By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
Federal agents arrested an Uzbekistan man in Idaho on ties to terrorism, claiming he provided cash and support to a militant group in his country in order to carry out an attack on unspecified targets. Published May 17, 2013 Comments
By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times
The tragedy of Benghazi, where a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were killed, seemed a cut-and-dried story in the days after a mob attacked the State Department’s mission in eastern Libya. Today, the public knows that those early administration pronouncements were false. Published May 16, 2013 Comments
By Associated Press
North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions. Published May 18, 2013 Comments
By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times
The Pentagon will ask Congress for about $79.5 billion for overseas combat operations next fiscal year, the lowest annual cost for the war on terror since 2005, as U.S. troops and their equipment start to come home from Afghanistan, officials and news reports said Friday. Published May 17, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
The pro-Syria regime group, Syrian Electronic Army, hacked into the news site and Twitter feed of the Financial Times on Friday. Published May 17, 2013 Comments
By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times
The man who leads the Pentagon’s secret war against al Qaeda and its allies believes it is likely to last another decade or two, and that the current legal basis for it provided by Congress in 2001 continues to be sound, despite the changing character of the enemy. Published May 17, 2013 Comments
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
An Army sergeant who worked at a combat stress clinic in Iraq but went on a rampage and killed five colleagues in 2009 was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Published May 17, 2013 Comments
By Associated Press
Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down and will instead "face the storm," raising new doubts about a U.S-Russian effort to get Assad and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country's civil war. Published May 18, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
The U.S. military has a new set of orders in its pursuit of the terrorists who are guilty of killing four Americans in the Sept. 11, 2012, attack in Benghazi: Capture or kill. Published May 17, 2013
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
The chairman of the House oversight committee on Friday subpoenaed the senior diplomat who ran the State Department's investigation into the Benghazi attack, saying lawmakers deserve to be able to depose him before he testifies publicly. Published May 17, 2013
By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
A $55 million cigarette-smuggling ring that cheated several East Coast states out of sales tax dollars could be tied to terrorist groups, authorities said. Published May 17, 2013
By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times
It will take nearly five years for the Afghan Air Force to become fully capable of flying all types of missions, but some of its pilots are testing out the skies today. Published May 17, 2013
By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times
The U.S. military could blind Syria's air defenses -- as it would need to do to establish a 'no-fly' zone over rebel held areas -- without firing a shot, using new and highly secret cyberattack capabilities, according to USA Today. Published May 17, 2013
By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times
The U.S. Marshals Service lost track of two "known or suspected terrorists" being held by the federal government as part of its witness protection program, the Justice Department's office of inspector general said Thursday in a report. Published May 16, 2013
By Miles Yu
China is challenging a key American policy toward Japan: the unambiguous U.S. support of Japan's sovereign rights to the Ryukyu island chain, including the key strategic island of Okinawa. Published May 16, 2013
By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times
The State Department on Thursday added the leader of an al Qaeda-linked Syrian rebel group to its global terror list, freezing any assets he might have in the U.S. and making it illegal for Americans or U.S.-based companies to do business with him. Published May 16, 2013
