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Sometimes it can feel like there is a terrorist attack on the news every other week. But how much attention an attack receives has a lot to do with one factor: the religion of the perpetrator. <em>David McNew /AFP/Getty Images</em>

Violent crimes committed by Muslims are much more likely to be reported as "terrorism." And that has disturbing consequences for the way Muslims are perceived.

Afghan security personnel arrive at the site of an attack at the Marshal Fahim academy in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday.

11 Dead In Attack On Army Garrison In Kabul Claimed By ISIS

The attack occurred near the city's Marshal Fahim military academy. It is the fourth major attack by militants in little more than a week.

KDADS Hopes Salary Increase Will Boost Osawatomie Nursing Staff

The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services has raised starting pay for registered nurses at Osawatomie State Hospital to attract more…

With Mansour Dead, Taliban Must Select A New Leader

U.S. drones killed Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Akhtar Mansour in a remote area of Pakistan over the weekend. The death that was confirmed by President Obama and Afghan intelligence.

Suspect In Olathe Bar Shooting Makes First Court Appearance

The suspect accused of shooting and killing a man in an Olathe, Kansas, bar last week and wounding two others made his initial appearance in Johnson…

An image grab taken from an AFPTV video released on Saturday shows people gathering amidst at the site of a car bomb attack in the rebel-held town of Azaz in northern Syria.

Blast Hits Syrian Border Town, Killing At Least 43

A U.K.-based monitoring group says the explosion in rebel-held Azaz, on the border with Turkey, was caused by a fuel tanker rigged with a bomb. There has been no immediate claim of responsibility.

Jacqueline Galant, who resigned as Belgium's transport minister on Friday, says she is the victim of a crusade against her.

Belgian Transport Minister Resigns Over Brussels Airport Security Dispute

A scandal is boiling over how Jacqueline Galant handled security concerns and what she told Prime Minister Charles Michel about a European report — one of several documents that were recently leaked.

The International Committee of Red Cross emblem hangs on the wall of a hospital in Afghanistan's Herat province.

Red Cross Says 6 Of Its Workers Were Killed By Unknown Assailants In Afghanistan

The staffers were on their way to deliver livestock materials when they were attacked in the province of Jawzan. The International Committee of the Red Cross says it doesn't know who is responsible.

Cressida Dick, who worked for Scotland Yard for 31 years before leaving to work for Britain's Foreign Office, has been named the new commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police Service, the first woman to lead Scotland Yard in its 188-year history.

Cressida Dick Named Scotland Yard's First Female Top Cop

Cressida Dick, 56, a former beat cop in London's West End, on Wednesday was named the first female police commissioner in the organization's 188-year history.

President Trump, Kim Jong Un Exchange Insults Following Trump's Speech At U.N.

The rhetoric between President Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un turned into a volley of insults this week after Trump referred to the dictator as "Rocketman" at the United Nations.

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