BULGARIAN AUTHORITIES SAY THEY HAVE A FRENCHMAN IN CUSTODY WHO IS BELIEVED TO HAVE LINKS TO CHERIF KOUACHI, ONE OF THE CHARLIE HEBDO ATTACKERS *

29-YR-OLD FRITZ-JOLY JOACHIN WAS ARRESTED JAN 1 AS HE TRIED TO CROSS INTO TURKEY UNDER TWO EUROPEAN WARRANTS *

PROSECUTORS SAY JOACHIN IS LINKED TO A TERRORIST ORG AND ALLEGE HE KIDNAPPED HIS YOUNG SON AND SMUGGLED HIM OUT OF THE COUNTRY *

AUTHORITIES SAY THE SUSPECT MET WITH KOUACHI SEVERAL TIMES LAST MONTH *

CHERIF KOUACHI AND HIS BROTHER SAID DIED FRI IN CLASHES WITH POLICE AFTER CARRYING OUT AN ATTACK AT THE PARIS OFFICE OF SATIRICAL NEWSPAPER CHARLIE HEBDO THAT KILLED 12 PEOPLE *

FRENCH POLICE SAY THE KOUACHI BROTHERS WERE PART OF A TERROR CELL OF ABOUT 10 MEMBERS, AND THAT FIVE OR SIX COULD STILL BE AT LARGE *

FUNERAL CEREMONIES HELD TUES FOR SEVEN OF THOSE KILLED IN LAST WEEK'S PARIS ATTACKS *

FOUR MEN KILLED AT A KOSHER SUPERMARKET HAVE BEEN BURIED IN JERUSALEM AT A CEREMONY ATTENDED BY ISRAELI PM BENJAMIN NETANYAHU *

AT A PARIS CEREMONY, FRENCH PRES FRANCOIS HOLLANDE HONORED THREE POLICE OFFICERS SHOT DEAD, BESTOWING THEM WITH THE LEGION D'HONNEUR, FRANCE'S TOP HONOR *

A TOTAL OF 17 PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY GUNMEN IN LAST WEEK'S TERROR SIEGE THAT INCLUDED ATTACKS ON NEWSPAPER CHARLIE HEBDO'S OFFICES AND A KOSHER MARKET *

BUS DRIVING NEAR AN ARMY CHECKPOINT IN EASTERN UKRAINE HIT BY A REBEL SHELL, KILLING AT LEAST 10 CIVILIANS AND WOUNDING 13, OFFICIALS SAY *

UKRAINIAN GOVT SAYS REBELS SHELLED A CHECKPOINT IN THE DONETSK REGION WHILE THE PASSENGER BUS WAS PASSING THROUGH *

REBEL OFFICIALS DENIED THE ATTACK TO RUSSIAN MEDIA, CALLING THE ACCUSATION A "PROVOCATION" *

CIVILIAN DEATHS HAVE OCCURRED ON A REGULAR BASIS SINCE FIGHTING BROKE OUT IN SPRING BETWEEN GOVT FORCES AND RUSSIAN-BACKED MILITIA IN THE EAST *

VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION LEADER CALLS FOR PROTESTS WHILE LEFTIST PRES NICOLAS MADURO TRAVELS ABROAD *

HENRIQUE CAPRILES, WHO NEARLY DEFEATED MADURO IN THE 2013 PRES ELECTION, SAYS THE COUNTRY IS IN A "STATE OF EMERGENCY" *

TENSIONS HAVE SPIKED AS THE SOCIALIST ADMIN DEPLOYS TROOPS AND IMPLEMENTS RATIONING TO CONTROL LINES AT GOVT-RUN SUPERMARKETS *

MADURO IS VISITING CHINA AND OPEC MEMBERS TO PUSH FOR A CUT IN OIL OUTPUT AS FALLING OIL PRICES BATTER VENEZUELA'S ALREADY WEAK ECONOMY *

U.S. MILITARY'S CENTRAL COMMAND TWITTER AND YOUTUBE SITES ARE BACK ONLINE, A DAY AFTER HACKERS CLAIMING TO SUPPORT ISIS TOOK THEM OVER *

PENTAGON SPOX SAYS IT'S TOO SOON TELL WHO THE HACKERS ACTUALLY ARE AND WHERE THEY GOT SOME OF THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS THEY POSTED *

