Times Square Bomb Plot

Federal authorities revealed Friday they had arrested and charged three men in connection with a 2016 plot to carry out bombings and shootings in crowded areas of New York City, then kept the court case under seal for more than a year as investigators worked the case.

Two Pakistani-born brothers accused in a plot to detonate a bomb in New York City to avenge the deaths of people killed by drone attacks in Afghanistan, pleaded guilty to federal terrorism charges on Thursday in Miami.

The Pakistani Taliban, which claimed the 2010 Times Square bomb plot, on Tuesday denied anything to do with explosions that killed three people and wounded more than 100 in Boston.

The convicted bomb-maker in a 2009 plot to cause carnage in New York described how he and an al-Qaeda handler in Pakistan considered everything from the subway to movie theatres as targets. "We started the conversation on such targets as Walmart, the New York Stock Exchange, Times Square, subways, movie theaters, I believe buses were mentioned too...

Pakistan-born American citizen Faisal Shahzad remained defiant as he pleaded guilty to attempting to set off a car bomb in New York's Times Square, saying that Islamist extremists would continue to attack the United States. Shahzad, 30, admitted traveling to Pakistan to receive bomb-making training from the Pakistani Taliban, called Tehrik-e-Taliba...

Pakistani officials have detained an 11th suspect in connection with the probe into the failed car bomb attack in New York by Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad, a media report said on Thursday.The latest suspect to be detained is a man named Qamar Ejaz, a Pakistani intelligence source said. Ejaz's brother, Adnan Ejaz, is a former Pakistan Army majo...

Two men detained in Pakistan admitted with pride that they helped the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing, and one of the men angrily accused his interrogators of "siding with the infidels," a senior intelligence official said today.     The pair are among six men officials say have been detained in Pakistan for allege...

Pakistan has detained a co-owner of an upscale catering company in Islamabad and at least four others in connection with the botched Times Square bombing plot for which Pakistani-American terror suspect Faisal Shahzad has been arrested in the US, a media report said today.     The suspects, including Salman Ashraf of 'Hanif Rajp...

A Pakistani national arrested in connection with the botched Times Square car bombing had prime suspect Faisal Shahzad's phone number on his cell phone and an envelop with the accused name on it in his apartment.Aftab Ali Khan, 27, is one of the three men arrested last week for violating immigrations laws and are suspected of funding money to Shahz...

The Pakistan Army has sacked and arrested an officer for insubordination but officials have dismissed suggestions that the matter was linked to the Times Square bombing plot by Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad.

The suspect in a botched car bombing in Times Square appeared in court on Tuesday on terrorism and weapons charges for the first time since his arrest two weeks ago and was quickly led away in handcuffs after being held without bail.

US President Barack Obama has sent two of his senior most officials to Pakistan to follow-up the investigations of the failed Times Square car bomb.A White House official said the US national security advisor General James Jones and CIA Director Leon Panetta have left for Islamabad. The US describes the visit as 'time to redouble efforts with allie...

Three Pakistani men taken into custody during a series of raids across the Northeast as part of the investigation into the failed Times Square car bombing may have provided money to the man who has admitted carrying out the unsuccessful attack, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said on Thursday.Mr. Holder said it was unclear if the men knew that ...

How did New York car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad, whose house had been foreclosed, get the money to buy a car, load it with explosives and attempt a bombing in Times Square?That's the questions authorities were asking when they carried out raids in three states across the US - Boston, New Jersey and New York on Thursday.Three Pakistani men were arr...

In a major breakthrough in the Times Square bomb plot, a man believed to be the accomplice of the main suspect Faisal Shahzad has been arrested in Pakistan. The arrest was not previously disclosed.The suspect arrested in Pakistan has reportedly admitted to helping Faisal. He is also said to have connections with the Pakistan Taliban. US intelligenc...

Federal authorities revealed Friday they had arrested and charged three men in connection with a 2016 plot to carry out bombings and shootings in crowded areas of New York City, then kept the court case under seal for more than a year as investigators worked the case.

Two Pakistani-born brothers accused in a plot to detonate a bomb in New York City to avenge the deaths of people killed by drone attacks in Afghanistan, pleaded guilty to federal terrorism charges on Thursday in Miami.

The Pakistani Taliban, which claimed the 2010 Times Square bomb plot, on Tuesday denied anything to do with explosions that killed three people and wounded more than 100 in Boston.

The convicted bomb-maker in a 2009 plot to cause carnage in New York described how he and an al-Qaeda handler in Pakistan considered everything from the subway to movie theatres as targets. "We started the conversation on such targets as Walmart, the New York Stock Exchange, Times Square, subways, movie theaters, I believe buses were mentioned too...

Pakistan-born American citizen Faisal Shahzad remained defiant as he pleaded guilty to attempting to set off a car bomb in New York's Times Square, saying that Islamist extremists would continue to attack the United States. Shahzad, 30, admitted traveling to Pakistan to receive bomb-making training from the Pakistani Taliban, called Tehrik-e-Taliba...

Pakistani officials have detained an 11th suspect in connection with the probe into the failed car bomb attack in New York by Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad, a media report said on Thursday.The latest suspect to be detained is a man named Qamar Ejaz, a Pakistani intelligence source said. Ejaz's brother, Adnan Ejaz, is a former Pakistan Army majo...

Two men detained in Pakistan admitted with pride that they helped the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing, and one of the men angrily accused his interrogators of "siding with the infidels," a senior intelligence official said today.     The pair are among six men officials say have been detained in Pakistan for allege...

Pakistan has detained a co-owner of an upscale catering company in Islamabad and at least four others in connection with the botched Times Square bombing plot for which Pakistani-American terror suspect Faisal Shahzad has been arrested in the US, a media report said today.     The suspects, including Salman Ashraf of 'Hanif Rajp...

A Pakistani national arrested in connection with the botched Times Square car bombing had prime suspect Faisal Shahzad's phone number on his cell phone and an envelop with the accused name on it in his apartment.Aftab Ali Khan, 27, is one of the three men arrested last week for violating immigrations laws and are suspected of funding money to Shahz...

The Pakistan Army has sacked and arrested an officer for insubordination but officials have dismissed suggestions that the matter was linked to the Times Square bombing plot by Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad.

The suspect in a botched car bombing in Times Square appeared in court on Tuesday on terrorism and weapons charges for the first time since his arrest two weeks ago and was quickly led away in handcuffs after being held without bail.

US President Barack Obama has sent two of his senior most officials to Pakistan to follow-up the investigations of the failed Times Square car bomb.A White House official said the US national security advisor General James Jones and CIA Director Leon Panetta have left for Islamabad. The US describes the visit as 'time to redouble efforts with allie...

Three Pakistani men taken into custody during a series of raids across the Northeast as part of the investigation into the failed Times Square car bombing may have provided money to the man who has admitted carrying out the unsuccessful attack, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said on Thursday.Mr. Holder said it was unclear if the men knew that ...

How did New York car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad, whose house had been foreclosed, get the money to buy a car, load it with explosives and attempt a bombing in Times Square?That's the questions authorities were asking when they carried out raids in three states across the US - Boston, New Jersey and New York on Thursday.Three Pakistani men were arr...

In a major breakthrough in the Times Square bomb plot, a man believed to be the accomplice of the main suspect Faisal Shahzad has been arrested in Pakistan. The arrest was not previously disclosed.The suspect arrested in Pakistan has reportedly admitted to helping Faisal. He is also said to have connections with the Pakistan Taliban. US intelligenc...