Yemen Cleric

Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 47 men convicted of terrorism-related offenses and political activism, including a prominent Shiite cleric critical of the kingdom's Sunni rulers.

A New York court on Monday released an edited version of a secret government memo legally justifying a drone attack that killed a US citizen, radical Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, in Yemen in 2011.

A New York court today released an edited version of a United States government memo legally justifying a drone attack that targeted and killed an American in Yemen in 2011.

An Egyptian Islamic preacher whose fiery sermons before and after 9/11 attracted extremists to his London mosque was convicted Monday in a trial that a prosecutor said should provide justice for the victims of a kidnapping in Yemen more than a decade ago.

An Egyptian Islamic preacher whose fiery sermons before and after 9/11 attracted extremists to his London mosque was convicted Monday in a trial that a prosecutor said should provide justice for the victims of a kidnapping in Yemen more than a decade ago.

The US government formally acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that it had killed four Americans, including militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who died in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan.

A drone strike in the eastern Yemeni province of Shabwa last month killed the top religious cleric for Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a source close to AQAP said on Tuesday.

Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born Islamic militant cleric who became a prominent figure in Al Qaeda's most active branch, using his fluent English and Internet savvy to draw recruits to carry out attacks in the United States, was killed Friday in the mountains of Yemen, American and Yemeni officials said.

More than 100 influential religious clerics and tribal leaders called for the Yemeni President's ouster and elections to choose a new leader, adding their weight to the Opposition movement seeking to end nearly 33 years of autocratic rule by Ali Abdullah Saleh.The President, who has clung to power despite four months of protests, is undergoing trea...

A US-born radical Yemeni cleric linked to previous attacks on the US called for Muslims around world to kill Americans in a new video message posted on radical websites on Monday.Anwar al-Awlaki said since all Americans are the enemy, clerics don't need to issue any special fatwas or religious rulings allowing them to be killed."Don't consult with ...

A Yemeni judge has ordered the country's security forces to arrest a radical U.S.-born cleric linked to Al-Qaida.Judge Mohsen Allwan told police to deliver Anwar al-Awlaki dead or alive. The order comes as Yemen faces heavy U.S. pressure to crack down on the country's Al-Qaida offshoot after a mail bomb scheme that was thwarted a week ago.The Unite...

A radical American-Yemeni Islamic cleric suspected of ties to Al-Qaida has said the Nigerian accused in the failed Christmas airliner attack was his student.

Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 47 men convicted of terrorism-related offenses and political activism, including a prominent Shiite cleric critical of the kingdom's Sunni rulers.

A New York court on Monday released an edited version of a secret government memo legally justifying a drone attack that killed a US citizen, radical Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, in Yemen in 2011.

A New York court today released an edited version of a United States government memo legally justifying a drone attack that targeted and killed an American in Yemen in 2011.

An Egyptian Islamic preacher whose fiery sermons before and after 9/11 attracted extremists to his London mosque was convicted Monday in a trial that a prosecutor said should provide justice for the victims of a kidnapping in Yemen more than a decade ago.

An Egyptian Islamic preacher whose fiery sermons before and after 9/11 attracted extremists to his London mosque was convicted Monday in a trial that a prosecutor said should provide justice for the victims of a kidnapping in Yemen more than a decade ago.

The US government formally acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that it had killed four Americans, including militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who died in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan.

A drone strike in the eastern Yemeni province of Shabwa last month killed the top religious cleric for Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, a source close to AQAP said on Tuesday.

Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born Islamic militant cleric who became a prominent figure in Al Qaeda's most active branch, using his fluent English and Internet savvy to draw recruits to carry out attacks in the United States, was killed Friday in the mountains of Yemen, American and Yemeni officials said.

More than 100 influential religious clerics and tribal leaders called for the Yemeni President's ouster and elections to choose a new leader, adding their weight to the Opposition movement seeking to end nearly 33 years of autocratic rule by Ali Abdullah Saleh.The President, who has clung to power despite four months of protests, is undergoing trea...

A US-born radical Yemeni cleric linked to previous attacks on the US called for Muslims around world to kill Americans in a new video message posted on radical websites on Monday.Anwar al-Awlaki said since all Americans are the enemy, clerics don't need to issue any special fatwas or religious rulings allowing them to be killed."Don't consult with ...

A Yemeni judge has ordered the country's security forces to arrest a radical U.S.-born cleric linked to Al-Qaida.Judge Mohsen Allwan told police to deliver Anwar al-Awlaki dead or alive. The order comes as Yemen faces heavy U.S. pressure to crack down on the country's Al-Qaida offshoot after a mail bomb scheme that was thwarted a week ago.The Unite...

A radical American-Yemeni Islamic cleric suspected of ties to Al-Qaida has said the Nigerian accused in the failed Christmas airliner attack was his student.