Al-Qaida
'East Africa embassy bomber Fazul Abdullah killed'
June 11, 2011Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, suspected of having played a key role in the 1998 US embassy bombings in East Africa, has been killed in Somalia, officials say. Unconfirmed reports say Mr Mohammed and another man were shot dead by Somali government troops early...
Suspected US drone strikes kills 6 in NW Pakistan
January 24, 2011Pakistani officials say two suspected U.S. drone strikes have killed six suspected militants in the northwestern part of the country. The officials said an unmanned aircraft fired two missiles, killing two suspected militants as they rode a motorbike...
Obama to speak on accomplishments, challenges in Afghanistan, Pakistan
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December 16, 2010President Obama will speak on Thursday about the status of U.S. and NATO efforts in Afghanistan. Remarks by Mr. Obama and U.S. officials will mark the completion of a government-wide assessment of accomplishments and challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan...
Intelligence reports cast doubts on Afghan strategy
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December 16, 2010Two new intelligence reports are raising questions about the U.S. Afghan war policy, just as President Barack Obama plans to release a review of American strategy in Afghanistan on Thursday. The reports, leaked to the New York Times newspaper, say...
Parcel bombs found in Greece, addressed to Sarkozy, western embassies
November 02, 2010Greek police have arrested two men carrying letter bombs addressed to French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Western embassies in Athens. Police said one of the men arrested was a suspected member of the Greek leftist guerrilla group known as the...
French police: Al-Qaida could hit France
September 22, 2010French police suspect that al-Qaida affiliates in North Africa may be plotting a major bomb attack on a crowded target in France. National police director Frederic Pechenard told French radio on Wednesday that threat levels had hit a "peak."...
FBI chief: Al-Qaida 'unwavering' in efforts to attack US
September 22, 2010The head of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation says al-Qaida's efforts to carry out high-profile attacks on the United States since September 11, 2001, have been "unwavering." In testimony Wednesday before a U.S. congressional committee...
Obama: Quran burning is recruiting tool for Al-Qaida
September 09, 2010U.S. President Barack Obama says an American pastor's plan to burn Qurans outside his Florida church on September 11 would be a recruiting tool for al-Qaida. In an interview broadcast on the U.S. ABC television network Thursday, President Obama said...
Analyst sees internet and mosques radicalizing young somalis
June 07, 2010A Somali-born U.S. professor is blaming the radicalization of young Somalis on Internet exposure and indoctrination in mosques. This comes as police in New York Sunday arrested two men who they say were allegedly preparing to join an al-Qaida-linked...
Afghan peace assembly backs talks with Taliban
June 04, 2010Afghan delegates to a peace conference in Kabul say they support President Hamid Karzai's plans for peace talks with the Taliban in an attempt to end nearly nine years of war. The roughly 1,600 delegates endorsed President Karzai's reconciliation plan...