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Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

5 dead in Las Vegas shooting

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 04:49 PM PDT

A Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officer walks near the scene of a shooting, Sunday, June 8, 2014 in Las Vegas. Police say two suspects shot two officers at a Las Vegas pizza parlor before fatally shooting a person and turning the guns on themselves at a nearby Walmart. (AP Photo/John Locher)Two suspects entered an eatery and fatally shot two officers before killing a civilian.

Gunmen storm airport in Pakistan, killing 9 people

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 03:00 PM PDT

Pakistani troops arrive at Jinnah International Airport following an attack by unknown gunmen disguised as police guards who stormed a terminal used for VIPs and cargo, Sunday night, June 8, 2014, in Karachi, Pakistan. The airport attack still was ongoing early Monday in Karachi, a sprawling port city on the southern coast of Pakistan, although officials said all the passengers had been evacuated. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen disguised as police guards stormed an airport terminal used for VIPs and cargo in Pakistan's largest city Sunday night, killing at least nine people as explosions echoed into night, officials said.

John Kerry defends Bergdahl swap with Taliban

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 10:32 AM PDT

US Secretary of State John Kerry takes part in a ceremony on June 7, 2014 in Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, western FranceSecretary of State John Kerry defended Sunday the swap of five Guantanamo detainees for American Bowe Bergdahl, amid reports the captive US soldier was kept at times in a metal cage and in total darkness. Kerry doubled down on President Barack Obama's controversial decision to make the trade in exchange for the release of Bergdahl, who the top US diplomat said was at risk of being tortured by his captors. Bergdahl was released to US troops in Afghanistan last Saturday in exchange for the five Taliban detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Gunmen storm Pakistan airport, killing at least 11

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 04:48 PM PDT

A Pakistani soldier takes position at Jinnah International Airport where security forces are fighting with gunmen who disguised themselves as police guards and stormed a terminal used for VIPs and cargo, Sunday night, June 8, 2014, in Pakistan. The airport attack still was ongoing early Monday in Karachi, a sprawling port city on the southern coast of Pakistan, although officials said all the passengers had been evacuated. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen disguised as police guards attacked a terminal at Pakistan's busiest airport Sunday night with machine guns and a rocket launcher, killing at least 11 people as explosions echoed into the night, officials said. A separate suicide bombing in the country's southwest killed 23 Shiite pilgrims returning from Iran, authorities said.

Bergdahl says he was tortured by Taliban captors

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 12:05 PM PDT

PARIS (AP) — U.S. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has told people treating him at an American military medical facility in Germany that he was tortured, beaten and held in a cage by his Taliban captors in Afghanistan after he tried to escape, a senior U.S. official said Sunday.

Pope dives into Mideast peace with prayer summit

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 12:29 PM PDT

Pope Francis plants an olive tree with Israel's President Shimon Peres, left, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, second from left, and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, right, in a sign of peace during an evening of peace prayers in the Vatican gardens, Sunday, June 8, 2014. Pope Francis waded head-first into Mideast peace-making Sunday, welcoming the Israeli and Palestinian presidents to the Vatican for an evening of peace prayers just weeks after the last round of U.S.-sponsored negotiations collapsed. (AP Photo/Max Rossi, Pool)VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis plunged head-first into Mideast peace-making Sunday, welcoming the Israeli and Palestinian presidents to the Vatican for a remarkable evening of peace prayers just weeks after the last round of U.S.-sponsored negotiations collapsed.

Ex-military chief sworn in as Egypt's president

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 01:00 PM PDT

Egyptian President-elect Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi gets out of a military helicopter as he arrives at the Supreme Constitutional Court, to take the oath of office in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, June 8, 2014. Egypt's former army chief El-Sissi was sworn in on Sunday as president for a four-year term, taking the reins of power in a nation roiled since 2011 by deadly unrest and economic woes. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's former military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, winner by a landslide in last month's presidential election, was sworn into office Sunday nearly a year after he ousted the nation's first freely elected leader.

Morgan recovering after surgery following crash

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 02:18 PM PDT

This photo provided by the New Jersey State Police shows Kevin Roper. Roper, a Wal-Mart truck driver from Georgia, was charged with death by auto and four counts of assault by auto in the wake of a deadly chain-reaction crash on the New Jersey Turnpike early Saturday, June 7, 2014, that left actor-comedian Tracy Morgan and two others critically injured and another man dead. (AP Photo/New Jersey State Police)TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Tracy Morgan was recovering Sunday, but was expected to remain hospitalized for several weeks after having surgery on a broken leg suffered in a deadly chain-reaction crash on the New Jersey Turnpike that left two others critically injured and another man dead.

