Terrorism
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 08:32
As Somalia's government plans a new offensive against al-Shabab, the BBC's Mary Harper considers why the Islamist militants remain so brazen.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 08:29
Security experts and government officials from more than a dozen Middle East and Horn of Africa countries are meeting in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to find ways to counter violent extremist groups.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 08:13
The Israel Navy assumes that Hezbollah has gotten hold of advanced Russian- made Yakhont antiship missiles, a senior navy source said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 08:05
After herding the female students into a classroom, Islamist militants from the group Boko Haram fatally burned or shot dozens of male students in an attack late Monday on a state college in northeastern Nigeria, officials said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 08:05
An Egyptian court has sentenced 26 people to death for founding a "terror group" with the aim of attacking ships using the Suez Canal.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 08:04
Commenting publicly for the first time on the attack reported Monday night by the Lebanese army, Hezbollah said that the “Israeli enemy” had struck a position belonging to its fighters in the Janta area in the Bekaa valley.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 08:04
Gunmen from Islamist group Boko Haram shot or burned to death 59 pupils in a boarding school in northeast Nigeria overnight, a hospital official and security forces said on Tuesday.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 12:19
“In 2011 there was a misjudgment of terrorism,” Marzouki said, adding that many were responsible including himself.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 08:48
Suspected Islamist militants from the Boko Haram group in north-eastern Nigeria have attacked a school and shot some students, the military has said.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 08:44
Gunmen from Islamist group Boko Haram stormed a boarding school in northeast Nigeria overnight and killed 29 pupils, many of whom died in flames as the school was burned to the ground, police and the military said on Tuesday.