Jun 26 - By Rob Gillies, AP Writer
Bail was denied Tuesday for two teenagers charged with membership in a terrorist group that plotted to bomb buildings around Toronto.
Jun 24 - By Doug Simpson, AP Writer
The father of a man accused in a terrorism plot to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower said Saturday he was at a loss to explain how his son was suspected of leading such a group.
Jun 24 - By Curt Anderson, AP Writer
A plan hatched by seven men to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower and other buildings was "more aspirational than operational," FBI officials said.
Jun 23 - By Lara Jakes Jordan, AP Writer
Take it from Michael Chertoff: The Homeland Security Department is no "24." Chertoff, the department's secretary, said Friday he doesn't have a way-cool, state-of-the-art Counter Terrorist Unit like the one on the Fox TV show. Bad guys aren't foiled on an hourly basis. And not everybody is romantically involved with co-workers.
Jun 23 - By Nathaniel Hernandez, AP Writer
It's the tallest skyscraper in North America, the most recognizable building on the Chicago skyline and the destination of thousands of office workers each day.
Jun 23 - By Mark Sherman, AP Writer
Seven men accused of trying to blow up the Sears Tower with help from al-Qaida never actually made contact with the terrorist network and were instead caught in an FBI sting involving an informant who posed as an al-Qaida operative, authorities said Friday.
Jun 23 - By Associated Press
Saudi security forces stormed a suspected al-Qaida hideout in the country's capital early Friday, killing six militants and arresting a seventh after an exchange of gunfire, the interior ministry said.
Jun 22 - By Associated Press
Inside a city warehouse, authorities believe, a group was hatching the early stages of a widespread terror plot — one that targeted Chicago's Sears Tower, an FBI office in Miami and other U.S. buildings.
Jun 22 - By Associated Press
Former Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge, speaking at the opening of a new RAND Corp. office, said the war on terror is likely to last for decades, much like the Cold War.
Jun 19 - By Jeremy Hainsworth, AP Writer
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Monday that Canada's open and diverse society was its greatest weapon against terrorism.
Jun 18 - By Associated Press
A Pakistani-born architect was convicted Monday of plotting a terrorist attack in Australia.
Jun 16 - By Harry R. Weber, AP Business Writer
Federal prosecutors want to restrict a terrorism suspect's access to evidence in his own case and hold a hearing in secret to discuss the extraordinary request to protect national security, according to court papers filed by the government Friday.
Jun 16 - By Rob Gillies, AP Writer
Canada unveiled on Friday anti-terrorism measures aimed at bolstering security at the country's airports, railway systems and marine ports in the next few months.
Jun 15 - By Harry R. Weber, AP Business Writer
Investigators preyed on a Georgia Tech student's devotion to Islam during a terrorism probe and then reneged on a promise not to arrest him if he told the truth, the suspect's lawyer said in court papers Thursday.
Jun 14 - By Jan Sliva, AP Writer
Amnesty International urged European governments Wednesday to prevent their airports from being used by the U.S. for secret transfers of terror suspects to countries where they might be tortured, and called for compensation for prisoners who say they were spirited through the region illegally.
Jun 13 - By Katherine Shrader, AP Writer
U.S. counterterrorism officials say they are uncovering homegrown Islamic radicals inside the United States who lack formal ties to al-Qaida and operate independently.
Jun 13 - By Phil Couvrette, AP Writer
Three Muslim men are challenging Canada's policy toward foreign-born terror suspects in the country's highest court, arguing that detaining them for years if they refuse to return to their homelands violates Canada's constitution.
Jun 12 - By Beth Duff-Brown, AP Writer
Lawyers for some Muslim terror suspects held in an alleged plot to blow up Ontario buildings complained outside a courtroom Monday about a media blackout on courtroom proceedings.
Jun 10 - By Harold Heckle, AP Writer
Tens of thousands of Spaniards marched Saturday in Madrid to demand the government not hold talks with Basque separatists.
Jun 8 - By Beth Duff-Brown, AP Writer
Jailed terror suspects accused of plotting attacks in Canada had been making plans to detonate truck bombs against the stock exchange and the country's spy agency, according to a news report citing court documents.
Jun 8 - By Associated Press
A man who told police he made a pipe bomb to attack an abortion clinic was arrested Thursday, shortly before the device went off in a friend's home while authorities tried to disable it, according to court documents.
Jun 6 - By Beth Duff-Brown, AP Writer
Prosecutors have accused some of the 17 Muslim terror suspects arrested in Canada of plotting to storm Parliament, take hostages and behead the prime minister unless Canada withdrew its troops from Afghanistan, an attorney for one of the suspects said.
Jun 6 - By Lara Jakes Jordan, AP Writer
Despite efforts to seal U.S. borders against terrorists, the threat may already be here, according to counterterror officials worried about Americans seeking to attack the country from the inside.
Jun 6 - By Beth Duff-Brown, AP Writer
At least one member of a group of terror suspects plotted to storm Canada's parliament and behead officials, including the prime minister, if Muslim prisoners in Canada and Afghanistan were not released, according to charges made public Tuesday.
Jun 5 - By Beth Duff-Brown, AP Writer
Police said Monday more arrests are likely in an alleged plot to bomb buildings in Canada, while intelligence officers sought ties between the 17 suspects and Islamic terror cells in the United States and five other nations.
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