Yemen foils car bomb attack on air base
ADEN (AFP) - The Yemeni army foiled on Saturday a car bomb attack on the Anad air base used by US soldiers in the southern province of Lahj to train local forces in combating terrorism, officials said....
View Article5 terror suspects from UK appear in US courts
5 terror suspects from U.K. appear in U.S. courts By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN and LARRY NEUMEISTER - The Associated Press Created: Sunday, October 7, 2012 5:30 a.m. CDT Comments (...) Text Size: AaAaAaAaAa...
View ArticleToxic Leak in South Korea Sickens Thousands, Ruins Crops
October is supposed to be the busiest month of the year for Lim Chae-ho's vineyards and rice fields in the southern part of South Korea. In a normal year, the 50-year-old farmer would be in the midst...
View ArticleMexican Navy: Leader of Notorious Zetas Cartel May Have Been Killed in Shootout
The head of Mexico's largest drug cartel, Los Zetas, is believed to have been killed in a gun battle with the Mexican Navy, authorities said Monday. Strong evidence points to Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano...
View ArticleRadical Muslim Cleric Abu Qatada to Appeal Deportation to Jordan
A Muslim cleric who has been described as "more radical than Osama bin Laden" finds out Wednesday whether he can avoid deportation from Britain to stand trial in Jordan. Britain has been trying to...
View ArticleSecurity Officer at US Embassy in Yemen Killed
A masked gunman assassinated a Yemeni security official at the U.S. Embassy in a drive-by shooting in the capital Sanaa on Thursday, officials said. Yemeni officials said the killing bore the...
View ArticleOil Prices to Ease on Slow Economy, Higher Output
The world could see a gradual easing of oil prices over the next five years due to sluggish economic growth and rising energy efficiency and as production increases steeply in Iraq and North America,...
View ArticleMuslims protest 'age of mockery' as thousands descend on Google HQ
A protest by 10,000 Muslims outside the offices of Google in London today is just the first in an orchestrated attempt to force the company to remove an anti-Islamic film from website YouTube in...
View ArticleYemen: Senior Intelligence Officer Assassinated
A Yemeni security official says a gunman on a motorcycle has assassinated a senior intelligence officer in the capital Sanaa in a drive-by shooting. The official says the attacker killed Gen. Khaled...
View ArticleYemeni Debate Over Drones Emerges After Saleh's Fall
Yemen's interim president has won U.S. praise for cooperating in a war on al Qaeda, but his recent public support for drone strikes that sometimes kill civilians could undermine his domestic...
View ArticleAl Qaeda in Afghanistan is attempting a comeback
A diminished but resilient Al Qaeda, whose Sept. 11, 2001, attacks drew America into its longest war, is attempting a comeback in Afghanistan's mountainous east even as U.S. and allied forces wind...
View ArticleAccused Cole Bomber Seeks to Halt Guantanamo Trial
A U.S. military war tribunal is weighing a question that might seem better suited for a history class than a courtroom: How long has the United States been at war? The question is more than academic...
View ArticleYemen Leader Blames al-Qaeda for Attacks
Yemen's president has accused al-Qaida of orchestrating the latest string of attacks in his country, pledging to continue his government's battle against terrorism. In a televised speech late...
View ArticleSaudi: al-Qaeda Shoots 2 Guards on Yemen Border
Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry says a group of 11 al-Qaida fighters has killed two border guards while trying to cross into Yemen before they themselves were captured. The ministry said in a...
View ArticleMan Behind Anti-Islam Film Gets Year in Prison
An Egyptian-American man behind the inflammatory film "Innocence of Muslims" on Wednesday was sentenced to one year in federal prison after admitting to violating the terms of his probation from a 2010...
View ArticleProtesters in Jordan Capital Call for King to Quit
Around 2,000 people called for the removal Jordan's King Abdullah at a rally in downtown Amman on Friday in protest at fuel price hikes, in a marked escalation of street anger in the third day of...
View ArticleFour California Men Charged in Alleged Terror Plot
Federal agents have arrested four southern California men over an alleged plot to provide material support to terrorists and join al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan in order to strike American...
View ArticleAfter Fueling Deadly Protests, No Regret
Fuming for two months in a jail cell here, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula has had plenty of time to reconsider the wisdom of making “Innocence of Muslims,” his crude YouTube movie trailer depicting the...
View ArticleSaudi Diplomat Shot Dead in Yemen, Officials Say
Gunmen shot dead a Saudi Arabian diplomat and his Yemeni bodyguard in the capital Sanaa on Wednesday, two officials told Reuters. The killing was the latest in a series of attacks on officials and...
