Military juntas in 3 West African nations investigate a French journalist over jihadi analysis

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Prosecutors in military junta-ruled Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso launched investigations on Wednesday against the French journalist and researcher Wassim Nasr into what they called his “apology of terrorism” and “complicity” in alleged terrorist acts, in the latest...

Police are probing apparent cyber vandalism on Wi-Fi networks at UK train stations

LONDON (AP) — U.K. transport officials and police said Thursday they are investigating a “cyber-security incident” after users of public Wi-Fi networks at the country’s biggest railway stations reported being shown anti-Muslim messages. Passengers trying to log onto the Wi-Fi...

Pakistan brings arrested nurse before cameras to answer questions about her alleged bombing attempt

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities brought a nurse they said was arrested over the weekend before state-run media on Wednesday to answer questions about her alleged suicide bombing attempt. The government-organized interview in Balochistan province was broadcast on national and local...

Federal officials say Michigan school counselor referred to student as a terrorist

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Education Department said Tuesday it confirmed that a Michigan school counselor referred to a Muslim student as a terrorist last fall. The Ann Arbor school district agreed to survey students, families and staff about harassment based on race or natural...

Alleged Hezbollah financier pleads guilty to conspiracy charge

NEW YORK (AP) — A Lebanese and Belgian citizen labeled by U.S. Authorities as a “global terrorist” and a major Hezbollah financer pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to cause a U.S. individual to unlawfully transact with him. Mohammad Ibrahim Bazzi, 60, labeled a “Specially...

Dutch prosecutors say man arrested after fatal stabbing is suspected of a terrorist motive

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A 22-year-old man arrested after a fatal stabbing in Rotterdam that left one person dead and another seriously wounded is suspected of murder and attempted murder with terrorist intent, prosecutors said Friday. The Rotterdam Public Prosecution Service...

Dutch prosecutors say the suspect in the Rotterdam fatal stabbing attack is accused of murder with terrorist intent

Air Force to deploy Osprey aircraft in weeks following review over deadly crash

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AP) — Air Force Special Operations Command is weeks away from deploying its fleet of CV-22B Osprey aircraft for counter terror operations after grounding its crews in the wake of a fatal crash last November in Japan, its top commander said Wednesday. In the...

UN General Assembly widely supports a Palestinian resolution demanding Israel end its occupation

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly strongly supported a nonbinding Palestinian resolution Wednesday demanding that Israel end its “unlawful presence” in Gaza and the occupied West Bank within a year. The vote in the 193-member world body was 124-14, with 43...

Congo court sentences 3 Americans and 34 others to death on coup charges

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A military court in Congo handed down death sentences Friday to 37 people, including three Americans, after convicting them on charges of participating in a coup attempt. The defendants, most of them Congolese but also including a Briton, Belgian and...