Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, was reportedly captured on video placing a bomb; authorities are investigating the Tsarnaev brothers’ possible links to Islamic extremist groups. US citizen Abdella Ahmad Tounisi was arrested at O’Hare airport as he attempted to fly to the Middle East to join the al Qaeda-linked Al […]
In official complaint, Israel tells Egypt rocket attack on Eilat violates peace accord
“Militants” killed four Pakistani soldiers in an IED attack in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan. Three Taliban fighters were killed and four security personnel were wounded in a clash in Arakzai. Three more Taliban fighters were captured in Darra Adam Khel.
The Taliban killed six policemen in Ghazni, and a suicide bomber killed three civilians in Paktika. Security forces killed two “insurgents” while hunting for an Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan leader in Balkh. Fifty-nine schoolgirls were poisoned in Takhar. The Taliban also mutilated two security guards in Herat.
Pilgrim in Violent Land, Suspect Found Comfort in Dagestan
Charges against Boston Marathon bombing suspect delayed
Bombing suspect disrupted Cambridge mosque
Hamas is planning to ask the European Union to delist it as a terrorist organization. Secretary of State Kerry called on Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan to delay his visit to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Hamas denounced Kerry’s request. Qatar announced it will donate $11 million to help the construction of law courts in Gaza.
Justice Minister Ahmed Mekky announced his resignation. Mohamed al Zawahiri, the brother of al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri, warned of a Coptic “triumph” in Egypt and expressed ideological sympathy for Salafi jihadist groups in the Sinai. Authorities claimed to have uncovered a network of spies working with Israel’s Mossad in the Sinai.
Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel will “exact a price” against those behind the recent rocket attack on Eilat from the Sinai. While in Israel, Secretary of Defense Hagel said the United States and Israel see “exactly the same” threat from Iran. Former Foreign Minister Lieberman said he will quit politics if he is found guilty […]
Iranian agent with Canadian passport arrested in Bulgaria
Sharia court ruling: Taliban amputate thieves’ limbs in Herat
Hungarians protest anti-Semitism in rally ahead of WJC
Hagel stresses Israel’s right to strike Iran
In Syria, kidnappings on the rise as lawlessness spreads
Afghanistan – Reduced security blamed for Taliban attack
Pakistani Taliban Violently Reshape the Ballot
An estimated 51 percent of Iraqis are thought to have turned out for provincial elections yesterday. Iraqi security forces are reportedly hunting for wanted former Saddam Hussein deputy Izzat Ibrahim al Douri in Tikrit.
US drones killed two al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a strike in Marib; two soldiers and another AQAP fighter were killed in a clash after the US attack. AQAP confirmed the death of commander Adnan al Qadhi, and charged a father and son with planting a chip that allowed the US to […]
One of the Boston Marathon bombers made a trip to Dagestan and Chechnya last year. US officials are investigating whether or not he made contact with jihadist groups operating in the region. The investigation is ongoing.
The Taliban have deployed female suicide bombers at least six times in Pakistan and three times in Afghanistan June 2010.
Two Yemeni soldiers and another AQAP fighter are said to have been killed in a clash that took place after the strike in Marib.
North Caucasus rebels deny link to Boston attack: website
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu casts wary eye over region
No Deadline Set for Signing Kabul-Washington Security Pact: MOFA
HRW Concerned Over Condition of Afghan Women
Fighting between security forces and Boko Haram militants left over 185 people dead in Baga in Borno state; the militants used civilians as human shields. Authorities charged Kabiru Sokoto with masterminding the Boko Haram attack on a Catholic church in Abuja on Christmas Day 2011 in which 37 people were killed. Boko Haram has killed […]
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula confirmed that Adnan al Qadhi, a former military officer and AQAP commander who operated in Sana’a, was killed in a US drone strike last November. AQAP accused a father and his young son of planting a “chip” that guided the US strike to its target.
Insight: Pakistan cleric tries hand at politics
The US promised to double its nonlethal aid to the Syrian rebels; all foreign aid will go through the rebels’ Supreme Military Council. The State Department report on Human Rights Practices for 2012 said the democratic impulses that led to the Arab Spring are at risk of being crushed. The inquiry into the Boston Marathon […]