Al Qaeda

Obama approves fresh guidelines for U.S. military in Afghanistan

President Barack Obama has approved plans giving U.S. military commanders broader authority in helpi...

Nov 22, 2014 09:54 PM EST

Syria rebels in south emerge as West's last hope as moderates crushed elsewhere

With moderate rebels facing defeat by al Qaeda in Syria's north, groups holding a corner of the sout...

Nov 13, 2014 08:41 AM EST

Yemen's Houthis reject new power-sharing government

Yemen's Houthi movement, which seized the capital Sanaa in September, on Saturday rejected a new pow...

Nov 08, 2014 07:25 PM EST

Senior al Qaeda operative killed in US strike in Yemen: sources

A senior al Qaeda official wanted by the United States and a local leader of the militant group's af...

Nov 05, 2014 04:58 AM EST

Britain, France, U.S. ask U.N. to blacklist Libya's Ansar al-Sharia

Britain, the United States and France have proposed that Islamist extremist group Ansar al-Sharia in...

Nov 05, 2014 02:47 AM EST

Chad's Deby plays for high stakes in Boko Haram talk

Chad's President Idriss Deby, a wily survivor of rebellions, is looking to bolster his powerbroker r...

Nov 03, 2014 07:56 PM EST

Gunmen kill Yemeni liberal party leader

Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a leader of a liberal Yemeni political party that is close to th...

Nov 02, 2014 07:51 PM EST

Qaeda's Nusra lays out conditions to release captured Lebanese soldiers

The Syrian Nusra Front has offered to free Lebanese soldiers it has captured in exchange for Islamis...

Nov 02, 2014 07:43 PM EST

Iraqi Kurds reinforce Kobani; U.S. planes pound Islamic State targets

Syrian Kurds welcomed the arrival in Kobani of Iraqi Kurdish fighters with their heavy weapons, hopi...

Nov 01, 2014 06:16 PM EDT

U.S. boosts security at government buildings citing terrorist threat

The United States is increasing security at government buildings in Washington and other cities beca...

Oct 28, 2014 06:44 PM EDT

Britain ends combat role in Afghanistan, last U.S. Marines hand over base

British troops ended their combat operations in Afghanistan on Sunday as they and U.S. Marines hande...

Oct 27, 2014 01:46 AM EDT

Saudi Arabia jails al Qaeda suspects over plot to hit U.S. forces

A Saudi court has sentenced 17 people, four of them women, to prison terms of up to 30 years in two ...

Oct 23, 2014 12:17 AM EDT

Canada's parliament attacked, soldier fatally shot nearby

A gunman attacked Canada's parliament on Wednesday, with gunfire erupting near where Prime Minister ...

Oct 22, 2014 08:02 PM EDT

Britain may use mediaeval treason law to tackle Islamist fighters

Britain may use a mediaeval law dating to 1351 to charge citizens with treason if they go to fight w...

Oct 17, 2014 07:54 AM EDT

Philippines steps up army patrols on island where Germans held

The Philippines on Thursday stepped up army patrols in the jungles of the southern island of Jolo wh...

Oct 16, 2014 10:04 AM EDT

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