Russian warplanes take off from Iran to target IS in Syria
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA and BASSEM MROUE Russian warplanes took off on Tuesday from a base in Iran to target Islamic State fighters and other militants in Syria, Russia’s Defense Ministry…
Terrorism
Young Americans fear US, foreign-inspired extremists
By MELINDA DESLATTE The threat of violence by people inspired by foreign extremists invokes fear in a majority of young Americans across racial groups. But for young people of color,…
The Latest: Breakaway Taliban faction claims Quetta bombing
The Latest on the bombing at a hospital in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta (all times local):6 p.m. A breakaway faction of the Taliban in Pakistan has claimed responsibility…
Attacker wounds 2 police in Belgium, shouts ‘Allahu Akhbar’
Two female officers were attacked and wounded by a man wielding a machete and shouting “Allahu Akhbar” outside the main police station in the Belgian city of Charleroi on Saturday,…
FBI: 1st US law enforcement officer charged in terror sting
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Prosecutors brought the first-ever federal terrorism charges against a law enforcement officer in the U.S., alleging Wednesday that a patrol officer with the D.C. region’s Metro Transit…
9/11 worker pleads for medical coverage with billboards
A New Jersey man who spent three weeks looking for survivors in the days after the 9/11 attacks is using billboards in a push to have his kidney disease added…
Chilling details of France church attack as hostage speaks
By SYLVIE CORBET More horrifying details emerged Wednesday about an attack on a French village church even as the country’s main religious leaders sent a message of unity and solidarity…
Islamic State group claims attack that killed priest
By ELAINE GANLEY and ALEX TURNBULL Two attackers took hostages inside a French church during morning Mass on Tuesday near the city of Rouen, killing an 86-year-old priest by slitting…