View Taliban takeover could lead to renewed terror attacks in Europe | View "Once the West begins to pressure the new regime in Kabul, it is very likely that the Taliban will allow al-Qaeda to set up a firm presence in the country again. Then it is just a matter of time before we see attacks emanating outwards." 19/08/2021
France Paris honours assassinated Afghan rebel leader Paris has honoured Ahmad Shah Massoud with a plaque that recognises him as a hero of Afghanistan. 27/03/2021
Mali French forces kill Al-Qaeda's North African commander Abdelmalek Droukdel was widely seen as the symbolic leader of Al-Qaeda’s north African branch, whose operational centre was northern Mali, where he was killed. 06/06/2020
world news Lull in terror attacks may not last 'until the end of 2019': UN report The relative lull in Islamist terror attacks "may not last long, possibly not even until the end of 2019," UN monitors have warned in a report. 03/08/2019
USA U.S. hunting for bin Laden's son, will pay up to $1M for info Hamza bin Laden has urged attacks on U.S. and its allies as retaliation for father's death, officials said. 01/03/2019
Mali Deadly attack on Mali military base leaves six dead Islamist militants armed with rockets and explosives raided the headquarters of an African military taskforce in central Mali, leaving at least six people dead on Friday, a spokesman for the force said. 30/06/2018
Canada Kidnapped US-Canadian couple return to Canada with family A kidnapped U.S. Canadian couple held hostage in Pakistan for nearly five years has returned to Canada. 14/10/2017
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
Syria Senior al-Qaida operative killed in US airstrikes, Pentagon In total 11 al-Qaida members were killed in airstrikes in Syria, the Pentagon announced. 09/02/2017
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
USA 15 years after 9/11: the US remembers New York, Washington and Pennsylvania have fallen silent to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US. 11/09/2016
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
Syria What the ceasefire means for Homs Buses carrying insurgents leave the Syrian city of Homs Part of rare local ceasefire deal Priority given to women, children, seriously wounded 09/12/2015
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
Mali Mali: a state of emergency and national mourning Mali has been placed under a ten-day state of emergency after hundreds were taken hostage at a luxury hotel in its capital city. At least 20 people 21/11/2015
France Bush vs Hollande: can you tell their speeches apart? They are two speeches made in the wake of two terrorist atrocities. But while the circumstances may have been similar, the two presidents who made 17/11/2015
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
