al-Qaeda

Yemen: At least 29 killed in Defense Ministry attack

A double attack on Yemen's defense ministry in Sanaa left at least 29 dead and more than 70 hurt, officials…

11 years ago

Westgate mall attack: Kenyan soldiers jailed for looting

Two soldiers have been sacked and jailed for looting during last month's attack on Nairobi’s Westgate shopping centre, Kenyan army…

11 years ago

Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow identified as Norwegian suspect in Nairobi mall attack

Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow has been identified as the Norwegian suspect in Kenya's Westgate shopping centre attack, the BBC revealed. Hassan…

11 years ago

Navy SEAL carries out two separate raids in Libya and Somalia targeting senior Islamist militants

American officials say US Navy SEALs have carried out two separate raids in Libya and Somalia targeting senior Islamist militants.…

11 years ago

Nairobi mall attack suspects named

Kenya military named four men believed to have been involved in the deadly shopping centre attack in Nairobi last month.…

11 years ago

Ayman al-Zawahiri: Al-Qaeda seeks US economic damage

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has issued a message marking the 12th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. In the…

11 years ago

US diplomatic missions to reopen after al-Qaeda terror alert

Eighteen of the 19 US diplomatic missions recently closed due to security threats will reopen on Sunday. The state department…

11 years ago

Yemen foils al-Qaeda plot to blow up oil pipelines and seize main ports

Yemen announces it has foiled an al-Qaeda plot to blow up oil pipelines and seize some of the country's main…

11 years ago

Al-Qaeda claims Baghdad mass jailbreaks

Al-Qaeda has claimed two mass jailbreaks in Iraq, which freed hundreds of prisoners including senior leaders of the Islamist militant…

11 years ago

Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev used al-Qaeda online magazine to make pressure cooker bombs

Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev apparently used an online magazine produced by al-Qaeda as their guide for how to make pressure cooker…

12 years ago

Two al-Qaeda suspects arrested in Spain

Two North African suspects thought to be linked to al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) have been arrested in Spain,…

12 years ago

Canada thwarts al-Qaeda inspired attack on passenger train

Canadian authorities have arrested and charged two people with conspiring to carry out an "al-Qaeda inspired" attack on a passenger…

12 years ago

Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, Osama Bin Laden’s spokesman, to be tried in New York

Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, who was described as a spokesman for Osama Bin Laden, has been arrested and will be tried…

12 years ago

Mokhtar Belmokhtar killed by Chadian soldiers in Mali

Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a top Islamist militant, has been killed by Chadian soldiers in Mali, Chad's armed forces have announced. His…

12 years ago

Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, top al-Qaeda leader, killed in northern Mali

Senior al-Qaeda militant Abdelhamid Abou Zeid has been killed in northern Mali, Chadian President Idriss Deby has announced. Idriss Deby…

12 years ago

Mohammed Abu Jamal Ahmed, suspect in Benghazi attack that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens, arrested in Cairo

Mohammed Abu Jamal Ahmed, one of the suspects in the Benghazi attack that killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three…

12 years ago

David Petraeus Benghazi hearing: Obama administration altered CIA talking points on September attack

David Petraeus has told US Congress that the CIA believed almost immediately that al-Qaeda-linked terrorists were behind the September 11th…

12 years ago

Somali and AU troops enter port of Kismayo

The first Somali government and African Union (AU) troops are reported to have entered the strategic Somali port of Kismayo,…

12 years ago

George W. Bush was given 7 warnings about threat from Osama Bin Laden in months before 9/11 attacks

Former US President George W. Bush was given a series of direct warnings throughout 2001 about the possibility of a…

12 years ago

9/11: Barack Obama signs proclamation for National Days of Prayer and Remembrance

Barack Obama asked Americans to mark the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks by reflecting on how far the…

12 years ago

Three al-Qaeda members arrested in Spain

Three men suspected to be al-Qaeda members have been arrested in San Roque and Almuradiel, southern Spain. Explosive material was…

12 years ago

Four hostages held in CIC bank in Toulouse

French police say four people have been taken hostage in CIC bank in the city of Toulouse by a man claiming…

12 years ago

General Salem Ali Qatan, Yemeni army commander, killed in suicide attack

Yemeni army commander General Salem Ali Qatan leading the fight against militants in the south of the country has been…

12 years ago

Abu Yahya al-Libi, senior al-Qaeda leader, killed in a drone strike in Pakistan

Abu Yahya al-Libi, a senior al-Qaeda leader, was killed in a drone strike in Pakistan on Monday, a US official…

12 years ago

CERN physicist Adlene Hicheur jailed in France for terror plot

Adlene Hicheur, a French physicist at the prestigious CERN laboratory has been sentenced to five years in prison for plotting…

13 years ago