Tony Awards will lean on songs and celebrities

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 11:37 AM PDT

This image released by Polk and Co. shows Idina Menzel, center, with the cast during a performance of "If/Then," at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York. Menzel is nominated for a Tony Award for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical. The Tony Awards will be held on Sunday, June 8, in New York. (AP Photo/Polk and Co., Joan Marcus)NEW YORK (AP) — Relax, Idina. At this star-studded ceremony, no one is going to mangle your name.

51 beauty queens vie for Miss USA crown

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 04:43 PM PDT

From left, Miss Teen USA 2013 Cassidy Wolf, Miss Universe 2013 Gabriela Isler, Donald Trump, and Miss USA 2013 Erin Brady pose during a red carpet event before the Miss USA 2014 pageant in Baton Rouge, La., Sunday, June 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Beauty queens from every U.S. state and the District of Columbia are vying for the crown this weekend, each hoping to be the one named Miss USA.

Brazil, Qatar continue to cause FIFA problems

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 02:07 PM PDT

FIFA President Sepp Blatter arrives for a press conference where he talked about the organization and infrastructure of the upcoming World Cup, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, June 5, 2014. The World Cup soccer tournament starts on 12 June. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)SAO PAULO (AP) — Days before the World Cup kicks off in Brazil, the equally troubled 2022 tournament in Qatar continues to cause FIFA problems.

Aerial reenactment caps D-Day celebrations

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 12:45 PM PDT

Paratroopers are dropped near the Normandy village of Sainte Mere Eglise, western France, during a mass air drop, Sunday June 8, 2014, as part of commemorations of the 70 anniversary of the D-Day landing. World leaders and veterans gathered by the beaches of Normandy on Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of the World War II D-Day landings. Visible at foreground is bronze sculpture Iron Mike, a monument dedicated to the American airborne soldiers who fought on the D Day.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)LA FIERE, France (AP) — Nearly 1,000 paratroopers dropped out of the sky in Normandy on Sunday — but this time they did so in peace, instead of to wrest western France from the Nazis as they did during World War II.

Pope wades into Mideast peace with prayer summit

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 11:35 AM PDT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis waded head-first into Mideast peace-making Sunday, welcoming the Israeli and Palestinian presidents to the Vatican for an evening of peace prayers just weeks after the last round of U.S.-sponsored negotiations collapsed.

Clinton decision on 2016 run could come next year

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 08:11 AM PDT

FILE - This May 14, 2014 file photo shows former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaking in Washington. Clinton defended her response to the deadly 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, writing in her new book that she will "not be part of a political slugfest on the backs of dead Americans." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton's decision on seeking the White House again could stretch into 2015, and she's making no commitments about testifying before a select congressional committee investigating the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya.

New Egypt president sworn in, calls for stability

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 07:14 AM PDT

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was sworn in Sunday as president for a four-year term, assuming the highest office of a deeply polarized nation roiled by deadly unrest and an economic crisis since its Arab Spring uprising in 2011.

Threats made against Bergdahl’s family

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 08:06 PM PDT

Bob Bergdahl, father of U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, speaks during a news conference in BoiseThe father of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has received several hate emails, police say.

Quebec sees second jailbreak involving helicopter

Posted: 08 Jun 2014 02:34 PM PDT

Police check a car by the Orsainville Detention Center near Quebec City on Saturday, June 7, 2014. Three inmates have escaped from the center with the help of a helicopter, police said late Saturday. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Francis Vachon)MONTREAL (AP) — The search widened Sunday for three inmates who escaped with the help of a helicopter from a detention center in Quebec City a day earlier.

California Chrome's Triple try ends in defeat

Posted: 07 Jun 2014 07:35 PM PDT

Tonalist (11), ridden by jockey Joel Rosario, edges out Commissioner (8), with Javier Castellano up, to win the 146th running of the Belmont Stakes horse race, Saturday, June 7, 2014, in Elmont, N.Y. California Chrome (2), the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner and ridden by Victor Espinoza, finished fourth. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)NEW YORK (AP) — California Chrome failed in his bid to win the first Triple Crown in 36 years on Saturday, losing the Belmont Stakes to long shot Tonalist and leaving his owner to complain others took "the coward's way out" by skipping the first two legs of the Triple Crown.

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