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France

[As it happened] France terror attacks manhunt

09/01/2015

USA

Suspected al Qaeda bomb planner dies days before trial in New York

A Libyan man accused of helping plan al Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Africa in the late 1990s has died of liver cancer in New York only days

03/01/2015

USA

CIA chief defends post-9/11 interrogation tactics after damning report

CIA director John Brennan has defended the spy agency following the publication of a highly critical report into its post 9/11 interrogation

11/12/2014

Mali

French hostage Serge Lazarevic freed three years after capture by al Qaeda in Mali

A French hostage has been freed by North African Islamist militants who had abducted him in Mali three years ago. Serge Lazarevic was taken by

09/12/2014

Pakistan

Top al-Qaeda leader killed in Pakistani military raid

A top al-Qaeda leader, wanted in the US over a bomb plot, has been killed during a raid by the Pakistani military. A military source said Saudi

06/12/2014

Pakistan

Pakistan military says killed al-Qaeda leader wanted in U.S

06/12/2014

Yemen

American hostage Luke Somers killed in failed rescue attempt says sister

The sister of an American photojournalist held by Al Qaeda militants in Yemen says he has been killed in a failed rescue attempt. Thirty

06/12/2014

Yemen

Al Qaeda militants in Yemen threaten to kill US hostage Luke Somers

Al Qaeda militants in Yemen have released a video purportedly showing a British-born US hostage, with the threat to kill him.

04/12/2014

Kenya

Kenyan police find explosives and weapons in mosques

19/11/2014

World News

Proof of life - al Qaeda issues video of hostages held in Sahara

18/11/2014

Yemen

Al-Qaeda behind deadly attack on Yemeni army base

03/04/2014

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USA

Time-lapse video of One World Trade Center being built - US marks 9/11 anniversary

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My Europe Series

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Syria

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My Europe Series

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