The leader of a group, dubbed the Liberty Five, that plotted to blow up the landmark Sears Tower in Chicago was sentenced to 13 years in prison Friday.
New York police say they are investigating the nature of white powder found in letters sent to the foreign missions of France, Austria and Uzbekistan in the city. About 40 people have been decontaminated as a precaution.
As Pakistan's army steps up its offensive against the Taliban, a recent string of devastating attacks in Pakistani cities has led local newspapers to talk of a "black October" and has widened the gap between the country's government and its people.
Due to a "lack of substantial evidence", a Pakistani court on Friday acquitted a man who was sentenced to death over a 2002 bombing that killed 11 French engineers in Karachi.
Hostage-taking at army headquarters, coordinated attacks against the security forces, female suicide bombers: the Pakistani Taliban is getting creative in its ways to target the authorities.
A Massachusetts man has been charged with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. He also allegedly plotted to kill US officials from the previous administration (Pictured: Michael Loucks, acting US attorney)
A lawyer for Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al Megrahi denied British channel Sky News’ report that his client had died. Al Megrahi was freed two months ago from a Scottish jail and is now back in Libya.
A Massachusetts man has been charged with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists, discussing an attack on a shopping center, and distributing videos that promote holy war.
