‘The Bomb Lady’ and the Forerunner of the ‘Bunker Buster’ Used in Iran

While a child in wartime Vietnam, Anh Duong vowed to one day help the soldiers who saved her. She and her Navy team helped revolutionize American munitions.

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Can a Jazz Bassist Who Served Time on Terror Charges Revive His Career?

Tarik Shah, who played with jazz greats in his youth, spent years behind bars after pleading guilty to plotting to teach martial arts to Qaeda fighters. Now he is out and working on a comeback.

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Trial in Bombing of U.S.S. Cole Is Postponed Until June 2026

The trial had been set to begin on Oct. 6, days before the 25th anniversary of the attack that killed 17 U.S. sailors on the destroyer Cole.

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Amid Sectarian Violence in a Syrian City, Even the Funerals Are Armed

Amid sectarian clashes that killed seven men in Jaramana, tense residents say the government isn’t doing enough to protect them, and are organizing to guard the city.

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Syria’s Jihadist-Turned-President Seeks New Allies

In an interview with The New York Times, President Ahmed al-Shara urged the United States to lift sanctions and alluded to the possibility of future military support from Russia and Turkey.

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Military Judge Throws Out Sept. 11 Case Confession as Obtained Through Torture

The critical question of whether the prisoner’s 2007 interrogations could be used at his capital trial has shadowed the case for years.

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Trump Team Divided Over Future of U.S. Embassy in Somalia

Some State Department officials have proposed closing the embassy in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, as a precaution after recent gains by Al Shabab militants.

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Pakistan Is Trying to Integrate the ‘Most Dangerous Place’ on Earth. It’s Failing.

The country’s former tribal areas bordering Afghanistan are plagued by escalating militancy, leading to widespread disillusionment.

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Court Face-Off on Deportations Tests Trump’s Power to ‘Find and Declare’ Facts

The litigation unleashed by President Trump’s second term, combined with his distortions and lies, is testing the judicial system’s practice of deferring to the executive branch’s determinations about what is true.

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Defendant in U.S.S. Cole Bombing Case Signs Plea Offer

The Saudi prisoner agreed to the settlement to avoid a death-penalty trial, his lawyer said, but it has yet to reach the defense secretary.

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