Terrorism News

Two men yesterday engaged in a horrific act of violence on the streets of London by using what appeared to be a meat cleaver to hack to death a British soldier.

A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstrations with a banned radical group, two Muslim hard-liners said Thursday.

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Declaring America at a "crossroads" in the fight against terrorism, President Barack Obama on Thursday revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes, including more control by the U.S. military, while leaving key details of the controversial program secret.

President Barack Obama's speech on the fight against terrorism at the National Defense University, as provided by the White House: It's an honor to return to the National Defense University.

An American citizen killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in 2011 was arrested by Pakistani authorities three years earlier but escaped after being released on bail, officials said Thursday.

Police shot dead a couple suspected to be terrorists after they threw four grenades, wounding five officers in an overnight stand-off, a police official said Sunday.

English Defence League supporters have thrown missiles at police in Woolwich after a machete attack that left one man dead.

Counterterrorism drone strikes have killed four Americans overseas since 2009, the U.S. government acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday, one day before President Barack Obama delivers a major speech on related policy.

France's Foreign Ministry says it is strengthening security measures, hiring more guards and buying new equipment to help protect French facilities abroad amid shifting threats.

Two men with butcher knives hacked another to death Wednesday near a London military barracks and one then went on video to explain the crime - shouting political statements, gesturing with bloodied hands and waving a meat cleaver.

A man has been killed in a machete attack and two suspects shot and wounded by police in Woolwich, south-east London.

U.S. Attorney General and chief law enforcement official Eric Holder said that a total of four American citizens -- who are suspected to be involved in terrorist activities -- have been killed in military drone strikes since 2009.

The works do seem to be "gummed up" on Capitol Hill. And President Barack Obama isn't the only one to say so.

The European Union is reassessing whether to declare the Lebanese party Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist organization, a move it has long shied from despite pressure from the U.S., officials said Wednesday.

British officials are saying one man is dead and two others were injured in a possible terrorist attack in London on Wednesday.

A police photographer takes pictures at the scene of the car bomb in Rotton Row, Hyde Park, London, in July 1982 A man has been charged with the murders of four soldiers in the IRA's 1982 Hyde Park bombing, Scotland Yard said.

Two officials say Britain has launched a bid to formally have the European Union declare the Lebanese party Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist organization.

Five men are under round-the-clock U.S. surveillance in Libya, wanted for questioning in the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.

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