The decision clears the way for the first death-penalty trial at Guantánamo Bay to start this summer, more than 25 years after the attack.

Newly declassified documents show the frustrations of top White House counterterrorism officials over the U.S. failure to respond to al-Qaida’s October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole despite evidence ...

(CNN) — Here is some background information about the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen on October 12, 2000. Facts:In October 2000, the USS Cole was attacked by suicide bombers, while in port in Aden, ...

Sudan said Thursday it has signed a deal with the families of the victims of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen, meeting a key condition for removing the country from Washington's terrorism ...

WASHINGTON — An American airstrike earlier this week targeted an al-Qaida operative accused of involvement in the attack nearly two decades ago on the USS Cole that killed 17 sailors, a U.S. military ...

For U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Riley Coontz, the skills and values needed to succeed are similar to those he found back home in Portage County. “One lesson I learned from my hometown is the ...

Chris Ewigman enlisted in the U.S. Navy in August 2008, two months after he graduated from Jackson High School. Seventeen years later, he is now a chief petty officer in Virginia aboard the USS Cole, ...

MADISON (WLUK) -- A Fond du Lac sailor killed in a terrorist attack is being remembered at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. Engineman 2nd Class Marc Nieto was aboard the USS Cole when it was bombed in ...

In October 2000, the USS Cole was attacked by suicide bombers, while in port in Aden, Yemen, for refueling. The attack was attributed to al Qaeda and foreshadowed the attack on the United States less ...