The 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai heightened concerns in India over the government�s inability to eavesdrop on encrypted communications. In the United Arab Emirates, similar concerns escalated this year after a Palestinian operative was killed in a hotel in Dubai, possibly by a team from the Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency. In both countries, those […]

Police say two officers and two civilians were wounded and another person was killed in an exchange of gunfire in upper Manhattan. NYPD spokesman Sgt. Carlos Nieves says the most

A Queens man accused of having al Qaeda ties and playing a role in a 2009 suicide bomb plot on the New York subway system pleaded not guilty to new

French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux expressed �horror and sadness� after the discovery Wednesday of anti-Jewish and negationnist inscriptions at a memorial to the deportation and resistance in Marmande, in the Lot-et-Garonne department, southwest of France. The words �lies,� �Zionism�, �interests� and the dollar sign �$� were inscribed in red paint on the monument which bears […]

Catching a flight in the New York region will soon include the prospect of taking a trip through a full-body scanner first. The Port Authority of New York and New

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks were exaggerated in a fresh broadside at the United States just days after President Barack Obama voiced willingness

Firefighters extinguished a small dorm fire in Lakewood this morning, township police reported. At about 9:15 a.m., police received reports of a dorm fire at the Beth Medrash Govoha yeshiva

Mayor Bloomberg won�t stop talking about the mosque near Ground Zero, harshly attacking opponents yesterday who �ought to be ashamed of themselves.� Sounding more supportive of freedom of religion than freedom of speech, Bloomberg said, “I just don’t think the government should tell people where they can pray and where they can build houses of […]

Cuba’s Fidel Castro took part in his first government function since he nearly died in 2006, repeating his apocalyptic warnings of a nuclear war that only President Barack Obama can

A state appeals court has determined that a New Jersey couple who gave their children Nazi-inspired names should not regain custody of them. Heath and Deborah Campbell’s three small children

The following is a report by WPIX: Jewish leaders put on a love fest in front of the site of the proposed ‘Ground Zero mosque.’ “We are here in support

A Bosnian immigrant from Flushing, accused in a subway bombing plot, is due to be arraigned Friday morning. Adis Medunjanin, 25, graduated from Queens College with a degree in economics. The FBI says he�s an associate of Najibullah Zazi, who has already admitted to the plot. The two conspired with another man, Zarein Ahmedzay, 25. […]

Rep. Peter King yesterday accused House Democrats of “sabotaging” a 9/11 health bill, and said the deaths of heroic police and firefighters are “on their hands.” “Rather than face a

James Clapper was confirmed unanimously by the Senate Thursday night to be the nation’s next intelligence chief. Clapper, tapped by President Obama for the Director of National Intelligence job, will

Congressman Charles Rangel is talking tough in the face of ethics charges. While speaking at an event Thursday in Morningside Heights, the embattled Harlem lawmaker says he will not bow

New York City has its first confirmed case of West Nile Virus. CBS 2?s Dave Carlin reports there�s a growing number of mosquitoes testing positive for the virus and the city has a plan to deal with the problem. Ashley Young and other New Yorkers are noticing more mosquitoes than usual. A wet, humid spring […]

Despite some setbacks, al Qaeda’s core leadership in Pakistan remains the biggest threat to the United States, and the group continues to expand and strengthen worldwide, according to a new