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President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel shake hands at the end of a joint news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin June 19, 2013. 
Credit: Reuters

Obama defends terrorism tactics in wary Berlin

President Barack Obama defended U.S. intelligence methods on a visit to Berlin on Wednesday, telling Chancellor Angela Merkel and wary Germans that Washington was not monitoring the emails of ordinary citizens or damaging civil liberties.

Posted in National
Tagged Angela Merkel, barack obama, Berlin, Brandenburg Gate, civil liberties, communism, East Germany, NSA, Obama, privacy, security, spying, terrorism
Muhammad Naeem (R), a spokesman for the Office of the Taliban of Afghanistan speaks during the opening of the Taliban Afghanistan Political Office in Doha June 18, 2013. REUTERS/Mohammed Dabbous

United States to meet with Taliban to seek Afghan peace

The United States and the Taliban raised hopes for a negotiated peace in Afghanistan with commitments to meet this week [...]

Posted in National, News
Tagged Afghanistan, Doha, International, peace, politics, Qatar, Taliban, talks, terrorism, U.S.
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$65,000 offered for information on 2008 Times Square bomber

The FBI and the NYPD have provided new evidence in the 2008 bombing of an army recruiting station in Times Square and are offering a $65,000 reward.

Posted in Local
Tagged 2008 times square bombing, army recruiting station, bomber, bombing, FBI, manhattan, NYC, NYPD, reward, surveillance footage, suspect, terrorism, times square, wanted | Reply
A protester waves a Palestinian flag in front of the Jewish settlement of Ofra during clashes near the West Bank village of Deir Jarir near Ramallah April 26, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Torokman

Israel has frozen new building in settlements: minister

Israel has frozen nearly all housing starts in settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, Housing Minister Uri Ariel [...]

Posted in International, News
Tagged building, Israel, Middle East, mideast, Palestine, politics, settlements, terrorism
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Bacon bullets: Can they deter Islamic terrorism?

Security services can now stop listening to our calls as a simple solution to Islamist terror has been discovered in the form of pork bullets.

Posted in National
Tagged ammunition, bacon, bullets, Islamist, jihad, national, pig, pork, terror, terrorism, unclean | Reply
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Obama administration defends massive phone record collection

The Obama administration on Thursday defended its collection of a massive amount of telephone records from at least one carrier as part of U.S. counterterrorism efforts, re-igniting a debate over privacy even as it called the practice critical to protecting Americans from attacks.

Posted in National
Tagged boston marathon, court order, couterterrorism, investigation, Obama, phone records, privacy, telephone, terrorism, Verizon
Anti-government protesters behind barricades and a excavator clash with riot police as they try to march to the office of Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul early June 3.
Credit: Reuters

Turkish premier brands protesters extremists

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accused anti-government protesters on Monday of walking “arm-in-arm with terrorism”, remarks that could further inflame public anger after three days of some of the most violent riots in decades.

Posted in International
Tagged anti-government, istanbul, Prime Minister, protests, Tayyip Erdogan, terrorism, Turkey, violence
This image, which reportedly appears in the latest issue of al Qaeda magazine "Inspire," is a composite of the bloody scene of the Boston bombing and an image of AQAP's military commander Qassem al-Rimi. Credit: Middle East Media Research Institute

New issue of al Qaeda magazine Inspire celebrates Boston bombings

Excerpts taken from the latest issue of al Qaeda propaganda publication, Inspire magazine, has leaked to the web, and focuses on the April 15 bombing of the Boston Marathon.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged Al Qaeda, al Qaeda magazine, Boston, Boston bombings, boston marathon, inspire, instructions, magazine, terror, terrorism, warning | Reply
A police van carrying Michael Adebowale arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in London May 30, 2013. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

Man appears in London court over killing of British soldier

Michael Adebowale, 22, appeared in a London court on Thursday charged with the killing of a British soldier on a busy London street last week, which the prosecutor said would be tried as a terrorist act.

Posted in International
Tagged beheading, British soldier, court, death, hacked, London, Michael Adebowale, terrorism, Woolwich
Osama Bin Laden
Credit: Getty Images

Bin Laden ‘blew himself up to defy navy Seals’ claims former bodyguard

A former leader of the Egyptian jihadi movement, who was once a personal guard of Osama bin Laden, has denied [...]

Posted in International, News
Tagged abbotabad, bin laden, navy seals, suicide, terrorism | Reply
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