WASHINGTON—The United States Treasury says new rules relaxing trade and travel restrictions to Cuba will be implemented beginning Friday. The move is a step toward the Obama administration’s goal, announced last month, of normalizing ties with the communist nation. In a statement Thursday, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said the United States is now “one step […]
A Belgian counter-terrorism squad thwarted a planned terrorist attack in that country today after they carried out a raid on a building in the eastern city of Verviers Belgian authorities announced. Two of the suspected terrorists, who it is reported have extensive ties to ISIS, were killed in the raid, another gunman was injured in […]
A 20-year-old Cincinnati, Ohio-area man was arrested by the FBI today for a plot to attempt to attack the U.S. Capitol and kill government officials according to the Department of Justice. Christopher Lee Cornell was taken into custody by the FBI’s Terrorism Task Force on the charges after he was implementing the final steps before […]
In a recording released and posted online on Wednesday, the Yemen branch of al-Qaida assumed responsibility for the attack on the Paris-based offices of Charlie Hebdo, saying, “As for the blessed Battle of Paris, we, the Organization of al-Qaida al Jihad in the Arabian Peninsula, claim responsibility for this operation as vengeance for the Messenger of […]