Al Qaeda

Libyan al Qaeda suspect seeks to toss statements in U.S. case

Suspected al Qaeda figure Abu Anas al-Liby told a U.S. judge on Wednesday that statements he made to...

Oct 15, 2014 09:08 PM EDT

Yemen's Houthis advance near al Qaeda stronghold

Yemen's new Shi'ite Muslim powerbrokers sent fighters towards an al Qaeda stronghold on Wednesday, r...

Oct 15, 2014 07:09 PM EDT

Khamenei blames United States, 'wicked' Britain, for creating Islamic State

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Monday blamed the United States and the "wicked" B...

Oct 14, 2014 05:10 AM EDT

Yemen president names new PM, Shi'ite Houthis welcome choice

Yemen's president named the country's U.N. envoy as prime minister on Monday in a move welcomed by t...

Oct 13, 2014 10:47 AM EDT

Yemen's new prime minister quits after Houthis call mass protest

Yemen's new Prime Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak quit his post early on Thursday hours after the Ho...

Oct 08, 2014 09:28 PM EDT

Crime and gangs: the path to battle for Australia's Islamist radicals

The children of refugees who fled Lebanon's civil war for peaceful Australia in the 1970s form a maj...

Oct 07, 2014 03:46 AM EDT

At haj, Saudi Arabia clerics step up anti-Islamic State drive

Taking aim at Islamic State, Saudi Arabia has mounted a battle for hearts and minds at this year's h...

Oct 05, 2014 01:13 AM EDT

Flag that flew over U.S. Capitol on 9/11 destroyed in memorial fire

The flag that flew over the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 11, 2001, was destroyed in a fire at a 9/11 memori...

Oct 04, 2014 11:31 PM EDT

Who runs the militant group Islamic State?

Islamic State, a Sunni Muslim militant group, has seized a third of Syria and large areas of Iraq an...

Oct 04, 2014 08:32 AM EDT

Philippine Islamist militants threaten to behead German on October 17

Al-Qaeda linked Islamist militants in the Philippines said on Thursday they will kill one of two Ger...

Oct 02, 2014 08:27 AM EDT

Somali-American man faces sentencing in Oregon bomb plot

A Somali-American man convicted of trying to blow up a Christmas tree lighting celebration in Oregon...

Oct 01, 2014 09:28 AM EDT

Historic, anxious handover as Afghanistan swears in new leader

Afghanistan inaugurates its first new president in a decade on Monday, swearing in technocrat Ashraf...

Sep 28, 2014 11:34 PM EDT

Obama: U.S. intelligence underestimated militants in Syria - CBS

U.S. intelligence agencies underestimated Islamic State activity inside Syria, which has become "gro...

Sep 28, 2014 11:06 PM EDT

Khorasan leader killed by U.S. strike in Syria: SITE quoting jihadist

A Twitter account run by an Qaeda member said the leader of the al Qaeda-linked Khorasan group was k...

Sep 28, 2014 10:24 AM EDT

U.S. tells citizens to leave Yemen, reduces embassy staff

The United States told its citizens in Yemen to leave and said it was reducing the number of U.S. go...

Sep 27, 2014 03:04 AM EDT

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