GROUP CALLS ITSELF CYBERCALIPHATE AND IS ALREADY UNDER FBI INVESTIGATION... UNCLEAR IF IT HAS ANY ACTUAL CONNECTION TO ISIS *

FRANCE'S LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVES EXTENDING FRENCH AIRSTRIKES AGAINST ISIS IN IRAQ *

FRANCE JOINED THE U.S. IN CONDUCTING AIRSTRIKES AGAINST ISIS LAST YR, AFTER THE TERROR GROUP SEIZED PARTS OF IRAQ AND SYRIA *

IT IS NOT CONDUCTING STRIKES IN SYRIA *

UGANDAN WARLORD WHO SURRENDERED TO U.S. TROOPS IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC LAST WK WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE HAGUE TO FACE TRIAL AT THE INTL CRIMINAL COURT *

DOMINIC ONGWEN, A LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY COMMANDER, IS CURRENTLY IN U.S. CUSTODY IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC TOWN OF OBO, WHERE HE SURRENDERED JAN 6 *

ALLEGATIONS AGAINST ONGWEN INCLUDE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, ENSLAVEMENT, MURDER AND INHUMANE ACTS OF INFLICTING SERIOUS BODILY INJURY *

PROSECUTORS IN ROME INVESTIGATE A DOZEN FOREIGNERS ON TERRORISM-RELATED CHARGES, ITALIAN MEDIA REPORT *

SUSPECTS HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN IDENTIFIED THROUGH INTERNET TRAFFIC LINKED TO ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST AND EXTREMIST SITES *

THEY ARE BEING INVESTIGATED FOR SUBVERSIVE ASSOCIATION WITH THE AIM OF TERRORISM *

ITALIAN OFFICIALS HAVE RAISED THE COUNTRY'S TERROR ALERT SINCE LAST WK'S TERROR ATTACKS IN PARIS, WHICH KILLED 17 *

GOP SENATORS PROPOSE BILL THAT WOULD RESTRICT PRES OBAMA'S ABILITY TO TRANSFER TERROR SUSPECTS OUT OF GUANTANAMO BAY FOR THE REST OF HIS TERM *

SEN KELLY AYOTTE (R-NH) CITES LAST WK'S PARIS TERROR ATTACKS, SAYING "NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO BE EMPTYING GUANTANAMO" *

MEASURE WOULD BAR TRANSFERS OF TERROR SUSPECTS TO YEMEN FOR TWO YRS, SUSPEND THE TRANSFER OF HIGH- OR MEDIUM-RISK SUSPECTS AND REPEAL CURRENT LAW ALLOWING THE OBAMA ADMIN TO TRANSFER PRISONERS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES *

OBAMA HAS BEEN PUSHING TO CLOSE GITMO SINCE HE TOOK OFFICE IN 2009 *

U.S. PROMISES UP TO $2 BIL IN LOAN GUARANTEES FOR UKRAINE IF KIEV CONTINUES ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL REFORMS *

COMMITMENT COMES A WK AFTER THE EU MADE A SIMILAR PLEDGE *

WORLD BANK ESTIMATES UKRAINE'S ECONOMY SHRANK BY 8.2% IN 2014 AND WILL CONTRACT BY AN ADDL 2.3% THIS YR AS THE COUNTRY WAGES WAR AGAINST RUSSIAN-BACKED INSURGENTS *

PRES OBAMA PROPOSES CYBERSECURITY LEGISLATION THAT WOULD INCREASE GOVT INFO-SHARING AND PROTECT BUSINESSES FROM LAWSUITS FOR REVEALING CYBERTHREATS *

CRITICS OF SIMILAR MEASURES LANGUISHING IN CONGRESS CITE PRIVACY CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY INVOLVING DATA-SHARING BETWEEN COMPANIES AND THE GOVT *

BUT OBAMA HOPES RECENT CYBERATTACKS AND DATA BREACHES WILL SPUR LAWMAKERS TO TAKE UP THE MATTER *

THE PRES IS EXPECTED TO DISCUSS CYBERSECURITY IN HIS JAN 20 STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS *

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES' ENERGY MIN SAYS OPEC HAS NO PLANS TO CURB PRODUCTION TO SHORE UP FALLING OIL PRICES *

