2 convicted of plotting Canada train attack

A Canadian court convicts two terror suspects over a plot to attack a train from New York to Toronto
21 March 2015, 09:38 AM

US police shoot attacker at New Orleans airport

US security staff shot a knife-wielding man three times at New Orleans international airport after he tried to storm a checkpoint
21 March 2015, 07:52 AM

1 killed in Phoenix shooting spree

A gunman open fires inside a motel room in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa, killing a man and wounding two women before shooting three more people as he sought to elude an exhaustive manhunt that ended in his capture
19 March 2015, 06:11 AM

Kerry praised Bangladesh lawmen’s role: Mahmood

John Kerry has appreciated the role of Bangladesh’s law enforcement agencies in countering terrorist activities, the foreign minister says
16 March 2015, 08:42 AM

US tycoon murder suspect Durst says he 'killed them all'

US tycoon Robert Durst is arrested on a murder charge ahead of the finale of a TV show investigating the murder of Susan Berman
16 March 2015, 04:54 AM

Utah is the only state to allow death by firing squad

Lawmakers passes a bill that would make Utah the only state to allow firing squads for carrying out a death penalty if there is a shortage of execution drugs
11 March 2015, 08:58 AM

Suriname leader’s son gets 16yrs of US prison

The son of Suriname's president is sentenced on Tuesday to 16-1/4 years in prison, after pleading guilty last August to US charges that he tried to offer a home base to the Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah
11 March 2015, 06:24 AM

Baby survives 14 hours in Utah River

A baby girl is found alive in a car more than 14 hours after the vehicle plunged into a river in Utah
9 March 2015, 05:22 AM

Obama in Selma: Our march is not over

US President Barack Obama rallied a new generation of Americans in a forceful speech in Selma, Alabama on the 50th anniversary
8 March 2015, 05:44 AM

I would have shot Barack Obama: Ohio man

An Ohio man claiming sympathy with Islamic State militants and charged with plotting to attack the U.S. Capitol says he would have shot President Barack Obama in the head
7 March 2015, 05:30 AM

US adds 295,000 jobs in February

The US economy adds 295,000 jobs in February, while the unemployment rate fell to 5.5% from 5.7%
7 March 2015, 04:49 AM

Reporter Bob Simon killed in car crash

Bob Simon, an award-winning war reporter and longtime correspondent for the "60 Minutes" news show, died in a car accident Wednesday. He was 73.
12 February 2015, 19:13 PM

US special forces to target ISIS leaders

President Barack Obama said he would not flinch from sending US special forces to kill Islamic State leaders, as he called for Congress to authorize military operations that stop short of a full-scale invasion.
12 February 2015, 18:51 PM

'Gas blast' levels NY buildings

Major explosion caused by gas leak reduces two residential buildings in Manhattan to rubble, killing two women and injuring 22 people, with a number of others missing.
12 March 2014, 18:00 PM