Abdul Baqi Bari has funneled money to both al Qaeda and the Taliban, and has accepted funds from Osama bin Laden. Bakht Gul serves as a top aide to Badruddin Haqqani, and has helped “foreign fighters” enter Afghanistan.
North Korea resumed construction on a nuclear reactor. The reactor would have the capacity to produce fuel for nuclear weapons. China pressured North Korea to abandon its efforts for a third nuclear test.
Yemeni secessionist dangles pledge to fight al Qaeda
Pakistani Sex Convictions Spark British Race Row
Last orders: Algeria state closes tap on bars
US spy agency unveils scale model of Bin Laden hideout
US Has Plans to Attack Tehran, Says US Envoy to Israel
Yemeni military says troops forcing al-Qaida to retreat in southern stronghold
Pakistan seeks $5,000 transit fee for each NATO container
Afghanistan – Only security personnel can carry heavy arms: Interior Minister
The US has conducted six drone strikes in Yemen over the past week.
Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan emir Hakeemullah Mehsud and South Waziristan leader Waliur Rehman Mehsud are shown organizing the jailbreak.
US escalates clandestine war in Yemen
FBI Chief Says Leak on Qaeda Plot Is Under Investigation
Chicago braces for violence at NATO summit
Pakistan – Bannu jailbreak: Police, civil admin and spy agencies held responsible
Police arrested a Lashkar-i-Jhangvi operative in Sohrab Goth in Karachi. The British, French, and Australian embassies received packages containing a suspicious powder and threatening letters.
In presidential bid, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood moves to harder line on Islamic law
ISAF killed nine insurgents in an airstrike in Paktia and three more during operations in Kunar. The Taliban killed two policemen and a soldier in Badghis and Badakhshan. Germany pledged $150 million annually after 2014; Australia promised $100 million.
Kenyan troops killed two businessmen in Taabta after their base cam under attack. “Gunmen” killed two people in Mogadishu and Baidoa.
A police officer was killed and four more were wounded in an IED attack in Lagdera in Garissa county. Police arrested a suspect in the bombing of a Mombasa nightclub that killed one person.
The Minister of Police Affairs said that Boko Haram has conducted 118 attacks and killed 308 people so far this year. The attacks have taken place in in Bauchi, Borno, Kaduna, Niger, Yobe, and Plateau states.
The mayor of Timbuktu said Pakistanis have infiltrated the city and are training al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters.
Exclusive: Iran flouts UN sanctions, sends arms to Syria: panel
Two held for shooting imam in northern Sweden
Government forces opened fire on a crowd in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, killing at least 21 people. In Homs, 15 civilians appear to have been summarily executed by government forces. President Assad denounced the opposition as a gang of “criminals” and said countries that “sow chaos” in Syria could suffer from it themselves.
The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, an al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb offshoot, has threatened to kill a Spanish hostage. A Mauritanian court upheld the death sentence of an AQIM fighter who killed an American in 2009.
Pakistani jihadists are reportedly moving into northern Mali to train al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb fighters in guerrilla warfare, weapons, smuggling, and other areas. The Pakistanis are said to have entered via Algeria and are present in Timbuktu.
Algerian Islamic leader opposes election
Libya’s Belhadj quits military post for politics