Terrorism, Christmas Day Bombing | featured news

Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden issued a new audio message claiming responsibility for the Christmas day airline bombing attempt in Detroit and vowed further attacks.

President Obama is announcing new measures Tuesday to beef up airline security after an alleged terrorist attempt to destroy ...

The US has moved dozens of names on to "watch" and "no-fly" lists in the wake of an alleged airliner plot, officials say.

U.S. intelligence agencies did not miss a "smoking gun" that could have prevented an alleged attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day, President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser said Sunday.

The president says an affiliate of the group trained and equipped Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. He promises to hold U.S. security officials accountable for breakdowns in terrorism screening.

Officials say a Somali national tried to board a commercial airliner in Mogadishu last month with powdered chemicals, liquid and a syringe that together could have caused an explosion. The hallmarks bear chilling similarities to the terrorist plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner.

President Obama said a "mix of human and systemic human failure" allowed a terror suspect to board an airliner in the botched Christmas Day bombing attempt.

An attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. passenger jet has put a spotlight on what American spy agencies see as an emerging battlefield in Yemen against a rapidly growing hub for al Qaeda.