Afghanistan
We Prefer to Hold Talks with US: Taliban Leader
We Prefer to Hold Talks with US: Taliban Leader
Yemen: Al-Qaeda starts suicide-bomber recruitment drive
US terminates funding for Pakistani Sesame Street
Taliban leaders quietly freed without trial after paying off officials
Special Ops Leader Seeks New Authority and Is Denied
Top al Qaeda strategist may have been killed in Pakistan
US Navy hopes stealth ship answers a rising China
Pirates making hundreds of millions in ransoms, as attacks intensify off Somali coast
China says US naval shift to Pacific ‘untimely’
‘No immediate prospect’ of IAEA mission to N.Korea: Amano
New Zealand signs partnership agreement with NATO
US drones killed fifteen “militants” in a strike in Mir Ali. Abu Yahya al Libi, al Qaeda’s second in command, is rumored to have been killed in the strike, but the report is unconfirmed.
Mullah Abdul Salam Zakir, the brother of the Taliban’s military emir, and 25 of his fighters were killed during an ISAF and Afghan operation in Kajaki. Security forces killed five Taliban fighters in Paktika and three more in Logar. The Taliban killed two students in an IED attack in Kabul. NATO came to an agreement […]
A suicide bomber killed 26 Iraqis in an attack on the Shi’ite Endowment in Baghdad. Al Qaeda in Iraq had previously threatened to target Iraqi Shia in Baghdad and elsewhere.
US officials said that al Libi was the target of today’s strike, but his death has not been confirmed.
Pakistan condemns US drone strikes
Iran rallies to aid of Iraq’s embattled leader
Rebels killed over 80 army soldiers over the weekend. The rebels had issued an ultimatum for Friday saying they would no longer abide by the UN peace plan if the government didn’t implement the agreement. Government forces shelled the town of Idlib, killing 15. Rebels formed a new ruling coalition, the Syrian Rebels Front.
Militia fighters took control of Tripoli’s international airport and demanded the release of their leader. A Libyan court jailed 24 men from the former Soviet Union on charges of being mercenaries in the former Gaddafi regime.
The attack targeted the Shi’ite Endowment, and was likely carried out by al Qaeda in Iraq, which has threatened to strike the Shia.
For a second day, thousands protested in Cairo and other cities over a court’s decision to sentence former President Mubarak to life in prison and acquit six police commanders. Prosecutors said they would appeal the decision.
An Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula suicide bomber killed four people in an attack against a pro-government militia in Abyan. Houthi rebels stormed a headquarters of the Islah party in Saada.
Kuwait: Blogger gets 10 years in prison for blasphemy
Karzai Family Moves to Protect Its Privilege
Boko Haram claimed credit for yesterday’s suicide attack on a church in Bauchi that killed 15 people. “Today God gave us victory by launching a suicide attack on a church in Yelwa neighborhood in Bauchi city,” that statement said.
Shabaab is estimated to have 7,733 fighters, including 1,082 foreigners, in its ranks. The number is down from 14,426 in February 2011. Shabaab has been conscripting children in Galgadud. Police arrested two men involved in a recent IED attack in Galkayo.
Anti-Terrorism Police detained seven men who were taking pictures of airplanes taking off and landing at Wilson Airport in Nairobi. The seven men, including two Somalis, claimed to be tourists.
Somalia: How the KDF captured Afmadow
Analysis: Mali: the world’s next jihadi launchpad?
The Swedish military raised its assessed terrorist threat level from “low” to “elevated.” Sweden’s intelligence agency, SAPO, has kept its threat level assessment at “elevated” since October 2010. The military’s revised estimate was influenced by “increased activity in certain groups that embrace violence” directed against Swedish interests.