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Mar 16, 2015 In The News

A Russian property developer, a Chinese outfit operating shell companies and Venezuelan officials ripping off the state-owned oil companies -- all of them are accused of coming to a bank in the European principality of Andorra to "wash" their money.

Mar 14, 2015 In The News

In the spring of 2010, Afghan officials struck a deal to free an Afghan diplomat held hostage by Al Qaeda. But the price was steep — $5 million — and senior security officials were scrambling to come up with the money.

Mar 14, 2015 In The News

While Iraqi government and allied forces were on the defensive Friday in Ramadi, they remained on the offensive in Tirkit -- trying to win over not only the strategic city, but the hearts and minds of its nearby residents.

Mar 13, 2015 In The News

If the U.S. wants to prevent the terrorist attacks of the future, it needs to turn its attention to the Internet, according to the head of the CIA.

Mar 12, 2015 In The News

European countries agreed Thursday to begin giving extra scrutiny this summer to travelers who meet criteria indicating they could be terrorists or Muslim foreign fighters.

Mar 9, 2015 In The News

In those areas of Iraq and Syria controlled by the Islamic State, residents are furtively recording on their cellphones damage done to antiquities by the extremist group.

Mar 9, 2015 In The News

Islamic State is struggling to maintain unity and discipline amid corruption, ideological differences and defections that have mounted along with the expansion of its ranks and cash coffers.

Mar 5, 2015 In The News

A new draft counterterrorism law here is provoking unusually strong condemnation, from multinational companies trying to do business in China to domestic dissidents trying to stay out of jail and from global human rights groups to foreign health workers.

Mar 2, 2015 In The News

Dozens of elephants are being slaughtered at a national park in the Democratic Republic of Congo as armed militants aggressively move into the poaching business, using money from illegal ivory to buy food, weapons and ammunition.

Mar 2, 2015 In The News

Igniting a live man in a cage; severing the heads of dozens; kidnapping, raping and selling women and children -- ISIS' shocking maltreatment of its captives has become regrettably predictable.

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