Al Qaeda

Thai police hunt for accomplices of suspected Bangkok bomber

Thai authorities said on Wednesday they were looking for accomplices of the chief suspect for the Ba...

Aug 19, 2015 02:32 AM EDT

Pakistan police say kill leader of banned sectarian group

Pakistani police killed the leader of the sectarian militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, his two sons a...

Jul 29, 2015 05:56 AM EDT

White House says it is drafting plan to close Guantanamo

The White House said on Wednesday it was in the final stage of drafting a plan for closing the Guant...

Jul 22, 2015 07:00 PM EDT

Tunisia says almost wipes out al Qaeda group after attacks

Tunisia's interior minister said security forces had almost wiped out an Islamist militant group lin...

Jul 13, 2015 10:25 AM EDT

Boston Marathon bomber files motion seeking new trial

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who has been sentenced to death, filed a motion in federal...

Jul 06, 2015 06:25 PM EDT

Saddam's former army is secret of Baghdadi's success

A year after declaring his caliphate, it is clear that the secret of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's success ...

Jun 17, 2015 05:55 AM EDT

Yemen's exiled president plays down coming peace talks

Yemen's exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has played down next week's talks in Geneva between ...

Jun 08, 2015 06:23 AM EDT

Al Qaeda's Syria wing sees no peace with Islamic State soon: TV

The head of al Qaeda's Syria wing Nusra Front said he saw no solution soon to a conflict with the ri...

Jun 03, 2015 06:07 PM EDT

Iraq Shi'ite militia take lead in campaign to reverse Islamic State gains

Iraq's Shi'ite paramilitaries said on Tuesday they had taken charge of the campaign to drive Islamic...

May 26, 2015 11:02 AM EDT

Islamic State takes control of Syria's Palmyra in westward advance

Islamic State seized full control of the historic city of Palmyra in central Syria on Thursday, just...

May 21, 2015 09:13 AM EDT

Bin Laden fixated on attacking U.S. interests: documents

Osama bin Laden was fixated on attacking U.S. targets and pressured al Qaeda groups to heal local ri...

May 20, 2015 06:18 PM EDT

Iraqi forces say they defeat Islamist attack near Ramadi

Iraqi forces said they fought off an overnight attack by Islamic State militants near the city of Ra...

May 20, 2015 05:26 AM EDT

Sahara's al-Mourabitoun pledges allegiance to Islamic State: report

The Sahara-based al-Mourabitoun Islamist group has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, the Maur...

May 14, 2015 10:22 AM EDT

Niger passes law to tackle migrant smuggling, first in West Africa

Niger has approved a law against the smuggling of migrants in an effort to stem the deadly flow of v...

May 12, 2015 11:01 AM EDT

Houthis accept five-day truce in Yemen proposed by Saudi Arabia

Iranian-allied Houthi fighters in Yemen accepted on Sunday a five-day humanitarian ceasefire propose...

May 10, 2015 02:31 AM EDT

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