View ArticleAmnesty Details 'Horrific Abuses' in Southern Yemen
Residents in parts of southern Yemen experienced a "human rights catastrophe" when an al-Qaeda affiliate took control of the country's Abyan province for 14 months, according to Amnesty International.
View ArticlePakistan: U.S. Drone Kills Senior Al-Qaeda Leader
A U.S. drone strike has killed a senior al-Qaida leader in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, Pakistani intelligence officials said, in the latest blow to the Islamic militant network.
View ArticleYemeni Leader Tries to Centralize a Divided Military
President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi of Yemen ordered a sweeping restructuring of the country’s divided and weak military on Wednesday, moving to replace or sideline commanders who were loyal to his...
View ArticleFour Men Accused of Trying to Sell Weapons of Saddam's Family
Four men were arrested on Thursday and accused of conspiring to sell stolen firearms believed to have belonged to the family of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, officials said.
View ArticleSaudi Arabia Accuses Iran of Meddling Ahead of Summit
Saudi Arabia on Monday told regional rival Iran to stop interfering in internal Gulf Arab affairs and spreading "sedition", activities Tehran denies.
View ArticleIraqi Sunnis Stage Big Anti-Government Rallies
Tens of thousands of protesters from Iraq's Sunni Muslim minority poured onto the streets after Friday prayers in a show of force against Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, keeping up a week-old...
View ArticleAl-Qaeda in Yemen Offers Bounty for U.S. Ambassador
The Yemen-based branch of al Qaeda has offered a bounty for anyone who kills the U.S. ambassador to Yemen or an American soldier in the impoverished Arab state, a group that monitors Islamist websites...
View ArticleMan Charged with Spying for Israel in Yemen
A man in Yemen has been charged with spying for Israel and will soon face trial in the southern port city of Aden, official sources said on Friday.
View ArticleUAE Militant Cell Linked to Yemen's al Qaeda: Dubai Police Chief
A suspected militant cell detained in the United Arab Emirates had links to al Qaeda, Dubai's police chief has said, including the Yemen-based wing that is widely regarded as one of the its most...
View ArticleTunisians Take to Streets Two Years After Ben Ali's Fall
Thousands of Tunisians protested against their Islamist-led government on Monday, exactly two years after President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's overthrow in a popular revolt that inspired others across...
View ArticleU.S. Drone Strike Kills Four al Qaeda Militants in Yemen
A U.S. drone killed four suspected al Qaeda militants on Monday in a strike in central Yemen, tribal sources said, in the third such attack in three days. The United States never comments on strikes by...
View ArticleDrone Strike Kills Six Suspected Militants in Yemen
A U.S. drone strike on a vehicle just outside the capital of Sanaa killed six suspected al-Qaeda militants Wednesday night, three Yemeni Defense Ministry officials told CNN.
View ArticleFive Things we Learned from the Benghazi Hearings
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday took on Republican congressional critics of her department's handling of the deadly September terrorist attack in Libya.
View ArticleAl-Qaeda affiliate in North Africa said to have sights on other Western targets
New intelligence on al-Qaeda's affiliate in North Africa indicates that the militant group is seeking to carry out attacks on other Western targets in the region after its deadly assault on a natural...
View ArticleBroad Powers Seen for Obama in Cyberstrikes
A secret legal review on the use of America’s growing arsenal of cyberweapons has concluded that President Obama has the broad power to order a pre-emptive strike if the United States detects credible...
View ArticleCongress Considers Putting Limits on Drone Strikes
Uncomfortable with the Obama administration's use of deadly drones, a growing number in Congress is looking to limit America's authority to kill suspected terrorists, even U.S. citizens. The...
View ArticleBrennan Defends al-Awlaki Drone Strike as Part of War with al Qaeda
The administration's top counterterrorism adviser said Thursday he was aware of the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques that critics describe as torture while serving as a top official at the...
View ArticleSeattle Mayor Grounds Police Drone Program
A plan by Seattle police to send aloft miniature robot drones equipped with stealth spy cameras has been grounded, following heated criticism of the project by residents concerned about privacy rights,...
View ArticleAl Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Denounces "Crusader" French in Mali
The Yemen-based offshoot of Al Qaeda urged Muslims to sacrifice themselves and their money to help fend off what it called the "Crusader war" in Mali, according to a statement posted online on Tuesday.
View ArticleYemeni Warplane Crashes in Capital Sanaa, 12 Dead
A Yemeni air force plane crashed in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people, security sources said. State news agency Saba said three women and two children were among those killed...
View ArticleUK Trial Reveals New al Qaeda Strategy to HIt West
The trial of three Birmingham men convicted Thursday of plotting to launch a "catastrophic" suicide bombing attack in the United Kingdom revealed that al Qaeda has developed a new strategy to target...
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