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A US man was arrested Jan. 14 for allegedly plotting an attack on Congress inspired by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadists, according to the Justice Department and the FBI.
      

A Libyan accused over the 1998 Al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Africa has died days before he was to stand trial in New York A Libyan accused over the 1998 Al-Qaeda bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa died on Jan. 2, days before he was to stand trial in New York, his lawyer said.

 A second suspect has been arrested for allegedly opening fire on two Los Angeles police, the FBI said Thursday, with the United States still on edge over the murders of two New York officers.
      
The alleged shooter, James Brooks, 19, was arrested Wednesady in Las Vegas, the FBI said in a statement.
      

U.S. counter-terrorism officials backed negotiations with two prominent jihadi clerics in a failed attempt to save the life of an American hostage who was later beheaded by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants, the Guardian newspaper reported on Dec. 19.
   

Sony Pictures on Dec. 17 cancelled the release of a madcap comedy about North Korea that triggered chilling threats from hackers, as US investigators reportedly blamed Pyongyang for a damaging cyber-raid on the movie giant.
      

President Barack Obama has ordered a comprehensive review of U.S. policy governing efforts to free Americans being held by militant groups overseas, the White House said on Nov. 17.
  

Thai police said on Nov.17 two Americans suspected of trying to send infant and adult body parts in parcels to the United States had fled the country.
   
A baby's head, a baby's foot sliced into three parts, a heart and a "sheet of skin" with tattoo markings were found in parcels on Saturday after staff at a shipping office in Bangkok scanned the packages, police said.

BELGRADE - Members of 17 special police units from 12 South-East European countries staged a hostage rescue demonstration exercise within the international seminar on the fight against terrorism in 2014in Batajnica on the outskirts of Belgrade on Friday.

BELGRADE - Members of 17 special police units from South-East European countries will perform a joint hostage rescue exercise in the base of the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (SAJ) in Batajnica, Belgrade outskirts, on Friday.

Kosmajac was arrested in his home in Belgrade on Sunday, alongside seven other people who work with him, on suspicion of tax evasion and other offences.