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Yemen: US drone strike kills 6 al-Qaida militants
Yemen: US drone strike kills 6 al-Qaida militants
Gen. Allen, Kayani confer on border security
Egypt Election Dominated by Question of Islam
British agent in underpants bomb plot had been working undercover ‘for up to a year’
Saudi King Abdullah sacks conservative adviser
Islamist group al-Nusra ‘behind Damascus blasts’
Police arrested Suleiman Mohammed, the operational leader for Boko Haram in the northern city of Kano; weapons and explosives were also seized in the raid at his hideout. The senior Boko Haram commander is from the Yoruba tribe in southern Nigeria.
US sends troops to Yemen as Al Qaeda gains ground
Taliban leader Mullah Ghulam Hassan issued a 27-minute-long videotape denouncing the arrest and torture last month of Maluvi Mohammad Ismail by the Taliban’s Quetta Shura. In an unprecedented move, Hassan vowed revenge for Ismail’s mistreatment and threatened to kill senior Quetta Shura leadership.
Hezbollah capable of hitting specific targets in Tel Aviv: chief
Charting the Afghan course: Chicago invite to take NATO supply route
US lawmakers want Haqqani named terrorist group
Explosions Kill Dozens in Damascus
Chinese media warns of war with Philippines
Security forces killed 10 Taliban fighters in Khyber. Six more people were killed during fighting between Lashkar-e-Islam and Ansar-ul-Islam in Khyber. Three civilians were killed in a mortar attack in Khyber.
NATO leaders said they expect France to remain part of Afghanistan effort
Tunisia: First Salafi party approved
How the West got it wrong about Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda’s hands-on CEO
Past Decade of Development Has Not Helped Higher Education: Minister Obaid
British played central role in foiled bomb operation: sources
Two Taliban fighters and a civilian were killed during fighting in Farah. An Afghan soldier killed an ISAF soldier in the south. The Taliban killed an ISAF soldier in the south. HIG suspended peace talks with the Afghan government.
The government thwarted a large car bomb attack in the northern city of Aleppo, a day after two large car bombs exploded in the capital of Damascus. US Secretary of Defense Panetta said al Qaeda had a presence in Syria.
US Lawmakers to Probe Underwear Bomb Leaks
Hamas said it would not go to war with Israel if Iran’s nuclear facilities were attacked by Israel. Hamas created a new force to stop rocket attacks on Israel.
Afghanistan Trip Report IV: Crossing the Salang
Suicide bomb plot leak worries security experts
Yemeni military officials claimed that eight al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leaders were killed in a “strike” in Jaar in Abyan. US trainers have arrived in Yemen. Senior officials said that the military is preparing to storm Zinjibar.
The governor of Bakool said that the 17 Shabaab fighters killed yesterday were blocking supplies to Hudur and looting trucks. “Gunmen” killed two security officials in Puntland.
Authorities issued an arrest warrant for Samantha Lewthwaite, the widow of London tube bomber Gemaine Lindsay, after she failed to appear in court to face charges of plotting to bomb Kenyan resort hotels. A co-conspirator, Jermaine Grant, appeared in court on Tuesday. Lewthaite is thought to have fled to the protection of Shabaab in Somalia.
The federal government called for Boko Haram to join peace talks and suggested a ceasefire. Three explosions were reported in Maiduguri.