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Senate votes down bill to withdraw troops from Niger

The Senate struck down a bill from Sen. Rand Paul that would have required the U.S. to remove troops from Niger in the wake of a coup.

By Bryant Harris

19 months ago

‘This case kept me up at night’

This book excerpt tells how a former Army National Guardsman who supported the Islamic State group worried the seasoned FBI agents working the case.

By Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, Seamus Hughes and Bennett Clifford

5 years ago

Judge refuses to vacate Somali pirate’s sentence

He was on board a pirate skiff that opened fire on the amphibious dock landing ship Ashland in April 2010 in the Gulf of Aden.

5 years ago

Lebanese man back home after mistaken for hijacker of 1985 flight that claimed the life of a US Navy sailor

A Lebanese journalist returned home to Beirut on Wednesday after being mistakenly detained last week in Greece on suspicion of involvement in a 1985 TWA airline hijacking.

6 years ago

This is what Saudi Arabia is doing to Osama bin Laden’s son

He's believed to have been born in 1989, the year of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, where his father became known among mujahedeen fighters.

By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press

6 years ago

Legal deal over harsh CIA interrogations marks a milestone

A settlement in a landmark lawsuit against two psychologists who helped design the CIA’s harsh interrogation methods used in the war on terror marked the first time the agency or its private contractors have been held accountable for the program, legal experts said Thursday.

8 years ago

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