Category: Terror
Voices from the Home Front: How Israelis Live Under Fire
Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip have fired more than 12,000 rockets into Israel in the past 12 years. Listen to a few of the Israelis who have been living with this reality for...
Germans Consider Brit-Style CCTV after Foiled Bombing
Germany’s former capital narrowly escaped a deadly bombing last week when a device placed on a train station platform failed to detonate. The authorities suspect radical Islamists, but they are having trouble finding the...
Schools Safer Than 1990s as Educators Anticipate Killers
As students return to classes today after the murder of 20 children in Newtown, Connecticut, parents may find some reassurance in a single fact: Students are far less likely to be killed in school than...
Schools in two other Connecticut towns in lockdown
(Reuters) – Schools in two Connecticut towns were in lockdown on Monday, the first day children returned to class since Friday’s massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. All schools in Ridgefield, Connecticut,...
President Obama Makes a Statement on the Shooting in CT
President Obama delivers a statement on today’s shooting at a school in Newtown, Connecticut. December 14, 2012.
At least 26 dead in shooting at Connecticut elementary school
DEVELOPING: Authorities say at least 26 people, including 18 children, were killed Friday when a gunman opened fire inside a Connecticut elementary school. A law enforcement official said the shooter, who is dead, is believed...
Abbas mulls forming confederation with Jordan
Palestinian Authority officials confirmed Thursday that they were studying the possibility of establishing a confederation with Jordan, but stressed that this would take place only after the creation of an independent Palestinian state within...
‘Grinch Gang’ Ransacking Well-To-Do Westchester County Towns
SCARSDALE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Someone’s dropping by Westchester County homes this holiday season, and it isn’t Santa. Police say smash-and-grab break-ins are on the rise, CBS 2’s Lou Young reported Thursday. You can call them...
UK: Terror-related arrests up by 60%
The number of people arrested for terrorism-related offences has increased by more than 60%, according to official figures. Some 228 suspects were arrested in England, Wales and Scotland in the 12 months to the...
