Terrorism
Friday, September 26, 2014 - 07:31
The failed high level negotiations between Boko Haram leaders and the Nigerian government team, led by a former Minister of Information, Edwin Clark, would have seen the country swapping 16 detained terrorists for 220 Chibok girls, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report today.
Friday, September 26, 2014 - 06:17
The Pentagon said Thursday that the costs of U.S. efforts against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria are an estimated $7 million to $10 million per day.
Friday, September 26, 2014 - 05:57
One year after the Westgate Mall terrorist attack in Nairobi, Al-Shabaab is more entrenched and a graver threat to Kenya. But the deeper danger is less in the long established terrorist cells that perpetrated the act – horrific as it was – and more in managing and healing the rising communal tensions and historic divides that Al-Shabaab violence has deliberately agitated, most recently in Lamu county.
Friday, September 26, 2014 - 05:53
Nigeria's military says it killed the man who has been posing as the head of Boko Haram and has pushed back the militants’ advance on the Borno state capital in the northeast. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan assured the U.N. General Assembly Wednesday that the country will "triumph over terrorism.”
Friday, September 26, 2014 - 05:52
An obscure Algerian extremist group that abducted a French alpine guide has threatened to kill him. The group broke from Al Qaeda earlier this month and vowed allegiance to the self-declared Islamic State.
Thursday, September 25, 2014 - 08:39
Tucked inside the continuing resolution the United States Congress passed late last week was a provision to authorize the training and equipping of “moderate, vetted” elements of the Syrian opposition. The CIA has been carrying out a covert, small-scale version of this program, according to media reports. However, the rapid territorial gains and brutality of ISIS tipped the scales and encouraged the administration to go bigger – and go public — with a $500 million Pentagon-run, train-and-equip program, said U.S. President Barack Obama in a Sept. 10 speech.
Thursday, September 25, 2014 - 07:50
Un hombre aún sin identificar murió en la madrugada de este jueves en el centro de Santiago de Chile al explotar una bomba de fabricación artesanal, informaron fuentes policiales y judiciales.
Thursday, September 25, 2014 - 07:50
Germany’s defense minister is in northern Iraq to talk with Kurdish leaders about the fight against Islamic State extremists and Berlin’s efforts to help with arms deliveries.
Thursday, September 25, 2014 - 07:09
A new national guard could help bridge Iraq’s sectarian divide. But it must be accompanied by diplomatic efforts to reach out to Sunnis and prevent outside meddling.