Week in pictures: 11-17 May 2013
Some of the best news photos this week
8 Favored Topics
Terrorism, Abdulmutallab, Al-Qaeda, Nigeria...
3 Preferred sources
Foreign Policy, New York Times, The Washington...
Error 'allowed terrorists on planes'
Terrorists on witness protection were able to board flights because their new identities were not updated on the US no-fly list, a watchdog ...
Deadly blast hits Mogadishu convoy
A car bomb explodes near a government convoy in the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing at least eight people, according to ...
Fresh bombings in Iraq 'kill 13'
At least 13 people are killed in new bomb attacks in Iraq, a day after a wave of bombings across the country left at least 70 people ...
Topics:
Terrorism
VIDEO: Aftermath of deadly Iraq blasts
More than 70 people have died in multiple bomb attacks across Iraq
Topics:
Terrorism
Moscow 'terrorist attack' prevented
Russian counter-terrorism agents have raided a group planning a terrorist act in Moscow killing two suspects, officials say.
Topics:
Terrorism
Ten killed in northern Afghanistan
A suicide attack in Baghlan province kills at least 10 people, including a senior local politician opposed to the Taliban.
Topics:
Terrorism
At least 10 killed in Iraq car bombs
Two car bombs in the Iraqi city of Basra kill at least 10 people, police and medical officials say.
Topics:
Terrorism
Saudis held over Tanzania attack
Eight people - including four of Saudi origin - are arrested over an explosion that killed two people at a church in the northern Tanzanian city of ...
In pictures: Damascus car bomb
Images show the aftermath of a car bomb attack in Damascus which state media says targeted Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi.