TERRORISM

This deployment represents the Navy’s first under the Optimized Fleet Response Plan, which aims to establish seven-month trips.

American lawmakers last month had introduced a bill proposing that the reclusive state be relisted as a sponsor of terrorism.

The assault aims to cut off Islamic State’s last stretch of the Syrian-Turkish frontier by seizing territory in northern Syria west of the Euphrates River.

The group is made of self-described Muslims. BBC’s religion chief says people need to recognize that.

The Treasury Department called Pyongyang a “primary money laundering concern,” and announced new restrictions to cut access to global banking systems.

A $10 million ransom has been demanded by the group holding Japanese freelance journalist Jumpei Yasuda in Syria.

The release of the reporters could help move the rebels and the government toward beginning the peace talks they announced in March.

A father and son accused of supporting terrorism say they were tortured in prison.

Government officials said Thursday that the insurgent National Liberation Army was responsible for the kidnapping of one Spanish and two local journalists.

India’s thriving movie scene and its actors were reportedly the targets of an Islamic State extortion scheme.

But hero pilot “Sully” Sullenberger, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and former National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Mark Rosenker cautioned it’s too early to draw conclusions.

The message made no mention of the EgyptAir flight that crashed into the Mediterranean on Thursday.

Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump says the U.S. “has bigger problems than Assad.”

Data suggest a possible restroom blaze near the cockpit of the doomed Paris-to-Cairo passenger plane, a report said.

The talks broke up last month, with President Bashar Assad’s government and foes blaming each other for military escalation.

Russian officials said terrorism was the “most likely” cause in the crash of EgyptAir Flight 804.

The city has agreed to pay a total of $3.2 million to the families of Ryan Rogers and Emmanuel Lopez.

The Philippines terror group demanded a ransom of almost $13 million for Canadian and Norwegian hostages.

The bill requires the administration to review whether or not North Korea fits the terror sponsor designation.

The young men reportedly planned to sail to Indonesia to join jihadi groups in Syria.

The Security Council was set to meet Saturday in Nigeria to evaluate efforts to combat the extremist group, which has been active in the country since 2009.