al-qaeda
September 11 widow sues Saudi Arabia under new US terrorism law
World
October 1, 2016
September 11 widow sues Saudi Arabia under new US terrorism law
A woman widowed when her husband was killed at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 has sued the Kingdom of…
ICC to rule on damage of Timbuktu shrines by Islamist rebel
World
September 27, 2016
ICC to rule on damage of Timbuktu shrines by Islamist rebel
International war crimes judges are to rule on Tuesday in the case of a former Islamist rebel who pleaded guilty…
Robed women petrol-bomb police station in Kenya’s Mombasa
World
September 12, 2016
Robed women petrol-bomb police station in Kenya’s Mombasa
Three robed women tricked their way into a Mombasa police station where they stabbed one officer and set fire to…
9/11 pilot’s mother believes he is alive in Guantanamo
World
September 11, 2016
9/11 pilot’s mother believes he is alive in Guantanamo
The mother of Mohamed Atta, one of the alleged kamikaze hijackers who destroyed the World Trade Center, says she believes…
Death toll in Somalia beach restaurant attack rises to 10
World
August 26, 2016
Death toll in Somalia beach restaurant attack rises to 10
The death toll from an attack late on Thursday by Islamic militants on a seaside restaurant in the Somali capital…
Syria’s Nusra Front says ending al-Qaeda ties, reveals new name and flag
Middle East
July 29, 2016
Syria’s Nusra Front says ending al-Qaeda ties, reveals new name and flag
Al-Qaeda's powerful Syrian branch, the Nusra Front, announced on Thursday it was ending its relationship with the global jihadist network…
Kerry meets with Putin about cooperating against Islamic State in Syria
Middle East
July 15, 2016
Kerry meets with Putin about cooperating against Islamic State in Syria
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Russian President Vladimir Putin about boosting military and intelligence cooperation against Islamic…
Philippine general urges martial law to rein in southern militants
World
June 15, 2016
Philippine general urges martial law to rein in southern militants
A senior Philippine army general on Wednesday resumed a push for martial law to be imposed on a troubled southern…
Al-Qaeda still reaping oil profits in Yemen despite battlefield reverses
Middle East
May 27, 2016
Al-Qaeda still reaping oil profits in Yemen despite battlefield reverses
Al-Qaeda may have been pushed out of the enclave it carved out in Yemen as the country descended into civil…
Trump: Muslim ban ‘just a suggestion’
World
May 12, 2016
Trump: Muslim ban ‘just a suggestion’
Donald Trump, who issued a December press release "calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United…