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Guantanamo Policies Must Change, Says Obama 6 hours agoIn a wide-ranging, impassioned speech to define US foreign policies on terrorism, President Barack Obama has outlined new policies governing the use of unmanned More »
Obama seeks end to perpetual U.S. 'war on terror' 9 hours agoBy Matt Spetalnick and Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twelve years after the "war on terror" began, President Barack Obama wants to pull the United States More »
Obama shifts U.S. from 'perpetual war-footing,' limits drone strikes 12 hours agoBy Matt Spetalnick and Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday shifted the United States away from a "boundless global war on More »
Obama seeks to redefine the US war on terror 13 hours agoPresident Barack Obama laid out new guidelines for drone strikes and launched a fresh bid to close Guantanamo, warning that a "perpetual" US war on terror would be More »
Obama tackles drones, Guantanamo in reset of war on terror 16 hours agoPresident Barack Obama Thursday laid out new guidelines for drone strikes and launched a new bid to close Guantanamo Bay, warning that a "perpetual" US war on More »
Woolwich: Family Tribute To Soldier Lee Rigby 16 hours agoThe family of Drummer Lee Rigby, who was killed in a terrorist attack in Woolwich, have said he would do "anything for anybody". More »
- Factbox - Obama outlines rules for armed drone strikes 18 hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a wide-ranging speech on foreign policy on Thursday, President Barack Obama defended his administration's use of drones to kill terrorists More »
Prayers offered for Woolwich victim 18 hours agoMourners have gathered to pay their respects to the soldier killed in the brutal terrorist attack in London. More »
- Obama condemns attack on British service member 20 hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he condemned "in the strongest terms" the attack in London on a British service member. "The United More »
Obama to lift ban on sending Guantanamo inmates to Yemen 20 hours agoPresident Barack Obama said Thursday he would lift a moratorium on transferring Guantanamo Bay inmates to Yemen, as part of a new effort to finally close the More »
- Head of radical Islamist group who knew knifeman blames UK foreign policy 21 hours ago
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - The head of a banned British radical Islamist group who knew one of the men who hacked a soldier to death on London streets More »
- Cameron says London attack was betrayal of Islam 21 hours ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said the brutal killing of a soldier who was hacked to death in London by two men shouting Jihadist slogans was a More »
- Cameron says will never give in to terror 21 hours ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday the country would remain resolute in its opposition to terrorism after two men hacked to death a More »
Woolwich Suspects 'Known To Security Services' 22 hours agoThe two terror suspects being held under armed guard at hospitals in London were both known to security services, Government sources say. More »
- France's Hollande says will protect interests in Niger 22 hours ago
PARIS (Reuters) - France will do everything to protect its interests in Niger after an attack on a uranium plant run by nuclear reactor maker Areva near the More »
- France wants Hezbollah armed wing on EU terror list by end-June Thu, May 23, 2013
By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - France said on Thursday it hoped an initiative could be agreed by the end of June to put the armed wing of Hezbollah on the EU's More »
Tunisia 'making progress' against terror groups Thu, May 23, 2013Prime Minister Ali Larayedh said on Thursday that Tunisia is making progress in its bid to dismantle "terrorist" cells despite the presence in the country of armed More »
Police chief defends response time Thu, May 23, 2013Scotland Yard has hit back after questions were raised about how long it took officers to reach the scene of the terrorist murder in Woolwich. More »
Soldier-attack police raid home Thu, May 23, 2013Anti-terror police investigating the "barbaric" murder of a soldier in London have searched a property 150 miles away in Lincolnshire. More »
- Woolwich killing: Getting the coverage right Thu, May 23, 2013
One quick look at today's front pages will confirm the potential pitfalls of covering a terrorist attack. There are some pretty grubby examples on offer. The Daily More »
Cameron steadies the ship: 'No knee jerk response' to Woolwich terror Thu, May 23, 2013David Cameron quashed rumours of a possible revival of the snoopers' charter today, after he told reporters there would be no "knee-jerk" response to the suspected More »
Woolwich: EDL Protests As Mosques Targeted Thu, May 23, 2013English Defence League supporters took to the streets of Woolwich and threw missiles at police after the suspected terrorist killing earlier in the day. More »
Woolwich attack: Expert warns Britain face a new type of terror threat Thu, May 23, 2013The brutal murder of a soldier in Woolwich was a "departure" from previous attack and represented a "new round of terror threats in this country" More »
- France backs call to put Hezbollah armed wing on EU terror list Thu, May 23, 2013
PARIS (Reuters) - France is ready to support a British initiative to put the armed wing of Hezbollah on the European Union's list of terrorist organisations, an More »
Woolwich: Terrorists Will Never Win - Cameron Thu, May 23, 2013David Cameron says Britain has faced terror attacks such as the one in Woolwich before and has always beaten them back. More »
Obama to reset US terror war in key speech Thu, May 23, 2013Barack Obama will renew his failed vow to close Guantanamo Bay and argue his drone war is legal and just Thursday, in a speech reframing US anti-terror policy that More »
London attack 'beyond belief': press Thu, May 23, 2013The savage murder of a man believed to be a soldier on a London street in a suspected terror attack was "beyond belief" but will only strengthen Britain's support More »
Woolwich: 'Soldier Dead After Terror Attack' Thu, May 23, 2013A man reported to be a serving soldier has been hacked to death in Woolwich, south east London, in what is being treated as a terrorist attack. More »
Soldier hacked to death in suspected Islamist attack Thu, May 23, 2013By Maria Golovnina and Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - A British soldier was hacked to death by two men shouting Islamic slogans in a south London street on More »
- Possible Nigerian link probed in London attack Wed, May 22, 2013
LONDON (Reuters) - A possible Nigerian link to attackers suspected of hacking a soldier to death in London while shouting Islamic slogans is being probed, two More »
Two arrested after mosque attacks Wed, May 22, 2013Two men have been arrested after separate attacks on mosques following the terrorist incident in Woolwich. More »
US formally takes responsibility for killing Awlaki Wed, May 22, 2013The United States formally said for the first time on Wednesday that it had killed radical Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and three other US citizens in More »
France seeks to brand Hezbollah as 'terrorist' group Wed, May 22, 2013France is to call for the military arm of Hezbollah to be added to an EU terror blacklist due to its backing of the Syrian regime, French Foreign Minister Laurent More »
Man butchered by 'terror' pair Wed, May 22, 2013Terrorism returned to the streets of London as two suspected Muslim fanatics butchered a man in broad daylight in the name of "Allah". More »
- "Overwhelmingly likely" killing was terror attack - London mayor Wed, May 22, 2013
LONDON (Reuters) - London mayor Boris Johnson said on Wednesday it was "overwhelmingly likely" an attack in south London in which a man was hacked to death was an More »
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