Raid

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Suspected Al Qaeda terrorists eluded Pakistani troops during a manhunt in a remote mountain region near the Afghan border that is a possible hide-out for Osama bin Laden and other fugitives of the organization. Pakistani authorities detained 28 men from the Wazir tribe in the operation, but did not find any of the suspected foreign terrorists they have sought since the raid was launched Thursday, officials said yesterday. After the raid, two paramilitary rangers were killed and two injured when a rocket hit their base camp Thursday in Wana, the administrative center of...

A doctor who helped the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden has been convicted of conspiring against the state and sentenced to 33 years in prison, adding new strains to an already deeply troubled relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan. U.S. officials had urged Pakistan to release the doctor, who ran a vaccination program for the CIA to collect DNA and verify the al-Qaida leader's presence at the compound in the town of Abbottabad where U.S. commandos killed him in May 2011 in a unilateral raid.

XICALCAL, Guatemala - For years, the only people in this valley were those too old or too young to make the trip to the United States. Now the village bustles again with deported workers. The reason is a raid nearly two years ago and 3,000 miles away. On a bitterly cold March morning in New Bedford, dozens of immigration agents swarmed the Michael Bianco Inc. textile factory on the water's edge and arrested 361 people, mostly Central American women. The sweep was among the first of more than a dozen showcase raids as the United States cracked down on illegal immigration.

The city of New York violated the Constitution by raiding an Occupy Wall Street site last year, destroying the "People's Library" and seizing its 3,600 books, a new lawsuit charged Thursday. The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Manhattan demanded at least $50,000 in damages, enough to cover the $43,000 value of the books and other costs, along with several thousand dollars in punitive damages. The books were taken in the early morning hours of Nov. 15 when police raided a Manhattan park where the group had gathered for several months to protest income inequality in the...

Japanese prosecutors raided the headquarters of Olympus Corp. on Wednesday as part of an investigation into the cover-up of massive losses at the camera and medical equipment maker. Japanese prosecutors confirmed the raid, which was also broadcast on national television. A trail of dark-suited officials were shown marching solemnly into the downtown Tokyo office building. Olympus said it could not comment on an ongoing investigation. NHK TV said the suburban home of former President Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, suspected of helping to orchestrate the cover-up, was also raided.

A Mattapan man is facing weapon and drug charges after police raided an apartment in the neighborhood on Thursday and recovered several firearms and crack cocaine, among other items, authorities said. Sirrocko Landrum, 22, struggled with city police officers and federal agents before being taken into custody at the Deering Road apartment, according to a statement from Boston police. He pleaded not guilty in Dorchester District Court to several charges and was ordered held on $30,000 cash bail, authorities said.

MANILA - Philippine military officials said yesterday that an early-morning raid had killed one of the top leaders of a regional terrorist network with links to Al Qaeda, as well as other senior terrorism suspects wanted by the United States. The officials said government forces killed Zulkifli bin Hir, considered to be a senior leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah terrorism network. The United States had posted a $5 million reward for his capture or killing. The FBI lists Zulkifli, a Malaysian who also uses the name Marwan, among its most wanted terrorists, identifying him as a member of...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — An elite antiterrorism squad arrested Indonesia’s most wanted man and two other suspects yesterday after raiding their hideout on the country’s main island of Java, police and witnesses said. At least one person was killed and several weapons seized, including a bomb in a backpack. National police spokesman Major General Edward Aritonang said among those taken alive was Abdullah Sunata, an alleged leader of a network that was reportedly plotting a Mumbai-style attack here in the world’s most populous Muslim country and several high-profile assassinations, including...

"The Raid: Redemption" is poised at the midway point between an ultraviolent video game and a neo-classic dance musical. As midnight-movie mash-ups go, it's pretty amazing. Choreographed with jaw-dropping style by Welsh-born writer-director Gareth Evans, this kinetic Indonesian action orgy proceeds according to a set-up almost mathematical in its exactness. A crime lord named Tama (Ray Sahetapy) sits in his fortress in the penthouse of a monolithic Jakarta apartment building.

The gunfire from a U.S.-backed Honduran anti-drug mission that appears to have targeted civilians by mistake wasn't the only terror that night more than a week ago, villagers say. They say heavily armed commandos then stormed into homes and manhandled residents, and they think American agents joined in. After the shooting killed four passengers on a riverboat and wounded four more, the masked commanders landed their helicopters in this community...

