Terrorism
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 08:18
Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi is to stand trial on charges including conspiring with foreign organisations to commit terrorist acts.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 09:05
Charcoal from Somalia is prized in Gulf nations: Made from acacia trees, it's slow burning and gives a sweet aroma to the region's beloved grilled meats and to tobacco burned in waterpipes. It is also banned by the United Nations, because its shipments rake in millions of dollars a year for al-Qaida-linked militants.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 07:55
The world should be paying more attention to the sub-Saharan threat from al-Qaeda, a former head of the British armed forces has warned.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 07:45
There were conflicting reports about the number of casualties and whether a suicide bomber had blown up the vehicle in the remote part of the Bekaa Valley.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 07:21
The sources said Hezbollah fighters in a van were attempting to intercept the vehicle when it exploded in Sbouba, where the group maintains a military camp. There was an exchange of gunfire, they said.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 08:59
The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has strongly condemned Saturday’s ``cowardly attack’’ on a minibus in a suburb of Nairobi, that killed many innocent civilians and injured many more.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 08:43
It was supposed to be a regular shopping trip to a Kenyan mall until Faith Wambua found herself playing dead for bullet-spraying militants, in an ordeal that capped a year of Islamist violence across the continent affecting countless ordinary Africans.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 08:13
Suicide bombers and gunmen killed at least 54 people in Iraq on Monday, medical and police sources said, in attacks mostly targeting Shi'ite Muslims, who mark a big religious festival next week.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 07:54
Al-Qaeda-linked rebel group was suspended from Twitter after they claimed responsibility for Nairobi mall attack.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:36
This announcement came following Friday's protests that blocked the road between Rada and Sanaa, the capital city, during the funeral of 13 civilians killed in the attack, the official said.