Journalists investigated by CBP anti-terror unit, watchdog group reports

Jeffrey Rambo, an agent who acknowledged running checks on journalists in 2017, told federal investigators the practice is routine.

Terrorism threat 'heightened' over holiday season, DHS says

While DHS said it had no credible information on a specific threat, the agency warns in its latest national terrorism advisory bulletin that mass gatherings for the upcoming religious holidays could be potential targets.

From ground zero to Pentagon to Shanksville, US marks 20th anniversary of 9/11

Twenty years ago, the 11th of September dawned as just a date. By midnight, it was 9/11, the staggering starting point for a new era of terror, war, politics, patriotism and tragedy.

Paris 2015 attacks: France begins trial of 20 men accused in night of terror

France began the trial of 20 men accused in the Islamic State group’s 2015 attacks in Paris that left 130 people dead and hundreds injured.

SoCal Marine identified as one of 13 US servicemembers killed in Kabul airport suicide bombing attack

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Kareem Mae'Lee Grant Nikoui was one of the 13 U.S. servicemembers killed in action while stationed at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday.

Three California families get out of Afghanistan to safety

Three families have made it out of Afghanistan after they went to the country to visit relatives and got stuck there amid the recent chaos.

Proud Boys leader who burned DC church’s Black Lives Matter banner gets jail time

A Proud Boys leader who was taken into custody days before the Jan. 6 riot was sentenced to five months behind bars on Monday for burning a D.C. church’s Black Lives Matter banner, and also for weapons charge.

‘We followed bin Laden to the gates of hell — and we got him’: Biden reflects on 10th anniversary of raid

On Sunday, President Joe Biden marked 10 years since Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. Special Forces by releasing a statement, reflecting on one of the biggest accomplishments of the Obama administration.

Iran calls Natanz atomic facility blackout 'nuclear terrorism'

Iran on Sunday described a blackout at its underground Natanz atomic facility an act of “nuclear terrorism,” raising regional tensions as world powers and Tehran continue to negotiate over its tattered nuclear deal.

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The head of Iran?s civilian nuclear program has called a blackout that struck the country?s Natanz nuclear facility nuclear terrorism. Ali Akbar Salehi made the comments in a report published online by Iranian state television on Sunday night.

FBI chief warns violent ‘domestic terrorism’ growing in US

FBI Director Chris Wray bluntly labeled the January riot at the U.S. Capitol as “domestic terrorism” Tuesday and warned of a rapidly growing threat of homegrown violent extremism that law enforcement is scrambling to confront through thousands of investigations.

Nigeria: 279 kidnapped schoolgirls are freed

GUSAU, Nigeria (AP) -- Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls abducted last week from a boarding school in the northwestern Zamfara state have been released, the state's governor said Tuesday.

More than 300 people have been charged after deadly US Capitol riot, Justice Dept. says

Acting Deputy Attorney General John Carlin said more than 300 people have been charged in connection with the Capitol riot, and that more than 280 have been arrested.

Gunmen storm Nigerian school and kidnap hundreds of girls

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Gunmen abducted 317 girls from a boarding school in northern Nigeria on Friday, police said, the latest in a series of mass kidnappings of students in the West African nation.

Sacramento man charged with trying to help terrorist group

A Russian man has been charged in California with attempting to provide support to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a foreign terrorist organization.