TERRORISM

A bomb rocked a major pedestrian avenue in the heart of Istanbul on Sunday, killing six people, wounding several dozen and sending people fleeing the fiery explosion

French cement company Lafarge pleaded guilty Tuesday to paying millions of dollars to the Islamic State group to keep a plant operational in Syria — at a time when the militant group was engaged in torturing kidnapped Westerners — and agreed to pay roughly $778 million in penalties.

The firm admitted in Brooklyn court Tuesday to providing material support for terror and agreed to a $700 million fine, Jonathan Dienst reports.

A judge began questioning Tuesday a few of the hundreds of prospective jurors summoned for the trial of a man charged with killing eight people on a New York City bike path in a terror attack five years ago.

The FBI issued an alert asking police to be on the lookout for an alleged “anti-vaxxer” accused of blowing through a checkpoint at the Canadian border while voicing anger at the U.S. Open.

A U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan killed Ayman al-Zawahri, the leader of Al Qaeda one of the architects of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Adam Weinstein from the Quincy Institute says that strike shows the U.S., which pulled troops out of Afghanistan last year, can still take down threats without troops on the ground. “It’s still possible,” he says on...

A mass shooting that left two dead and over a dozen injured in the Norwegian capital of Oslo late Friday is being investigated as a possible terrorist attack.

Prosecutors claimed Alexei Sabb researched spots like Rockefeller Center, Grand Central Terminal, all three New York area airports, as well as the Brooklyn, Triborough and George Washington bridges; the jury was unable to reach a verdict on the charge of providing material support for a terrorist group

Among the potential targets researched were Rockefeller Center, Grand Central Terminal, all three New York area airports, the Brooklyn, Triborough and George Washington bridges and the Lincoln and Holland tunnels

A New York City man convicted of trying to help the Taliban fight American forces was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison.

Three men who plotted to attack electricity substations in a white supremacist bid to sow national unrest pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorism.

Emirati officials reject that their country’s reputation as an isle of stability is being threatened.

The announcement comes in the wake of several successive drone and missile attacks on the UAE.

The UAE’s Ministry of Defense said Monday morning’s attack did not cause any losses.

The missile launch comes just one week after a deadly Houthi-claimed attack on Abu Dhabi that used what UAE officials say were drones and missiles.

In an area home to some of the world’s largest oil producers and key shipping routes, the uptick in tensions is likely to keep crude markets on edge.

International benchmark Brent crude was trading at $87.75 on Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Abu Dhabi, its highest level since 2014.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed an attack in Abu Dhabi that resulted in three fuel tanker explosions near state oil firm ADNOC’s storage facilities.

Two teenagers were detained in South Manchester and remain in custody for questioning in connection with the synagogue attack

Michigan prosecutors are charging a teen with terrorism in a deadly mass shooting at his high school, a novel approach made possible by a law enacted after the 9/11 attacks nearly 20 years ago.