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In the weeks before the New Year's Day suicide bombing of an Egyptian church, al-Qaeda-linked websites carried a how-to manual on "destroying the cross," complete with videos on how to build a bomb and the locations of churches to...
Egyptian police are focusing their investigation into the New Year's suicide bombing of a church on a group of Islamic hard-liners inspired by al-Qaeda and based in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria where the attack killed 21 people,...
Grieving Christians, many clad in black, were back praying Sunday in a blood-spattered church where 21 worshippers were killed in an apparent suicide bombing, feeling betrayed by a government they say has not done enough to keep them safe. Dozens...
Baghdad--Three suicide bombers on Wednesday attacked Iraq's federal police headquarters in the northern city of Mosul, killing the commander, according to police officals. While violence has subsided significantly in Iraq in the past years,...
Dubai--Diplomatic cables recently released by WikiLeaks indicate authorities in the United Arab Emirates debated whether to keep quiet about the high-profile killing of a Hamas operative in Dubai in January. The documents also show the UAE sought US...
Egyptian security officials on Saturday said that the government is building several 30-meter observation towers to improve security along the border with the Gaza Strip, stopping infiltration and sniper attacks. The officials said Saturday the...
  Mumbai--Police launched a manhunt in India's financial and entertainment capital Friday for four alleged Pakistani militants authorities believe entered Mumbai to carry out a terrorist attack, a top police official said. Police have...
Paloich, Sudan--The pipelines run through the north. Most of the oil is in the south. That may explain why Akuoc Ten Diing and five other southern Sudanese officials were treated to a 10-day, all-expense paid tour of China's domestic oil...
Kabul--A roadside bomb destroyed a crowded minibus in a southern Afghan province and many of its passengers are feared killed, a spokesman for the provincial governor said. Rafi Behrozan, spokesman for Heart’s governor, said he did not know...
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up near a mosque in southeastern Iran on Wednesday, killing at least 38 people at a Shiite mourning ceremony, state media reported. The IRNA news agency quoted forensic official Fariborz Ayati as saying the dead...