TERRORISM

Sheikh Younis al-Mauritani, a senior al-Qaida leader and Osama bin Laden confidant, was arrested in a joint operation by the Pakistan military and the CIA, the Pakistan army said Monday.

As America nears a 10th anniversary memorial for the deadly 9/11 attacks from Al Qaeda, the U.S. is close to proclaiming victory in the war against the terrorist organization. In the latest development, with help from the U.S., Pakistan's main intelligence agency has captured a top al Qaeda commander suspected of planning attacks on American oil pipelines, tankers and other key economic targets.

As counterterrorism has become the preeminent goal, the military has relied increasingly on covert operations

The U.S. Department of State has issued travel warning for its citizens as the country marks the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has put out a warning that the U.S. is at a heightened state of vigilance, leading up to the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

When the U.S. went to war with al-Qaida almost a decade ago after the terrorist organization launched a deadly attack against the U.S., killing thousands and taking down New York's World Trade Center towers, the contest seemed un-winnable at times. Over the past decade, some pundits and experts even labeled it that -- the un-winnable war. But now that the U.S. has reportedly killed Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda's second-in-command in Pakistan last month, and largely disbanded the organization...

Thirty-five prisoners facing terrorism charges escaped through a sewage pipe from a temporary jail in Iraq's restive northern city of Mosul on Thursday before 21 were recaptured, officials said.

The situation seems to reflect the continuing lack of communication between Washington and Islamabad.

Al Qaeda's new second-in-command was killed earlier this week in Pakistan, U.S. officials said Saturday, in a major blow to the group still reeling from the death of Osama bin Laden.

The U.S. has killed Al Qaeda's second in command. Has the U.S. won the war on Osama Bin Laden's terrorist organization?

When the U.S. went to war with al Qaeda almost a decade ago after the terrorist organization launched a deadly attack against the U.S., killing thousands and taking down New York's World Trade Center towers, the contest seemed un-winnable at times. Since pundits and experts even labeled it that -- the un-winnable war. First, the U.S. killed Osama bin Laden. Now, reports say the U.S. has killed al Qaeda's number two leader.

The U.S. believes al-Qaida's No. 2 leader, Attiya Abd al-Rahman, was killed earlier this week in the tribal areas of Pakistan, U.S. officials said Saturday.

The U.S. has killed al Qaeda's number two leader, officials say. The U.S. is close to defeating the terrorist organization responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the U.S.

Federal officials say Cody Crawford was motivated by hatred of Muslims.

Many residents of Washington, D.C. and New York City initially thought that Tuesday’s earthquake was a tremor caused by a terrorist attack.

Popular talk show host David Letterman received a death threat on an extremist networking site frequented by al Qaeda, a U.S. intelligence monitoring group said on Wednesday.

David Letterman has received a death threat from a Jihadist group Web site frequently accessed by Al Qaeda, posting plans to assassinate the "Late Show" host because of an offensive joke.

Suicide attackers and car bombs hit cities across Iraq on Monday, killing at least 60 people in apparently coordinated assaults authorities blamed on al Qaeda affiliates intent on destabilizing the government.

He faces the death penalty if convicted.

A person is being treated for an anthrax infection in Minnesota. The FBI has determined that it was not a terrorist act.

Claire Danes, the star of Showtime's upcoming CIA drama "Homeland," joked at the Television Critics Association's summer press tour that starring in those ads for the eyelash-enhancement product Latisse have given her new character an edge in fighting terrorism.