Italian authorities: Terror suspects planned Vatican attack
By COLLEEN BARRY Islamic extremists suspected in a bomb attack in a Pakistani market that killed more than 100 people had also planned an attack against the Vatican in 2010…
Osama bin Laden
New allegations renew old questions about Saudi Arabia, 9-11
By KEN DILANIAN For years, some current and former American officials have been urging President Barack Obama to release secret files they say document links between the government of Saudi…
Rethinking the big speech that isn’t so big anymore
By JULIE PACE and NANCY BENAC The State of the Union just isn’t what it used to be. Sure, the pageantry and theatrics of the annual presidential address will all…
Yemen’s al-Qaida claims responsibility for Paris attack
By MAGGIE MICHAEL Yemen’s al-Qaida branch on Wednesday claimed responsibility for last week’s massacre at a Paris satirical newspaper, with one of its top commanders saying the assault was in…
France works to avert new terror attacks, suspect hunted
By SYLVIE CORBET and ANGELA CHARLTON France’s government urged the nation to remain vigilant Saturday, as thousands of security forces try to thwart new attacks and hunt down a suspected…
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…
CIA battles Senate Democrats over torture report
By BRADLEY KLAPPER The CIA and several of its past leaders are stepping up a campaign to discredit a five-year Senate investigation into the CIA’s harrowing interrogation practices after 9/11,…
Pakistan says top al-Qaida militant killed in raid
By MUNIR AHMED Pakistani soldiers killed a top al-Qaida operative Saturday who was indicted in the U.S. for his alleged involvement in a plot to bomb New York’s subway system,…