Al Qaeda Offshoot Captures Iraq's Second Largest City
On Tuesday, an Al-Qaeda splinter group in Iraq raised their black flags above buildings across the city of Mosul as forces seized control of the nation's second largest city. The Iraqi military was...
View ArticleAs Violence Overcomes the Nation, Is Iraq Still America's Problem?
Everyone remembers the fall of Baghdad in 2003 after the massive U.S. invasion. But now we may be on the verge of seeing a second fall of Baghdad—only this time to Islamist forces are taking major...
View ArticleAs Extremists Rise in Iraq, America's Legacy Begins to Unravel
On Thursday, militant fighters from the Al Qaeda splinter group ISIS made their way into the city of Kirkuk, advancing their claim on the northern part of Iraq. ISIS militants are said to already...
View ArticleAl Shabab Terror Group Targets Students in Kenya
Al Shabab, a terror group affiliated with Al Qaeda that operates out of East Africa, has taken responsibility for an attack on students at a university in northeast Kenya, near the border with...
View ArticleEpicenter of Refugee Crisis Faces New Questions After Paris Attacks
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.A forgotten passport on the pavement next to a gunman accused in the Paris attacks has become a grim reminder of the extent to which the...
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Survivors of 2 Terror Attacks at World Trade Center Remember the First
Twenty years ago today, Andree Marshall was buying airline tickets on the ground floor of the World Trade Center in the North Tower. At the same time, Lynne Christian was in the same building having...
View ArticleParis and the Future of Terrorism
Joshua Keating, staff writer at Slate focusing on international affairs who writes their World blog, and Steve Clemons, Washington editor at large for The Atlantic, discuss the Paris shootings and...
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News Wrap: LA students return to school after threat hoax
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: Two major stories tonight.In Baltimore, a mistrial, a jury deadlocked over the guilt or innocence of a policeman in the death-in-custody of Freddie Gray....
View ArticleCounterterrorism After the Brussels Attacks
If one failed shoe-bombing attempt at an airport prompted a widespread rule to remove shoes during security screenings, what will we take away from the terror attacks in Brussels?Michael Weiss, senior...
View ArticleHow the Orlando Massacre Could Change the 2016 Election
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Political reaction to the deadly mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, has been rippling across the country. Within hours of the attack, the...
View ArticleThis Week in Politics: After Orlando, Trump Keeps the Focus on... Trump
In the week following the deadliest mass shooting in recent American history, Donald Trump swung from self congratulatory tweets and wild innuendo about President Obama … to a robust defense of the...
View ArticleHorror in Nice: What We Know So Far
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment. Mayhem broke out in Nice, France on Thursday after a man in a truck plowed through a crowd during an independence day fireworks demonstration....
View ArticleFrench Around the World Mourn After Nice Attack
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.The damage that 31-year-old Mohamed Bouhlel inflicted upon innocent civilians in Nice, France was even greater than the 84 lives he claimed....
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Bombing in Turkey leaves more than 50 people dead
A family member of a victim of a suicide bombing at a wedding celebration mourn over his coffin during a funeral ceremony in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep, Turkey. Photo by Osman...
View ArticleAttack in Turkey, Corruption at the Department of Homeland Security, O.J....
Coming up on today's show:An attack on an upscale Istanbul nightclub on New Year's Eve left 39 people dead and nearly 70 wounded. This is the fourth terrorist attack in Turkey this month, and poses...
View ArticleTerror Attack in Canada Targets Islamic Center
Six people have been killed and eight were wounded in a shooting at an Islamic center in Quebec City, Canada, on Sunday night. As local police investigate the shooting as an act of terrorism, a...
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Tracing the roots of the America’s biggest domestic terror attack
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioAUDIE CORNISH: Finally tonight: 1995 was the year of the largest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history, the Oklahoma City bombing.A new documentary premieres...
View ArticleMonday Morning Politics; The Rise of Jared Kushner; Updates on Syria;...
Coming up on today's show:Mike DeBonis, Congress and national politics reporter for The Washington Post, and Jennifer Bendery, White House correspondent and congressional reporter for The Huffington...
View ArticleTerror Returns to the Heart of London
Prime Minister Theresa May called Sunday for tougher measures to contain Islamic extremism in Britain after an attack that killed seven people in a busy area of London and disrupted Britain's election...
View ArticleU.K. Weighs Counterterrorism Options in Wake of London Attack
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. This past weekend presented another harrowing series of days for the United Kingdom.On Saturday night in London, three men drove a white van...
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