11 British Islamists Jailed For Bomb Plot

Eleven British Muslims were jailed on Friday for planning what a court heard was an al-Qaeda-backed plot to carry out a string of bombings...

Al-Qaeda Replaces North Africa Chief Slain In Mali: Algeria TV

Al-Qaeda has named a replacement for a key commander of its North African branch who was killed in fighting with French-led forces in nor...

3 Americans Die In Algeria Attack, 7 Survive

Three US citizens were killed in last week's hostage standoff at a natural gas complex in Algeria, while seven Americans made it out ...

Gunmen Kill Kenyan Policeman In Ambush

Suspected Islamists shot dead a Kenyan policeman in an ambush in the restive northeastern border town of Mandera, the latest in a string o...

Bangladeshi Pleads Not Guilty In US Bomb Plot

A young Bangladeshi man with alleged al-Qaeda links pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he tried to set off a 1,000-pound bomb...

Mauritanian President Appeals for Calm After He Is Shot

The president of this northwest African nation appeared on television to call for calm on Sunday, hours after being shot by soldiers in w...

Mali Islamists buying child soldiers for £375

Islamists who have taken over northern Mali are "buying child soldiers" from their families for £375 and compiling a "fr...

Niger - Joint patrols to bar Boko Haram

Niger, struggling to keep Islamist movements from spilling in from its north and south, wants to start joint military patrols along its b...

Dozens escape in raid on Iraqi prison

Dozens of prisoners are on the loose after militants attacked a prison in the Iraqi city of Tikrit, leaving at least 13 policemen dead...

Osama bin Laden 'was blind in one eye'

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has given an hour-long account of the life of Osama bin Laden, revealing that the terrorist mastermind...