terrorism

Terrorist attacks in Turkey have become more frequent and brutal. But the attack inside an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Day is only the most recent.

As news of the tragedy in Orlando spread, vigils sprung up in cities all around world. Here are photos from many countries showing people standing in solidarity with the fallen in Orlando.

The latest attacks in Paris are a sign that ISIS is becoming a global threat.

The Justice Department is deciding whether to grant a legal request to free a detainee by the name of Tariq Ba Odah. The Yemeni national has been on hunger strike since 2007 and currently weighs just 74 pounds.

In recent years, Kenya has been on the front line of the war against terror. In 2013, Al-Shabaab killed 67 people in an attack on Nairobi’s upscale Westgate mall. More recently, militants stormed a northern Kenyan university, killing 148 people in the country’s worst terrorist attack in more than a decade. Terrorism experts now know the group receives at least some of its funding from the illegal wildlife trade, so stopping poachers in Kenya’s national parks is not just about saving elephants, it’s about saving people, too.