Japan to extend Afghan mission despite slaying (AFP)

27 August 2008, 11:55 pm

AFP - Japan said Thursday it planned to extend a controversial mission backing the US-led "war on terror" in Afghanistan, a day after Taliban extremists killed a Japanese aid worker in the war-torn country.... read more

5th arrest in alleged plot to kill British PM (AP)

27 August 2008, 1:28 am

AP - Police in Britain say that a fifth suspect has been arrested in an alleged plot to kill British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.... read more

Bank of China denies aiding terrorists (AP)

26 August 2008, 10:10 pm

AP - A major state-owned Chinese bank on Wednesday denied accusations in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles that it transferred money to terrorist groups and said it would fight the case.... read more

Radical tied to Obama compared US actions to 9/11 (AP)

26 August 2008, 9:10 pm

AP - The release of a 2004 interview with former 1960s radical William Ayers, in which he compared U.S. government actions to the Sept. 11 attacks, drew renewed attention Tuesday to his association with Democratic candidate Barack Obama.... read more

U.S. boy in Afghan custody likely terror suspect's son (Reuters)

26 August 2008, 5:23 pm

Reuters - An 11-year-old boy detained with a Pakistani woman accused of trying to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan is believed to be her son, U.S. prosecutors said in a court letter obtained on Tuesday.... read more

Two Guantanamo detainees transferred to Algeria: Pentagon (AFP)

26 August 2008, 3:10 pm

AFP - Two detainees at the Guantanamo war-on-terror jail were recently transferred to Algeria, the US Department of Defense said Tuesday, adding that about 260 people are still being held at the facility.... read more