Congo attack: Suicide bomber kills 6 at restaurant and bar

Saturday's attack marked the first known time that a suicide bomber has killed victims in eastern Congo, where an Islamic State group affiliate earlier this year took responsibility for a suicide bombing near another bar in Beni who had caused no other casualties.

Terrorism threat 'heightened' over holiday season, DHS says

While DHS said it had no credible information on a specific threat, the agency warns in its latest national terrorism advisory bulletin that mass gatherings for the upcoming religious holidays could be potential targets.

Electrical issue at Iranian nuclear facility

The head of Iran’s civilian nuclear program has called a blackout that struck the country’s Natanz nuclear facility nuclear terrorism. Ali Akbar Salehi made the comments in a report published online by Iranian state television on Sunday night.

FBI chief warns violent ‘domestic terrorism’ growing in US

FBI Director Chris Wray bluntly labeled the January riot at the U.S. Capitol as “domestic terrorism” Tuesday and warned of a rapidly growing threat of homegrown violent extremism that law enforcement is scrambling to confront through thousands of investigations.

Nigeria: 279 kidnapped schoolgirls are freed

GUSAU, Nigeria (AP) -- Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls abducted last week from a boarding school in the northwestern Zamfara state have been released, the state's governor said Tuesday.