Key suspects in recent attacks on Paris, Brussels
By The Associated Press Below is a glance at key suspects in the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris and Tuesday’s attacks in Brussels. The suspects are believed to have been…
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American Muslims decry Cruz community surveillance comments
By JEFF KAROUB Some American Muslims feel they are once again on the defensive following presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s suggestion that Muslim-dominated neighborhoods should be subject to increased surveillance in…
At least 31 dead in bombings of Brussels airport, metro
By LORNE COOK and JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG Bombs exploded at the Brussels airport and one of the city’s metro stations Tuesday, killing at least 31 people and wounding dozens, as a…
Suspect charged with “terrorist murder” for Paris attacks
By JOHN-THOR-DAHLBURG and PHILIPPE SOTTO Salah Abdeslam, the top suspect in last year’s Paris attacks, was charged with “terrorist murder” on Saturday by Belgian authorities and his lawyer vowed to…
Kerry determines IS group committing genocide in Iraq, Syria
By MATTHEW LEE Secretary of State John Kerry determined Thursday that the Islamic State group is committing genocide against Christians and other minorities in Iraq and Syria, meeting a congressional…
Iraqi general: Palestinian-American member of IS surrenders
By BALINT SZLANKO A Palestinian-American member of the Islamic State group gave himself up to Iraqi Kurdish forces in the country’s north on Monday, an Iraqi Kurdish general said, a…
Iraqi officials: US captured top IS chemical arms engineer
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SUSANNAH GEORGE U.S. special forces captured the head of the Islamic State group’s unit trying to develop chemical weapons in a raid last month in northern…
The Latest: Erdogan says Syrian cease-fire works ‘partially’
The Latest on the conflict in Syria as a fragile cease-fire enters its second day (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says a cease-fire aiming to…