Seven Pakistani soldiers and 22 Taliban fighters were killed during clashes in South Waziristan and Arakzai. The US said it would not discipline soldiers involved in the cross-border clash in Mohmand that resulted in the deaths of 24 Pakistani troops.
US Plans No Disciplinary Charges in Strike That Killed 24 Pakistanis
Pakistani officials claim that 85 Frenchmen have been training in the known terrorist havens of Datta Khel and Miramshah.
Tunisia ex-PM hits out at Islamists
Resurgence of Afghan Taliban not in Pakistan’s interest: US general
US withdrawal from Afghanistan; Pakistan wants closer ties with Tajikistan
UK warns of nuclear risk ahead of Seoul summit
Egypt Islamists warn military over government backing
Officials: Pakistani Taliban training Frenchmen
Europe bishops slam Saudi fatwa against Gulf churches
General Allen said Pakistan’s ISI still supports the Taliban and the Haqqani Network. The Taliban killed a former member of parliament, a tribal elder, and two bodyguards in an IED attack in Uruzgan. Security forces detained two Taliban leaders in Helmand and Kunduz.
The Syrian army bombarded the cities of Homs and Saraqeb. Thousands demonstrated across the country. A high-level army defector announced that armed rebel groups have united under the Free Syrian Army. The Free Syrian Army killed two government soldiers and captured 18, in an attack near the Turkish border.
Iran helping Assad to put down protests
Fear enters Damascus as conflict nears
Egypt began selection of a constituent assembly charged with drafting a new constitution. Islamists and secularists clashed over control of the process.
Karzai Urges Taliban To Stop Attacking Schools
Twenty-two policemen were arrested after 19 prisoners escaped from a jail in Kirkuk. Eleven of the prisoners were in jail with terrorism-related charges; one has since been recaptured.
Egypt’s Election Victors Seek Shift by Hamas to Press Israel
African Union launches US-backed force to hunt Kony
France to resume election race after gunman’s death
Kidnap claim shows 2 terror groups now operating in Nigeria’s increasingly violent north
Boko Haram killed a Muslim cleric and two others in Maiduguri. The Joint Task Force killed a Boko Haram fighter during a shootout in Maiduguri.
Authorities are questioning Abdelkader Merah, 29, a brother of Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah, in connection with the recent murders of seven people. According to police, Abdelkader said he was “proud” of his brother’s actions, and traces of explosive material have been found in Abdelkader’s car.
EU expands Somali pirate mission to include attacks on land bases
Church fears ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Christians in Homs
India’s PM to unveil plan to meet nuclear terror at Korea summit
A senior NYPD official said Iran currently poses the “number one” terror threat to New York. In recent years, 13 individuals linked to the Iranian government have been questioned on suspicion of conducting surveillance for terror strikes; all were released.
Once Imperiled, US Aid to Egypt Is Restored
Toulouse siege: The ‘white emir’ who may have inspired Mohamed Merah
Toulouse killer’s brother ‘may have met radicals in the UK’