Police official: Charlie Hebdo suspects dead, hostage freed
By LORI HINNANT and ELAINE GANLEY A police official on the scene of the standoff between two armed brothers suspected in the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo newsroom says the…
Middle East
French terror suspects in phone contact, want ‘martyr’ death
By LORI HINNANT and RAPHAEL SATTER DAMMARTIN-EN-GOELE, France (AP) — Two brothers suspected in a newspaper terror attack were cornered inside a printing house northeast of Paris on Friday, taking…
French police detain 9 in massive hunt for 2 suspects
By LORI HINNANT and ANGELA CHARLTON Frightened yet defiant, French residents held a day of mourning Thursday for 12 people slain at a Paris newspaper. French police hunted for the…
Hunt for 2 in French shooting that killed 12; 1 surrenders
By JAMEY KEATEN and ELAINE GANLEY One man sought in the deadly shooting at a French satirical paper has turned himself in, and police hunted Thursday for two heavily armed…
Lebanon imposes rules limiting entry of Syrians fleeing war
Lebanon began imposing unprecedented restrictions Monday on the entry of Syrians, as the tiny country with a fragile sectarian balance struggles to cope with well over a million refugees fleeing…
Yemen’s al-Qaida thrives on Sunni backlash to Shiite rebels
Al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen is surging in strength, finding new support and recruits among the country’s Sunni tribesmen, in a backlash to drone strikes and the rise to power of…
Libyan charged in 1998 US embassy bombings dies
By MAGGIE MICHAEL Fifteen years after allegedly helping al-Qaida plot the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, Abu Anas al-Libi parked his car on a quiet street…
Egypt court orders retrial in Al-Jazeera case
By MAGGIE MICHAEL An Egyptian appeals court on Thursday ordered the retrial of three Al-Jazeera English journalists held for over a year on terror-related charges, a ruling that their lawyers…