The terminology Barack Obama employs as the United States fights ISIS, al-Qaida and other Islamist militants has come under scrutiny as the president hosts a three-day White House summit on the fight against terrorism.
The Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday accused the ISIS terror group of using organ harvesting as a way to finance its operations and asked the U.N. Security Council to take action.
The FBI and Justice Department found the group was sending money and supplies, such as combat clothes and firearms accessories, to ISIS fighters in Syria.
At least seven people were wounded in Tel Aviv on Wednesday when a Palestinian man stabbed civilians on a commuter bus and in the street. The attack marked the first such incident since a soldier was stabbed to death two months ago amid a surge of violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
A new poll released on Tuesday reveals that recent world events have cast a spotlight on the importance of foreign policy for the current administration. A majority of Americans admit that they are living in fear of a terrorist attack on U.S. soil that they feel is imminent and have also expressed concern that Congress is incapable of keeping the country safe from such a threat.
In the wake of the deadly attacks on the Charlie Hebdo magazine and a kosher grocery store in Paris and in an effort to foil similar incidents, French, German and Belgian authorities on Friday arrested more than two dozen terrorism suspects.
The French public further underlined its support for Charlie Hebdo by picking up all 700,000 copies of the satirical magazine attacked last week by Islamist militants. The publication's latest issue, offered at 27,000 newsstands across the country, sold out within minutes.
The Obama Administration has moved one step closer to its goal of closing Guantanamo Bay for good by transferring five more Yemenis prisoners overseas to the countries of Oman and Estonia.
FBI agents foiled an Ohio man's plan to attack Washington D.C., specifically the U.S. Capitol, with the intent of killing lawmakers and other U.S. officials on Thursday. The FBI arrested the man, identified as Christopher Lee Cornell, for planning to orchestrate this attack after being inspired by al-Qaeda.
Al-Qaida's Yemeni branch on Wednesday claimed responsibility for last week's attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, which left 12 people dead and sparked a week of violence and massive anti-terror protests across the country.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced Monday that he plans to travel to Paris later this week to show solidarity with the people of France and speak with French officials following the deadly terrorist attacks by Islamist militants last week.
Two hostage situations in France have ended with the hostage takers dead. However, at least four hostages are dead. Two of the hostage takers are believed to be the terrorists involved in the deadly attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday.
Just weeks after placing second on Columbia Journalism Review's "worst journalism in 2014" list, CNN anchor Don Lemon is once again being slammed after critics say he asked a Muslim lawyer a highly inflammatory and offensive question about the Islamic State terror group.
French police on Thursday continued the manhunt for two brothers wanted for the terrorist attack on the magazine Charlie Hebdo, in which 12 people were killed on Monday. Cherif Kouachi, 32, and Said Kouachi, 34, are the main suspects in the massacre, and authorities so far have been unable to apprehend them.
Peruvian anti-terrorist police have arrested a Lebanese national, who is part of Hezbollah, in the capital city. The man initially lied about his nationality but later confessed to being part of the terrorist group.
