JASON STRAZIUSO and TOM ODULA Trucks of soldiers from the Kenya Defense Forces arrive after dawn outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013. Islamic extremist…
Counterterrorism
39 DEAD IN KENYA MALL ATTACK; HOSTAGES STILL HELD
By JASON STRAZIUSO and TOM ODULA Civilians who had been hiding inside during the gun battle manage to flee from the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013.…
ATTACK POINTS TO AL-QAIDA SURGE IN YEMEN
By AHMED AL-HAJ FILE – In this Tuesday, April 23, 2013 file photo, a suspected Yemeni al-Qaida militant, center, holds an Islamist banner as he stands behind bars during a…
SURINAME LEADER’S SON ARRESTED ON US DRUG CHARGE
By DANICA COTO FILE – In this Aug. 26, 2003 file photo, Dino Bouterse, son of Suriname President Desi Bouterse, arrives to a court hearing in Paramaribo, Suriname. A Panamanian…
NYPD DESIGNATES MOSQUES AS TERRORISM ORGANIZATIONS
By ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZO Zein Rimawi, 59, second from right, a leader and founder of the Islamic Society of Bay Ridge and mosque, meet with members in his…
DEPARTING FBI CHIEF WORRIES ABOUT AIRBORNE TERROR
By PETE YOST Outgoing FBI director Robert Mueller speaks during an interview at FBI headquarters on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, in Washington. The nature of terrorism has changed in Robert…
TERRORISTS TURN TO ONLINE CHAT ROOMS TO EVADE US
By LARA JAKES and ADAM GOLDMAN FILE – This Aug. 10, 2013 file photo shows Yemeni soldiers inspecting a car at a checkpoint on a street leading to the U.S.…
AP INTERVIEW: US GENERAL SAYS AFGHAN DEAL VITAL
By PATRICK QUINN Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, who commands the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul,…