Al-qaida Suspects

Jamal al-Badawi, the Yemeni al-Qaida operative accused of organizing the 2000 attack on the USS Cole, has been killed in a US airstrike, President Donald Trump said Sunday.

Talking about whether the administration of President George W. Bush allowed the torture of al-Qaida suspects - and whether the techniques, which included waterboarding, achieved results - is a lot like talking about religion. Either you believe it or you don't, and there is little bridging the chasm.

The man accused of a bombing rampage in New York and New Jersey mentioned an eclectic mix of terrorist inspirations, including al-Qaida and the Islamic State, in a journal recovered as evidence, authorities revealed Wednesday.

Two months after Osama bin Laden was killed, the CIA's top operative in Pakistan was pulled out of the country in an abrupt move vaguely attributed to health concerns and his strained relationship with Islamabad.

Norway's intelligence service says it is seeking a Norwegian-born Muslim believed to have joined rebel ISIL fighters in the al-Qaida breakaway group in Syria.

A high-level government security committee in Yemen says an airstrike against training camps operated by suspected al-Qaida militants in a rugged southern mountain region has killed a number of fighters.

Yemeni officials say fresh clashes with Al Qaeda fighters in the south have left at least 34 people dead, while a suspected US drone strike has killed two militants.

Suspected Sunni extremists opened fire on Shiite Muslims traveling through southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 13 people in the latest apparent sectarian attack to hit the country, police said. Sunni militants with ideological and operational links to al-Qaida and the Taliban have carried out scores of bombings and shootings against minority ...

Saudi authorities said Friday they arrested 149 Al-Qaida suspects in a months-long sweep and thwarted attacks inside the kingdom on government officials, media personalities and civilian targets.Saudi Arabia's anti-terror campaign has largely crushed Al-Qaida's operations in the kingdom since a series of attacks there that began in 2003. Some key m...

At least six suspected "masterminds" of the Mumbai attacks are still at large in Pakistan and there is mounting evidence of ISI's strong links to the 2008 strikes, an investigative report said.    "The evidence against at least half a dozen suspected masterminds of Mumbai who are still at large includes (David) Headley's statements i...

At least 25 people were killed and 70 wounded in a suicide bombing at a coffee house in the town of Balad Ruz in Central Iraq's restive Diyala province late on Friday, a police official said."Twenty-five people were killed and 70 wounded when a suicide bomber detonated a belt filled with explosive at a coffee house in the centre of the city at 9.00...

The discovery of two explosive devices shipped by cargo planes has reignited a long-running debate about how thoroughly cargo needs to be screened on its way into the United States. Despite the increased scrutiny of people and luggage on passenger planes since 9/11, there are far fewer safeguards for packages and bundles, particularly when loaded o...

Police have detained five people, including three university students, suspected of providing financial and technical support to the Al-Qaida network in Afghanistan, police and reports said Friday.One of the suspects is also accused of preparing for a possible bomb attack, according to a police official in the Aegean coastal city of Izmir.The five ...

Indonesia's anti-terrorism squad has shot dead three suspected terrorists and arrested 15 others during tense raids in which some of the suspects used women and children as human shields, police said.Police Chief Gen Bambang Hendarso Danuri said on Monday the men were wanted for a series of armed robberies on banks and money-changers that had nette...

A Yemeni man implicated in the September 11 attacks was secretly detained in Morocco after Central Intelligence Agency operatives took him there in 2002, officials said on Tuesday.While the man, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, was detained in a prison near Rabat, Moroccan officials videotaped several of his interrogation sessions and gave the recordings to the...

Jamal al-Badawi, the Yemeni al-Qaida operative accused of organizing the 2000 attack on the USS Cole, has been killed in a US airstrike, President Donald Trump said Sunday.

Talking about whether the administration of President George W. Bush allowed the torture of al-Qaida suspects - and whether the techniques, which included waterboarding, achieved results - is a lot like talking about religion. Either you believe it or you don't, and there is little bridging the chasm.

The man accused of a bombing rampage in New York and New Jersey mentioned an eclectic mix of terrorist inspirations, including al-Qaida and the Islamic State, in a journal recovered as evidence, authorities revealed Wednesday.

Two months after Osama bin Laden was killed, the CIA's top operative in Pakistan was pulled out of the country in an abrupt move vaguely attributed to health concerns and his strained relationship with Islamabad.

Norway's intelligence service says it is seeking a Norwegian-born Muslim believed to have joined rebel ISIL fighters in the al-Qaida breakaway group in Syria.

A high-level government security committee in Yemen says an airstrike against training camps operated by suspected al-Qaida militants in a rugged southern mountain region has killed a number of fighters.

Yemeni officials say fresh clashes with Al Qaeda fighters in the south have left at least 34 people dead, while a suspected US drone strike has killed two militants.

Suspected Sunni extremists opened fire on Shiite Muslims traveling through southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 13 people in the latest apparent sectarian attack to hit the country, police said. Sunni militants with ideological and operational links to al-Qaida and the Taliban have carried out scores of bombings and shootings against minority ...

Saudi authorities said Friday they arrested 149 Al-Qaida suspects in a months-long sweep and thwarted attacks inside the kingdom on government officials, media personalities and civilian targets.Saudi Arabia's anti-terror campaign has largely crushed Al-Qaida's operations in the kingdom since a series of attacks there that began in 2003. Some key m...

At least six suspected "masterminds" of the Mumbai attacks are still at large in Pakistan and there is mounting evidence of ISI's strong links to the 2008 strikes, an investigative report said.    "The evidence against at least half a dozen suspected masterminds of Mumbai who are still at large includes (David) Headley's statements i...

At least 25 people were killed and 70 wounded in a suicide bombing at a coffee house in the town of Balad Ruz in Central Iraq's restive Diyala province late on Friday, a police official said."Twenty-five people were killed and 70 wounded when a suicide bomber detonated a belt filled with explosive at a coffee house in the centre of the city at 9.00...

The discovery of two explosive devices shipped by cargo planes has reignited a long-running debate about how thoroughly cargo needs to be screened on its way into the United States. Despite the increased scrutiny of people and luggage on passenger planes since 9/11, there are far fewer safeguards for packages and bundles, particularly when loaded o...

Police have detained five people, including three university students, suspected of providing financial and technical support to the Al-Qaida network in Afghanistan, police and reports said Friday.One of the suspects is also accused of preparing for a possible bomb attack, according to a police official in the Aegean coastal city of Izmir.The five ...

Indonesia's anti-terrorism squad has shot dead three suspected terrorists and arrested 15 others during tense raids in which some of the suspects used women and children as human shields, police said.Police Chief Gen Bambang Hendarso Danuri said on Monday the men were wanted for a series of armed robberies on banks and money-changers that had nette...

A Yemeni man implicated in the September 11 attacks was secretly detained in Morocco after Central Intelligence Agency operatives took him there in 2002, officials said on Tuesday.While the man, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, was detained in a prison near Rabat, Moroccan officials videotaped several of his interrogation sessions and gave the recordings to the...