At least 20 killed in Al Qaeda-linked militant attacks in Niger

A purported new issue of an English-language Al Qaeda magazine, linked to the Boston terrorist attacks, has been posted on the web but its contents were hacked. The Inspire magazine, produced by Al Qaeda's Yemeni affiliate - Al Qaeda in the Arabian ...

Jabhat al-Nusra, the much-feared militant jihadist group that has taken control of large rebel-held areas of northern Syria, has split in two following its leadership's public declaration of allegiance to al-Qaeda. Some of its fighters have ...

WASHINGTON ? U.S. drone strikes are up and at it again in Yemen, continuing to target al-Qaeda-linked terrorists operating in the region. Reuters reports that al-Qaeda militants continue to operate in the southern areas. Two al-Qaeda militants were ...

A combat knife carried by a US Navy SEAL in the 2011 raid that ended in death of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Pakistan has fetched USD 35,400 at a charity auction. The proceeds will go to the family of another Navy SEAL who perished in a training ...

But a CIA list of 53 drone strikes in the fall of 2010 indicates that fewer than half 22 -- listed al Qaeda operatives as the targets. Other strikes were aimed at targets that included suspected members of the militant al-Haqqani network in ...

The son-in-law of Osama bin Laden and former spokesman for Al Qaeda, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring to kill Americans, was warned on Tuesday that his three chosen lawyers may not get clearance to review classified evidence in the case. A ...

(CNN) -- A federal appeals court Tuesday backed the U.S. government's refusal to make public photos and video of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, taken after he was killed by U.S. Navy Seals two years ago in Pakistan. A three-judge panel turned down ...

The United States remains in armed conflict with al-Qaeda and its affiliates, a fight likely to last a decade or two, senior Pentagon officials told Congress on Thursday in arguing against changes to the 2001 military force law used in the war on ...

Gunmen on a motorbike shot dead a police officer in south Yemen on Thursday, a security official said, a day after three senior air force pilots were killed in a similar Qaeda-style attack. "Two gunmen on a motorbike intercepted the police officer, ...