Counterterrorism
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 08:48
The decision to hold Abu Anas and question him for intelligence purposes without a lawyer present follows a pattern used successfully by the Obama administration with other terrorist suspects.
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 08:46
Somali militant group al-Shabab has sent reinforcements to the town of Barawe, where US commandos tried to seize one of its leaders on Saturday, residents have told the BBC.
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 08:38
In their latest pushback against terrorists, authorities also arrested twenty-one terror suspects in Manouba on Sunday and eight Ansar al-Sharia members in Kairouan.
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 08:18
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is defending the special forces raid to capture a senior al-Qaida operative in Libya, saying the operation was "legal and appropriate."
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 08:16
The threat of terrorism and drug trafficking remains strong, “so, through the joint efforts of the two countries – Russia and Tajikistan – we must ensure security in the region,” Sergei Naryshkin.
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 08:14
The Ugandan-led African Union (AU) troops have resumed the offensive against the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR), several months after suspending military operations there following a violent coup in the nation.
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 08:08
Three terror suspects were yesterday arrested for allegedly plotting a terror attack in Mombasa.
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 08:07
Federal Government of Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamed called on Somali Police forces to seek confidences and trust from the civilians amid reports of torture by federal government soldiers, Garowe Online reports.
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 08:00
Police has received credible information indicating that wanted terrorist Andreas Martin Mueller alias Ahmed Khaled, is said to have entered the country on Tuesday.
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 07:56
American commandos carried out raids on Saturday in two far-flung African countries in a house where fugitive terrorist suspects were hiding in , U.S officials confirmed.