Standard News

Hide Advertisement
News

FBI director says four arrested in last month for Islamic State plots

By 1 min read
  • # Updated
FBI Director Comey and Homeland Security Secretary Johnson are seated before a House Homeland Security hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI has arrested four people within the last month in order to disrupt Islamic State-inspired plots, FBI Director James Comey told a panel of U.S. lawmakers on Thursday.

At the same hearing, U.S. National Counterterrorism Director Nicholas J. Rasmussen said Islamic State’s ability to carry out attacks in Iraq, Syria has not significantly diminished even as the militant group has lost ground militarily.

Advertisement

(Reporting by Julia Edwards; Editing by James Dalgleish)

tagreuters.com2016binary_LYNXNPEC6D14P-VIEWIMAGE

tagreuters.com2016binary_LYNXNPEC6D14Q-VIEWIMAGE

tagreuters.com2016binary_LYNXNPEC6D14R-VIEWIMAGE

Advertisement - Continue reading below

Box Office: ‘Finding Dory’ Scores Record $136.2 Million Opening
Entertainment
Reuters 3 min read

Box Office: ‘Finding Dory’ Scores Record $136.2 Million Opening
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Announces Statement on Federal Civil Rights Enforcement and its Reports Planning for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019
News
Jason Owen 2 min read

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Announces Statement on Federal Civil Rights Enforcement and its Reports Planning for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019
Baltimore saw steep fall in police numbers as murder rate soared
News
Reuters 4 min read

Baltimore saw steep fall in police numbers as murder rate soared
Sandusky lawyer seeks to prove leak tainted in Penn State molestation case
News
Reuters 3 min read

Sandusky lawyer seeks to prove leak tainted in Penn State molestation case
Fox settles sexual harassment lawsuit for $20 million on Ailes’ behalf
News
Reuters 3 min read

Fox settles sexual harassment lawsuit for $20 million on Ailes’ behalf
Families remember 9/11 victims 15 years after attacks
News
Reuters 4 min read

Families remember 9/11 victims 15 years after attacks
Washington state will not charge police in Mexican laborer’s slaying
News
Reuters 2 min read

Washington state will not charge police in Mexican laborer’s slaying
Carolina clown sightings scare me, says horror master Stephen King
News
Reuters 2 min read

Carolina clown sightings scare me, says horror master Stephen King
Former Oklahoma reserve deputy sentenced to four years for manslaughter
News
Reuters 2 min read

Former Oklahoma reserve deputy sentenced to four years for manslaughter
Straight from the studio: ‘Star Wars’ prop replicas go on sale
Entertainment
Reuters 1 min read

Straight from the studio: ‘Star Wars’ prop replicas go on sale
load more