United States

The White House said it would pursue other avenues to peace in Afghanistan if the Taliban Qatar office effort does not succeed, and also said a decision on troop withdrawals in Afghanistan is not “imminent.” Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pled not guilty to all 30 charges today in a federal court in Boston. An unmanned Navy drone made a successful test landing on an aircraft carrier. A review of security at MacDill Air Force Base, home of US Special Operations Command and US Central Command, has been ordered after a 50-year-old woman trespassed onto the base four times in a recent three-month period.

Iraq

Islamic state

Syria

Aqap

Al shabaab

Boko Haram

Isis