Vowing to defend Philippine territory against all challenges, President Benigno Aquino III said that $1.74 billion will be spent over the next five years to modernize the military. Abu Sayyaf militants released a Filipino-Chinese businessman who was kidnapped on April 7; the group is still holding at least five captives, including four foreign men and […]
A British man who worked as a senior supervisor at an oil drilling facility was kidnapped as he was being driven home in East Aceh. Six gunmen ambushed the car and tied up the driver before disappearing with the hostage.
Cosa Nostra tested killer drones, court hears
US General Dunford: ‘Fight for Afghan rights not over’
A suicide bomber killed 16 civilians in an attack that targeted workers outside of Afghanistan’s supreme court building in Kabul. The Taliban executed a man accused of kidnapping and murdering a child in Herat.
A military intelligence unit captured two al Qaeda in Iraq leaders during a raid in Al Riyadh south of Kirkuk. Security forces also broke up a plot to bomb three oil wells in northern Kirkuk; three IEDs planted on the wells were dismantled.
A military tribunal sentenced three men to prison terms of three to five years for trying to join the Al Nusrah Front, then immediately reduced the sentences by half. The previous day, the same tribunal sentenced two Jordanians to five years in prison for going to Syria for jihad.
Artists clash with Islamists at Egyptian culture protest
Two suicide bombers detonated at a police station in Damascus, killing at least 14 people. Members of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham’s “Shari’a Committee” murdered a teenage boy for alleged blasphemy in Aleppo. The Free Syrian Army claimed to have killed over 40 Syrian army troops and Hezbollah fighters in an ambush in […]
Ten rockets launched from Syria into the Hezbollah stronghold of Hemel killed at least one person and wounded several others. A roadside bomb detonated in the Bekaa valley as two vans carrying Hezbollah fighters to Syria passed by, but there were no casualties.
Libya Doesn’t Need More Militias
Timbuktu damage to Mali historic sites ‘underestimated’
Pakistan threatens to ban Google unless it cleans up YouTube
Ahead of vote, ‘kidnapped’ Iran reformists imprisoned at home
The Treasury Department designated four Hezbollah operatives based in West Africa. The operatives are said to have helped Hezbollah in its recruitment and fundraising efforts, among other activities.
Two suicide bombers detonated explosives at a police station in the Syrian capital.
Officials describe how U.S. disrupts al-Qaeda’s online magazine
Protests that began in Istanbul’s Taksim Square nearly two weeks ago against the authoritarian rule of Prime Minister Erdogan continued, with violence by both police and protesters. Three people have died and nearly 5,000 have been injured, many by the use of CR and tear gas, in the ongoing clashes. Protests have taken place in […]
Security forces in Tripoli found a bomb attached to the undercarriage of an Italian diplomatic car. University students in Tripoli went on strike to protest poor security on campus, where attacks by armed men have increased. Reporters Without Borders condemned the rising number of attacks on journalists in Libya. The government has asked to buy […]
The North Sinai governor said that while there are “Salafi jihadi elements” operating in the Sinai, al Qaeda does not have a base in the area. Authorities stopped a drug and arms smuggling operation near the Libyan border. A Coptic teacher was fined $14,000 for insulting Islam. Hundreds of Coptic Christians protested after at least […]
Intelligence Minister Steinitz warned that Iran is quickly approaching the red line set by Prime Minister Netanyahu at the UN. Netanyahu said Israeli authorities have thwarted five suicide bombings as well as over 30 abduction attempts by Palestinian terror groups thus far this year.
The Anti-Terrorism Unit tracked down and killed a suspect who is said to be behind a grenade attack in Nairobi that wounded four people. The Shabaab suspect was killed in the Eastleigh neighborhood. More than 500 Kenyans are thought to have waged jihad in Somali with Shabaab.
Mali manual suggests al-Qaida has feared weapon
The suicide attack is the second of its kind in the capital in two days. Up to 16 employees of the court were killed when a suicide bomber targeted buses transporting workers.
Analyst overstated claims on NSA leaks, experts say
A senior mediator at talks in Burkina Faso between the Malian government and the separatist Tuareg MNLA said both sides have agreed “in principle” to allow presidential elections to take place in July and the army to return to Kidal. A 26-page manual found in Timbuktu earlier this year confirms that al Qaeda in the […]
As Rebels Lose Ground in Syria, US Mulls Options
The Taliban launched suicide assaults in Kabul and Zabul; all 13 members of the two suicide teams were killed by police. The Taliban beheaded two boys in Kandahar and killed an ISAF soldier in the east.
Insurgents killed more than 70 Iraqis in a series of attacks, which included suicide bombings, in Iraq. Among those killed was Sheikh Abdul Rahman Rashid al Issawi, the leader of the Awakening in Fallujah. Security forces arrested an al Qaeda leader in the Thar Thar area south of Samarra.
Security forces captured Omar Ashour, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s commander in the in Ghail Bawazir district, and his son Abdullah, in the Shahir district in Hadramout province. The two were captured at a checkpoint and are thought to have been preparing to leave the country.