Plan for Terror Screening of Aid Groups Cut Drastically
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The Bush administration has decided to sharply scale back its plan to screen U.S. foreign aid contractors around the globe for potential terrorism connections, deciding instead to begin with a pilot program involving aid recipients in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip before expanding it worldwide.
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In the wake of the terror plot, new restrictions on carry-ons could be a heavy burden
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Diplomatic posts at the State Department and U.S. embassies worldwide will be cut by 10 percent next year because of heavy staffing demands in Iraq and Afghanistan, Director General Harry Thomas informed the foreign service yesterday.
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A suspected plan to torture and behead a soldier appeared to be a tactical shift from plots to cause mass fatalities.
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Federal officials lowered the terrorist alert level on Wednesday for the financial services sector in Washington, New York and northern New Jersey, saying that financial
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A proposal now being drafted would limit the role of United States troops in Iraq to counterterrorism efforts.
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The US is to lower the terror alert for major financial centres in New York, New Jersey and Washington, officials say.
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The United States would cut off funding to the U.N. Human Rights Council under a bill passed by the Senate, the latest action by Washington to target an agency it has harshly criticized since its creation last year.
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The federal government has fallen back to prosecuting international terrorists at about the same rate it did before Sept. 11, according to a study based on Justice Department data.
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The International Committee of the Red Cross said yesterday it has given the Bush administration a confidential report critical of US treatment of terror suspects detained
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The Al-Qaida terror network spent less than â¬44,600 on each of its major attacks except the September 11 suicide hijackings and one of its hallmarks is using readily-available items like mobile phones and knives as weapons, a new United Nations report
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RECENT acts of terrorism have further diminished the chances of Australia&#39;s men&#39;s hockey team participating in six-nation Champions Trophy in Pakistan in December.
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The number of foreigners who became permanent U.S. immigrants dropped sharply in 2003 as anti-terrorism measures delayed the processing of applications, according to a new government report.
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At the urging of the White House,  congressional leaders scrapped a legislative measure last month  that would have imposed new restrictions on the use of extreme  interrogation measures by American intelligence officers, The  New York Times reported on Wednesday.
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An international Buddhist organization's plans may displace hundreds.
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Saudi Arabia's crackdown on al Qaeda  militants has seriously eroded their forces and capabilities  but the network will remain a threat in the world's biggest oil  exporter for years, a U.S. research group said.
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The near doubling of financing is part of an effort to burnish the presidentâs humanitarian credentials.