Fighting Terrorism

WASHINGTON – Jordan's King Abdullah II suggests that failure of new peace talks between Isarel and the Palestinians would be a victory for terrorists seeking to derail the process.

All eyes are upon us, Abdullah said. He praised President Barack Obama for serving as an "honest broker and partner" and told the negotiators that "time is not on our side."

He encouraged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud not to pass up this opportunity to reach a...

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Two Yemenis arrested by Dutch police for a possible terror plot were in the United States legally before they boarded a flight to Amsterdam, a senior US intelligence official said Tuesday.

"They were here legally," the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told reporters.

The two men were arrested at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport after US authorities found a mobile phone taped to a bottle in their luggage and Dutch prosecutors said they being held on suspicion...