Anwar al-Awlaki

The FBI is carrying out an investigation on a potential plan to carry out a terrorist attack on U.S. soil, according to the CNN.

An FBI source told the US news-agency that the target of the terrorists was LAX, Los Angeles’ international airport.

A Saudi court has sentenced 13 people, including an Afghan and a Qatari, to between 18 months and 30 years in prison for plotting an Al-Qaeda attack against US forces.

The FBI and National Security Agency monitored the emails of prominent Muslim-American activists, academics and a political candidate, according to a report co-authored by journalist Glenn Greenwald.
      

Security at Istanbul Atatürk Airport has been tightened after the U.S. authorities said they were concerned that al-Qaeda-linked militants were developing new explosives that could be slipped onto planes undetected.

Soldier kills 3, wounds 16 at U.S. base

WASHINGTON -- An American soldier has shot and killed three people and wounded 16 before he committed suicide in the Fort Hood military base.

Five years ago, Major Nidal Hasan killed 13 people at the same base in Texas.

A soldier opened fire in the US army base Ft. Hood, wounding 16, killing three soldiers and himself. 

Federal officials said the shooter - Army serviceman Ivan Lopez, 34 - was being treated for anxiety, depression and was under evaluation for post-traumatic stress disorder at the time of the shooting on the base.