Russia Islamist group claim responsibility for St Petersburg metro attack A group called the Imam Shamil Battalion has claimed responsibility for a metro bombing in the Russian city of St. Petersburg that killed 16 people. 25/04/2017
Somalia US-Somali national inaugurated as new president of Somalia Amid tight security Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has been inaugurated as the new President of Somalia. 22/02/2017
Yemen US commandos launch major raid on al Qaeda stronghold At least one American soldier has been killed and three others wounded during a raid against an al Qaeda stronghold in central Yemen, the US military says. 29/01/2017
Mali Al Qaeda-linked group claims Mali's deadliest suicide attack A group linked to al Qaeda’s North African affiliate has said it carried out a suicide bombing at a military camp in northern Mali earlier on Wednesday that killed dozens of people and injured over… 18/01/2017
Mali Tuareg militant leader killed in car explosion outside UN base in Mali Cheick Ag Aoussa was the number two in the High Council for the Unity of Azawad, one of many armed groups in the country. 09/10/2016
Iraq Al Qaeda 15 years after 9/11 Fifteen years on from the 9/11 attacks and more than five years after the death of Osama bin Laden what has happened to Al Qaeda? 09/09/2016
Syria Nusra Front militant group says it's ending ties with al Qaeda Al Qaeda’s powerful Syrian branch, the Nusra Front, says it is cutting ties with the global militant network. 29/07/2016
Turkey Journalists freed in Syria return home to Spain Three Spanish freelance journalists who were kidnapped in Syria last July have returned home on Sunday after being released. On Saturday it was 08/05/2016
world news Sixteen people die in attack on Ivory Coast beach resort Al Qaeda gunmen attack Grand Bassam resort 16 people are killed including four Europeans All six gunmen are killed by Ivorian Special Forces 14/03/2016
Mali Mali: 'Irreparable cultural damage' caused by Ahmad Al-Mahdi Al-Faqi - ICC The destruction of religious sites in the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu has caused irreparable damage to Africa’s cultural heritage, prosecutors at 01/03/2016
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso siege: witnesses describe moment gunmen entered Witnesses to the Ouagadougou attack say suspected Islamist militants shot indiscriminately at them and did not speak French – the national language 16/01/2016
Burkina Faso Security forces in Burkina Faso storm hotel to free hostages taken by suspected Islamic militants - reports of 20 dead Security forces in the West African country of Burkina Faso have launched an assault on a hotel in the capital where a number of hostages were being 16/01/2016
Lebanon Prisoner swap frees Lebanese soldiers and ISIL leader's ex-wife 16 Lebanese soldiers and policemen held captive by Al Qaeda’s Syrian wing, the Nusra Front, have been released. The group was kidnapped during an 01/12/2015
Afghanistan Afghan Hazara mourn, demand government guarantee security The streets of Kabul rang with cries of ‘Down with terror!’, as thousands of Afghan minority Hazara- filled the streets, angrily demanding the 11/11/2015
world news Al Qaeda and Islamic State - a possible reconcilation? Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has dismissed the self-titled group Islamic State as illegitimate, but says his followers would join them in 09/09/2015
Afghanistan Al-Qaeda leader pledges allegiance to new Taliban chief Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has pledged allegiance to the new head of the Taliban. The announcement came in an audio message, which could not be 13/08/2015
Mali Mali hostages Gustafsson and McGowan seen in new jihadist video Two men captured by Islamist militants in Mali – said to be the last Westerners held hostage in the country – have been seen in a rare video posted 23/06/2015
Libya Libyans claim Mokhtar Belmokhtar killed in US airstrike One of the most feared Islamic militant leaders, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, has reportedly been killed by a US airstrike in Libya, according to the local 15/06/2015
Libya Al Qaeda militant is 'killed in US air strike' inside Libya The al Qaeda militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar and seven others have been reported killed in a US air strike inside Libya. Belmokhtar’ is thought to have 15/06/2015