OPEC DECIDED IN NOV TO KEEP PRODUCTION LEVELS UNCHANGED DESPITE CALLS TO CURB OUTPUT TO BOOST PRICES *

OPEC'S ARAB GULF PRODUCERS ARGUE THAT SCALING BACK PRODUCTION WOULD ERODE THEIR MARKET SHARE AND BENEFIT RIVALS, SUCH AS U.S. SHALE DRILLERS *

OIL PRICES HAVE LOST MORE THAN HALF THEIR VALUE SINCE JUNE, WITH U.S. CRUDE TRADING BELOW $45 A BARREL *

IRS HEAD SAYS AGENCY COULD SHUT DOWN FOR TWO DAYS THIS YEAR DUE TO BUDGET CUTS *

IRS COMMISSIONER SAYS AGENCY WILL REDUCE TAXPAYER SERVICES AND CONDUCT FEWER AUDITS THIS YEAR *

HE PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED SOME TAX REFUNDS COULD BE DELAYED *

CONGRESS CUT IRS BUDGET BY $346 MIL FOR BUDGET YEAR *

SUICIDES AMONG ACTIVE-DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL ROSE SLIGHTLY IN 2014, ACCORDING TO NEW PENTAGON FIGURES *

SUICIDES DECREASED AMONG ARMY SOLDIERS AND MARINES, THE TWO SERVICES THAT SAW THE MOST COMBAT IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN *

HOWEVER, NUMBER OF NAVY AND AIR FORCE MEMBERS WHO TOOK THEIR OWN LIVES INCREASED *

PENTAGON REPORT RECORDS 288 CONFIRMED AND SUSPECTED SUICIDES BY ACTIVE-DUTY PERSONNEL LAST YR, A SHARP DROP FROM THE 352 DOCUMENTED IN 2012 *

TWO SUSPECTS PLEAD NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES OF LEAVING PRESSURE COOKER BOMBS AT BRITISH COLUMBIA'S PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE IN VICTORIA ON CANADA DAY IN JULY 2013 *

JURY SELECTION BEGAN TUES IN VANCOUVER FOR THE PAIR, WHO POLICE SAY WERE INSPIRED BY AL QAEDA IDEOLOGY BUT SELF-RADICALIZED *

BOMBS WERE FOUND OUTSIDE THE LEGISLATURE BEFORE THOUSANDS GATHERED *

ISIS VIDEO RELEASED TUES APPEARS TO SHOW CHILD EXECUTIONER KILLING TWO ALLEGED RUSSIAN SPIES *

ISIS HAS BEEN KNOWN TO EMPLOY CHILD SOLDIERS, WHICH IT CALLS THE "LION CUBS OF THE CALIPHATE" *

RECENT STUDY BY MIDDLE EAST MEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE REVEALED GROWING USE OF CHILDREN BY ISIS BOTH IN ITS PROPAGANDA AND IN MILITARY ROLES *

SECY OF STATE JOHN KERRY PRAISES PAKISTAN'S MILITARY OP AGAINST MILITANTS IN NORTHWEST PAKISTAN *

PAKISTAN LAUNCHED A MAJOR OP IN NORTH WAZIRISTAN TRIBAL REGION IN JUNE *

KERRY SAYS OPS HAVE DISRUPTED MILITANT ACTIVITIES IN TRIBAL AREAS AND RESULTED IN IMPORTANT SEIZURES OF WEAPONS *

HE SAYS RESULTS ARE "SIGNIFICANT," BUT CAUTIONS MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE *

FED PROSECUTORS ACCUSE AN OHIO MAN OF THREATENING TO MURDER HOUSE SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER (R-OH) LAST FALL *

GRAND JURY INDICTMENT IDENTIFIES THE MAN AS MICHAEL R. HOYT *

CONGRESSIONAL SOURCES DESCRIBE HOYT AS "UNSTABLE" *

HOYT WAS REPORTEDLY ARRESTED AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM A MENTAL INSTITUTION *

A SPOX FOR BOEHNER SAYS THE SPEAKER IS "AWARE OF THIS SITUATION" AND THANKS LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THEIR EFFORTS *