NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. government will pay $1.26 million to five Muslim men wrongly arrested in a post-Sept. 11 anti-terrorist sweep, attorneys say.

BERLIN, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Internet crime is on the rise in Germany, according the country's law enforcement authorities.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, sparred with FBI chief Robert Mueller about a proposal Grassley said would have stripped protections for FBI whistle-blowers.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- FBI Director Robert Mueller says al-Qaida, fractured into a group of regional networks, is "still lethal."

LONDON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- The release of the Lockerbie bomber is increasingly burdening trans-Atlantic relations.

EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill defended his decision to release the Lockerbie bomber amid allegations of "outrage" from American officials.

Joints Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen gave a bleak assessment of the situation in Afghanistan as U.S. military leaders there said they don't have enough troops to accomplish their mission.

UPI Almanac for Friday, May 29, 2009.

WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- The FBI and other U.S. law enforcement agencies have foiled a would-be terror plot to blow up synagogues and shoot down U.S. military aircraft. The case was striking not only because of the efficiency of the FBI but also because the alleged plotters -- three Americans and one Haitian -- were jailhouse converts to Islam, the New York Daily News reported.