The gunfire from a U.S.-backed Honduran anti-drug mission that appears to have targeted civilians by mistake wasn't the only terror that night more than a week ago, villagers say. They say heavily armed commandos then stormed into homes and manhandled residents, and they think American agents joined in. After the shooting killed four passengers on a riverboat and wounded four more, the masked commanders landed their helicopters in this community...

CHICAGO (AP) — Three men accused of making Molotov cocktails had been planning to attack President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home and other targets during this weekend's NATO summit, prosecutors said Saturday. The three were arrested Wednesday in a nighttime raid of an apartment in the city's South Side Bridgeport neighborhood ahead of the two-day meeting. Defense attorneys alleged that the arrests were an effort to scare the thousands of people expected to protest at the meeting of world leaders.

Peruvians traumatized by years of guerrilla violence cheered in 1997 when government troops raided the Japanese ambassador's residence to rescue hostages held for 126 days by leftist rebels. The dramatic rescue, begun with a blast in a clandestinely dug tunnel that shattered a rebel soccer match, captivated the nation. For most Peruvians, the story that would inspire a best-selling U.S. novel ended when the hostages were freed. But 15 years later, and despite more than 180 hearings in three different trials before Peruvian courts, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is...

Bullets flew as U.S. helicopters swooped toward a river boat. Honduran national police rappelled to the ground and locals scattered after loading close to 1,000 pounds of cocaine. Now reverberations from a drug raid that locals say killed four innocent people are being felt from the sultry jungles of Central America to Capitol Hill. Last week's DEA-supported predawn raid on the banks of a remote Honduran river began when U.S. drug agents and Honduran national police tracked an airplane loaded with cocaine as it entered the country from...

BEIRUT - Syrian forces killed at least five people when they raided a Sunni farming village on Sunday, torching homes and looting shops in what activists said is a sign of worsening relations among the country's religious groups. Tensions stemming from the 14-month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad also touched off clashes across the border in Lebanon as the revolt threatened to turn into a broader conflict. The relentless violence further undermines a UN-backed peace plan that is supposed to bring an...

Syrian forces killed at least five people when they raided a Sunni farming village on Sunday, torching homes and looting shops in what activists said is a sign of worsening relations among the country's religious groups. Tensions stemming from the 14-month-old uprising against President Bashar Assad also touched off clashes across the border in Lebanon as the revolt threatened to morph into a broader conflict. The relentless violence further undermines a U.N.-backed peace plan that is supposed to bring an end to Syria's deadly crisis.

Syrian forces killed at least five people in a raid on a farming village in the country's northwest on Sunday while continuing to crack down on rebellious areas near the capital Damascus, activists said. The continuing violence further undermines a U.N.-backed peace plan that is supposed to bring an end to the country's 14-month-old crisis. The first step of the plan, a cease-fire that began on April 12, has had only a limited effect. This throws into doubt the rest of the plan, which calls for talks between the regime of President Bashar Assad and those seeking to end his rule.

OAKLAND, Calif. — Federal agents targeted one of the country's leading marijuana advocates Monday in a raid on a San Francisco Bay area medical marijuana training school instrumental in pushing for ballot measures to legalize the drug. The doors to Oaksterdam University in downtown Oakland were blocked by US marshals following an early-morning raid by agents with the Internal Revenue Service and the Drug Enforcement Administration. A museum connected to the school as well as a nearby medical marijuana dispensary operated by Oaksterdam founder Richard...

Egyptian security officials have raided the offices of an Iranian TV station and confiscated its equipment for allegedly operating without permits. Ahmed el-Sioufi, office director of Al-Alam TV, said Sunday the station has repeatedly applied for permits since it first began its operations in Cairo nearly nine years ago. He said Egyptian authorities always denied the request but allowed the station to operate. It is a common practice by used by Egyptian security forces to crackdown on media outfits.

Syrian forces killed at least five people in a raid on a farming village in the country's northwest on Sunday while continuing to crack down on rebellious areas near the capital Damascus, activists said. The continuing violence further undermines a U.N.-backed peace plan that is supposed to bring an end to the country's 14-month-old crisis. The first step of the plan, a cease-fire that began on April 12, has had only a limited effect. This throws into doubt the rest of the plan, which calls for talks between the regime of President Bashar Assad and those seeking to end his rule.