al-Qaeda

Gulf Crisis: UAE Denies Hacking Qatar News Agency

The UAE has denied it was behind the alleged hacking of Qatar's state news agency in May. The Washington Post…

7 years ago

Qatar Crisis to Be Discussed in Cairo

Four Gulf countries are to discuss the Qatar crisis, a month after they severed ties with the state. The meeting…

7 years ago

Qatar Rejects List of Conditions for Lifting Sanctions

Qatar has rejected a list of 13 conditions set by four Arab states for lifting sanctions with its foreign minister…

7 years ago

Farouq al-Qahtani Death: Senior al-Qaeda Leader Killed In US Drone Strike

Senior al-Qaeda leader Farouq al-Qahtani has been killed in a US drone strike in north eastern Afghanistan last month, the…

8 years ago

Osama Bin Laden Will: $29 Million Fortune Left to Al-Qaeda

The will of Osama Bin Laden has revealed he left a personal fortune of around $29 million after his death…

9 years ago

Mali Radisson Blu Hotel Attack Leaves at Least Three Dead

At least three people have been killed after gunmen launched an attack on the Radisson Blu Hotel in the centre…

9 years ago

Somalia Hotel Attack: At Least 15 People Killed in al-Shabab Assault at Sahafi Hotel

At least 15 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a suicide attack claimed by al-Shabab on a hotel…

9 years ago

Nasser al-Wuhayshi: AQAP Leader Killed in US Strike in Yemen

Top al-Qaeda commander Nasser al-Wuhayshi has been killed in a US drone strike in Yemen, the AQAP group confirmed. Nasser…

9 years ago

Osama bin Laden Raid Documents Released by US Intelligence

New documents that were found at Osama bin Laden's secret compound in Pakistan during the 2011 raid have been released…

10 years ago

Khalid al-Fawwaz Jailed for Life over 1998 US Embassies Bombings

Osama bin Laden’s former aide Khalid Abdulrahman al-Fawwaz has been sentenced to life in jail for aiding in the bombing…

10 years ago

Warren Weinstein and Giovanni Lo Porto Accidentally Killed in US Raid

The White House has admitted that two hostages held by al-Qaeda were accidentally killed by a US counterterrorism operation in…

10 years ago

Khalid al-Fawwaz guilty of plotting al-Qaeda bombing of US embassies in east Africa

Saudi national Khalid al-Fawwaz, a former aide of Osama Bin Laden, has been found guilty of plotting the al-Qaeda bombing…

10 years ago

Yemen: Al-Qaeda linked group seizes military base in Bayhan

A military base in southern Yemen has been seized by al-Qaeda linked fighters, militants and officials say. The Ansar al-Sharia…

10 years ago

Zacarias Moussaoui: 9/11 plotter accuses Saudi royals of funding al-Qaeda attacks

9/11 terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui has claimed members of the Saudi royal family helped fund the 2001 attacks. Al-Qaeda’s Zacarias Moussaoui,…

10 years ago

CIA torture report: UN and human rights groups call for prosecution of US officials

Human rights groups and the United Nations have called for the prosecution of US officials involved in what a Senate…

10 years ago

CIA torture report details brutal interrogation program

According to a US Senate report, the CIA carried out "brutal" interrogations of al-Qaeda suspects in the years after the…

10 years ago

Luke Somers and Pierre Korkie killed during Yemen rescue bid

Luke Somers and South African teacher Pierre Korkie have been killed by al-Qaeda militants in Yemen during a failed rescue…

10 years ago

Adnan el Shukrijumah: Al-Qaeda senior leader killed in Pakistan

Top al-Qaeda commander Adnan el Shukrijumah, who was accused of planning to bomb trains in New York and London, has…

10 years ago

Luke Somers: US and Yemen in new bid to rescue American hostage

US and Yemeni forces have launched a new military operation to rescue American hostage Luke Somers held by al-Qaeda militants,…

10 years ago

Luke Somers’ family in video appeal to AQAP to release American photojournalist

Luke Somers’ family has appealed in a video to al-Qaeda militants in Yemen to "show mercy" and release him. In…

10 years ago

Sulaiman Abu Ghaith: Osama bin Laden’s son-in-low jailed for life

Osama bin Laden's son-in-law, Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, who was an al-Qaeda spokesman after 9/11, has been sentenced to life in…

10 years ago

Sulaiman Abu Ghaith: Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law on trial in New York

The trial of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law Sulaiman Abu Ghaith has begun in New York. The prosecutor has said Sulaiman…

11 years ago

Pakistani bomb attack kills 20 soldiers near Bannu

A Pakistani bomb blast that struck an army convoy in north-western part of the  country has killed at least 20…

11 years ago

John Kerry: US will not send troops to help Iraq fight al-Qaeda

Secretary of State John Kerry has said the US will help Iraq fight al-Qaeda-linked militants, but that it is not…

11 years ago

Benghazi attack: New York Times report finds no al-Qaeda role

A New York Times in-depth report found no proof that al-Qaeda or any international terrorist groups played any role in the…

11 years ago