Republicans call for Boston bombings suspect to be 'enemy combatant'
Following the arrest of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Barack Obama faces challenges from senators over approach to terrorismBarack Obama used his weekly address to the nation on Saturday to hail the successful...
View ArticleSudden religiosity and mysterious trips: clues that build up Boston attacks case
Tsarnaev brothers fit the key indicators of potential threat: young, male, first-generation migrants with 'identity issues'Security services have learned much about Islamic extremist violence in recent...
View ArticleMore police on duty for London marathon
Several hundred more officers will patrol the streetsThe number of police officers on duty for the London marathon has been boosted by 40% to provide reassurance in the wake of the atrocities in...
View ArticleBoston bombing suspect was under FBI surveillance, says mother
'They told me my son was an extremist leader,' says Zubeidat TsarnaevaOne of the two men suspected of being behind the Boston Marathon bombings was under FBI surveillance as a suspected "extremist" for...
View ArticleFBI faces questions over previous contact with Boston bombing suspect
Agency admits it interviewed Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011 'at request of foreign government' but did not find 'terrorism activity'The FBI's previous contacts with one of the alleged Boston bombers have...
View ArticleBoston remembers victims of marathon bombing – video
People leave flowers and messages at a memorial for the victims of Monday's Boston Marathon bomb attack
View ArticleBoston bomb suspect under heavy guard as officials wait to question him
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in serious condition as civil liberties groups express concerns over plan to question him without reading him his rightsAs the lone surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing...
View ArticleLondon Marathon observes silence for Boston bomb victims – video
Runners and spectators at the London Marathon hold a 30-second silence in memory of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombs
View ArticleBoston Marathon attack: thermal images show Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hiding in boat...
Massachusetts state police release thermal images which show Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, suspect in the Boston Marathon attack, hiding in a boat
View ArticleTsarnaev aunt reveals further details about visit to Dagestan
Reports that Boston suspect went to Dagestan for 6 months in 2012 to visit his father have been dismissed by auntAs attention focuses on Tamerlan Tsarnaev's 6-month visit to Russia's restive Caucasus...
View ArticleBoston bomber suspect's wife contacted by federal investigators, says lawyer
Katherine Russell Tsarnaev only found out he was a suspect in marathon attack when she saw it on television, says lawyerFederal authorities have asked to speak with the wife of the killed Boston...
View ArticleBoston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev 'critical but stable' – video
Boston's police commissioner, Ed Davis, says the suspect in the Boston Marathon bomb attack, is in a 'critical but stable' condition in hospital
View ArticleDzhokhar Tsarnaev found by Watertown police in boat – thermal video
Thermal images show police finding Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, hiding in a boat
View ArticleWhy is Boston 'terrorism' but not Aurora, Sandy Hook, Tucson and Columbine |...
Can an act of violence be called 'terrorism' if the motive is unknown?Two very disparate commentators, Ali Abunimah and Alan Dershowitz, both raised serious questions over the weekend about a claim...
View ArticleEurope's weakness threat to its security and turns off US
• EU must be more than about banks and cash, warns top US security commentator• US authority also weakened - by invasion of Iraq - conference hears"The European Union is a union mainly of banks rather...
View ArticleIs terrorism now international or domestic?
Was the Boston bombing 'home-grown' or driven by an international network? Or does the distinction no longer apply when terrorism is at once worldwide and local?Two brothers: sportsmen, students, sons,...
View ArticleTwo charged in Canada over alleged terrorist plot
Police name men suspected of planning attack on passenger train and say there was no imminent threat to the publicCanadian police have charged two residents with an al-Qaida-linked plot to "carry out a...
View ArticleCanada terror plot suspects due in court over attempt to derail train
Chiheb Esseghaier and Raed Jaser planned to derail Toronto passenger train backed by 'al-Qaida elements' in Iran, say policeTwo men were expected to appear in court in Toronto on Tuesday charged with...
View ArticleFrench embassy in Libya devastated by car bomb - video
The French embassy in Libya's capital Tripoli is seen after a car bomb explosion that injured two guards and caused a fire
View ArticleThe special dread of terrorism for Muslims in the west | Murtaza Hussain
For Muslims in the US and Canada, terror's enduring damage is the erosion of trust and an unjust stain of guilt by associationI was born in Pakistan but have been fortunate enough to have had a happy...
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