Terrorism
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 15:34
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 09:13
France has firmly rebuffed suggestions that it should join an international force and intervene in the south of Libya to end instability there and prevent it becoming a regional base for Al Qaeda.
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 09:06
Israeli air force chief Maj.-Gen. Amir Eshel accused Hezbollah Wednesday of putting “thousands” of bases in residential buildings and said it would destroy these in a future conflict, even at the cost of civilian lives.
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 09:00
In his battle against an al-Qaeda-led insurgency in western Iraq, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s is providing arms and funds to unnatural bedfellows - Sunni tribesmen who complain of being neglected by his Shiite-dominated government.
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 08:49
"Between the 75,000 to 110,000 fighters inside Syria, "about 26,000 we'd rate as extremists," he said.
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 08:41
UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi has said he does not expect to achieve "anything substantive" in the first round of Syria talks before they end on Friday.
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 08:40
The attack was apparently in retaliation for shelling or gunfire from Syria that landed in Turkish territory.
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 08:19
Somalia's al-Shabaab militants may be planning new attacks on Kenya, the director of US national intelligence warned on Wednesday.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 15:44
The House Subcommittee on Terrorism Nonproliferation and Trade of the Committee on Foreign Affairs is holding a hearing on the changing landscape of terrorist groups in Latin America. Witnesses include Gina Costa, Celine Realuyo, Douglas Farah and Michael Shifter.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 12:33
A state of emergency and a full-scale military offensive have not stopped horrific Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria