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Al Qaeda-Linked Group Claims Deadly Attack At Mali Resort
A new alliance of Islamist militant groups linked to al Qaeda on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack that killed at least five people at a Mali luxury resort popular with Western expatriates just outside the capital Bamako.
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'Terrorist' Wins Battle To Stay In Britain: Report
A wheelchair-bound Algerian "militant" with alleged links to Al Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden on Tuesday won a 21-year legal battle to stay in Britain, the media reported.
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Syria Funds Suggest ISIS Link To Militants Arrested In Indonesia
Some of the Indonesian men arrested at the weekend after tip-offs that they were planning a string of militant attacks had received funding from Syria, hardening evidence of their links to ISIS, police said today.
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Syria's Nusra Front Underlines Al-Qaeda Link in Audio Message
The head of Syria's Nusra Front militant group mourned the death of al Qaeda's deputy leader in an audio message that underlined the organisations' close relationship and appeared to counter recent reports that it might split from the global network.
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Suspected Al Qaeda Militants Arrested in Italy for Vatican Plot
Italian police today arrested 10 people and were looking for eight others suspected of belonging to an armed group linked to Al Qaeda who had plotted attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan and at least at one point the Vatican.
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Al Qaeda Linked Group Says Army Base Seized in South Yemen
Fighters from the al Qaeda affiliated Ansar al-Sharia militant group have taken control of an army base in southern Yemen and are holding soldiers prisoner, the group said on its Twitter account on today.
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World Leaders Join Mass Paris March to Honour Attack Victims
Dozens of world leaders including Muslim and Jewish statesmen linked arms leading hundreds of thousands of French citizens in an unprecedented march under high security to pay tribute to victims of Islamist militant attacks.
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Who is Cherif Kouachi, Suspected in Charlie Hebdo Attack?
He has a long history of jihadist ties and links to a key Islamic State militant, yet Charlie Hebdo suspect Cherif Kouachi still managed to slip under the radar of French intelligence.
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French Forces Launch Raid in Niger Against Al Qaeda Units
French forces destroyed a convoy in Niger transporting weapons from Libya to Mali and captured fighters linked to al Qaeda, the presidency said on Friday as France steps up efforts to stop militants crisscrossing the Sahel-Sahara region.
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Militants Kill 20 in Two Separate Yemen Attacks: Sources
A suicide bomber linked to al Qaeda drove a car laden with explosives into a hospital used as a base by Yemen's Shi'ite Muslim Houthi movement on Sunday, killing at least 15 people, and five more died in an ambush in the south of the country.
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Militant Car Bomb Targets Houthi Base in Yemen, 15 Dead: Sources
A suicide bomber linked to al Qaeda drove a car laden with explosives into a hospital used as a base by Yemen's Shi'ite Muslim Houthi movement on Sunday, killing at least 15 people, various sources said.
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American Citizen Carried Out Suicide Bombing in Syria: US
An American citizen fighting for an Al Qaeda-backed militant group in Syria carried out a deadly suicide bombing in the first such case in the war-torn country, US officials said.
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Saudi Arabia Uncovers Al Qaeda Cell Plotting Attacks
Saudi Arabia has detained 62 suspected al Qaeda militants with links to radicals in Syria and Yemen who were plotting attacks on government and foreign targets in the kingdom, its Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Eight arrested in Spain for suspected links to Al Qaeda
Spanish police have arrested eight people suspected of recruiting jihadist militants for Al Qaeda-linked groups in Syria, said officials.
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Bombs and gun battles kill at least 19 in Somali capital
At least 19 people were killed in the Somali capital on Sunday in suicide bombings and assaults by al Shabaab militants linked to al Qaeda, breaking a fragile return to peace in Mogadishu.
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Al Qaeda-Linked Group Claims Deadly Attack At Mali Resort
A new alliance of Islamist militant groups linked to al Qaeda on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack that killed at least five people at a Mali luxury resort popular with Western expatriates just outside the capital Bamako.
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'Terrorist' Wins Battle To Stay In Britain: Report
A wheelchair-bound Algerian "militant" with alleged links to Al Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden on Tuesday won a 21-year legal battle to stay in Britain, the media reported.
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Syria Funds Suggest ISIS Link To Militants Arrested In Indonesia
Some of the Indonesian men arrested at the weekend after tip-offs that they were planning a string of militant attacks had received funding from Syria, hardening evidence of their links to ISIS, police said today.
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Syria's Nusra Front Underlines Al-Qaeda Link in Audio Message
The head of Syria's Nusra Front militant group mourned the death of al Qaeda's deputy leader in an audio message that underlined the organisations' close relationship and appeared to counter recent reports that it might split from the global network.
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Suspected Al Qaeda Militants Arrested in Italy for Vatican Plot
Italian police today arrested 10 people and were looking for eight others suspected of belonging to an armed group linked to Al Qaeda who had plotted attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan and at least at one point the Vatican.
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Al Qaeda Linked Group Says Army Base Seized in South Yemen
Fighters from the al Qaeda affiliated Ansar al-Sharia militant group have taken control of an army base in southern Yemen and are holding soldiers prisoner, the group said on its Twitter account on today.
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World Leaders Join Mass Paris March to Honour Attack Victims
Dozens of world leaders including Muslim and Jewish statesmen linked arms leading hundreds of thousands of French citizens in an unprecedented march under high security to pay tribute to victims of Islamist militant attacks.
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Who is Cherif Kouachi, Suspected in Charlie Hebdo Attack?
He has a long history of jihadist ties and links to a key Islamic State militant, yet Charlie Hebdo suspect Cherif Kouachi still managed to slip under the radar of French intelligence.
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French Forces Launch Raid in Niger Against Al Qaeda Units
French forces destroyed a convoy in Niger transporting weapons from Libya to Mali and captured fighters linked to al Qaeda, the presidency said on Friday as France steps up efforts to stop militants crisscrossing the Sahel-Sahara region.
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Militants Kill 20 in Two Separate Yemen Attacks: Sources
A suicide bomber linked to al Qaeda drove a car laden with explosives into a hospital used as a base by Yemen's Shi'ite Muslim Houthi movement on Sunday, killing at least 15 people, and five more died in an ambush in the south of the country.
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Militant Car Bomb Targets Houthi Base in Yemen, 15 Dead: Sources
A suicide bomber linked to al Qaeda drove a car laden with explosives into a hospital used as a base by Yemen's Shi'ite Muslim Houthi movement on Sunday, killing at least 15 people, various sources said.
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American Citizen Carried Out Suicide Bombing in Syria: US
An American citizen fighting for an Al Qaeda-backed militant group in Syria carried out a deadly suicide bombing in the first such case in the war-torn country, US officials said.
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Saudi Arabia Uncovers Al Qaeda Cell Plotting Attacks
Saudi Arabia has detained 62 suspected al Qaeda militants with links to radicals in Syria and Yemen who were plotting attacks on government and foreign targets in the kingdom, its Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Eight arrested in Spain for suspected links to Al Qaeda
Spanish police have arrested eight people suspected of recruiting jihadist militants for Al Qaeda-linked groups in Syria, said officials.
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Bombs and gun battles kill at least 19 in Somali capital
At least 19 people were killed in the Somali capital on Sunday in suicide bombings and assaults by al Shabaab militants linked to al Qaeda, breaking a fragile return to peace in Mogadishu.
