Pakistani court orders release of man accused of beheading American journalist Daniel Pearl

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered the release of a Pakistani-British man convicted and later acquitted in the beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.

Biden orders review of domestic terrorism threat in US

President Joe Biden has directed law enforcement and intelligence officials in his administration to study the threat of domestic violent extremism in the United States, an undertaking being launched weeks after a mob of insurgents loyal to Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol.

First Muslim NFL coach says 9/11 attacks changed his life

Robert Saleh, the new head coach of the New York Jets, returns to the city that shaped his life during one of the country's darkest moments.

NYPD officers heading to DC for inauguration security

In the wake of the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol last week, the New York Police Department is sending about 200 officers to Washington, D.C., to help secure the events related to the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, a top department official said on Thursday.

Trump hits Cuba with new terrorism sanctions

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the United States has designated Cuba as a "state sponsor of terrorism."

Biden says people responsible for Capitol officer’s death will be held accountable

President-elect Joe Biden expressed his “deep sympathy” to the family of the U.S. Capitol Police officer who died in the violent siege of the U.S. Capitol and vowed those responsible will be brought to justice.

Boston Marathon bomber sues over ballcap, showers in prison

Tsarnaev alleges his cap and bandana were confiscated by prison guards "because, by wearing it, I was ‘disrespecting’ the FBI and the victims" of the April 15, 2013, bombing.

Explosion rocks Yemen airport in 'cowardly terrorist attack' as new Cabinet members land

The members of the Yemeni government’s newly formed Cabinet, including Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed, were greeted with a loud explosion soon after its plane landed Wednesday in the city of Aden, in what an official is calling a "cowardly terrorist attack carried out by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia." 

Feds: Kenyan man plotted 9/11-style attack on U.S.

Cholo Abdi Abdullah pleaded not guilty during a brief court appearance Wednesday and was ordered held without bond. 

Feds: Former soldier from NJ provided support to terrorist group

A former American soldier communicated with and sent money to a self-identified member of a terrorist group based in Syria.

SC man pleads guilty in plot to attack White House, Trump Tower

Federal authorities say a South Carolina man has pleaded guilty to a terror charge for plotting to bomb or shoot up sites including the White House and Trump Tower in New York City in attacks inspired by the Islamic State group.

Terrorism suspected in France knife attack that killed three people

An attacker armed with a knife killed three people at a church Thursday in the Mediterranean city of Nice, authorities said.

Man who bought guns that terrorists used to kill 14 in 2015 San Bernardino massacre gets 20 years

Enrique Marquez Jr., the man who bought two rifles that terrorists used to kill 14 people in a 2015 terror attack in San Bernardino, California, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Teacher decapitated in shocking attack on French street

A history teacher who opened a discussion with students on caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad was decapitated in a French street on Friday and police have shot the suspected killer dead, a police official said.

Men accused in plot to kidnap Michigan's governor trained in Wisconsin

The FBI says it broke up a plot to kidnap Michigan's governor before Election Day -- and five of the six men now behind bars trained in Cambria.

ISIS 'Beatles' indicted in beheadings of American hostages

El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey are two of four men dubbed "the Beatles" by the hostages they held captive, because of their British accents.

US charges 2 British ISIS members in deaths of American hostages

The Justice Department is preparing to announce charges against two men from Britain who joined the Islamic State and were part of a cell that beheaded Western hostages in Syria.

NYPD, FBI investigating bomb-making materials found in burned home in Queens

Police have made an arrest in connection with the discovery of  "bomb-making" materials at the site of a fire inside a home in Queens.