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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The terror threat level to the UK has been downgraded to "severe", from "critical",  the home secretary says.
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Security agents broke up a group planning terrorist attacks on tourist sites and government facilities, arresting 56 people who included soldiers and the wives of two pilots at the state airline, the Interior Ministry said yesterday. The sweep was the latest by Morocco's government in an antiterror campaign that began after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in ...
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Conditions for asylum-seekers are becoming tougher because of terror fears in rich countries, the UN warns.
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Terrorism has replaced weak employment growth and the ballooning budget deficit as the biggest immediate threat to the economy, the National Association for Business Economics said Tuesday.
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The Bush administration is fighting congressional efforts to slash the amount of emergency food aid the United States provides around the world, saying the cuts could hurt as many as 8 million people in dire need.
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LONDON -- In its fight against terrorism, the United States has eroded rights worldwide, Amnesty International said yesterday.
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Privacy advocates yesterday called on the federal government to scrap a Department of Homeland Security data-mining program designed to create terrorism risk assessments for every traveler who enters or leaves the United States.
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German politicians called for tougher anti-terrorism measures and immigration rules on Thursday after police said they had foiled a plot by Islamist militants to carry out massive bomb attacks.
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Spiraling costs and a missing long-term strategy bedevil the US-VISIT program, which screens incoming travelers to the United States for terrorist links. Luke O'Brien reports from Washington.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - The top Palestinian security official said on Saturday his government was dismantling militant groups, including those connected to President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction.
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The Bush administration plans to screen thousands of people who work with charities and nonprofit organizations that receive U.S. Agency for International Development funds to ensure they are not connected with individuals or groups associated with terrorism, according to a recent Federal Register...
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JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities on Thursday ordered a nationwide security crackdown after several foreign governments warned that terrorists were preparing to launch attacks against Western targets ahead of Christmas.
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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 federal government will lower the terror alert status for financial institutions in New York, New Jersey and Washington, The Associated Press learned Wednesday.
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Plan to target websites that 'groom' terrorists
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Plans to increase the time for which terrorist suspects can be held without charge are criticised.