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France

The defense minister said 1,000 French troops would remain in Mali after UN forces arrive; Parliament voted to prolong military operations in Mali. A young man shot and killed three people with a Kalashnikov rifle in the southern town of Istres. Authorities arrested him in Istres and a second suspect in Paris. The shooter reportedly […]

Pakistan

Taliban, taboos bar millions of women from voting

United Kingdom

Three al Qaeda-linked British Islamists who planned mass-casualty suicide attacks, Irfan Naseer, Irfan Khalid and Ashik Ali, were given prison sentences ranging from 18 to 23 years; Rahin Ahmed, an associate, received a 17-year term. Several other members of the Birmingham-based cell were also sentenced. Radical Islamists Imran Mahmood, Jahangir Alom, and Richard Dart received […]

Afghanistan

Taliban set conditions to release foreingers held in Logar

Afghanistan

Afghan Powerful Figures Facilitate Release of Arrested Kidnappers

United States

Surviving Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told investigators that he and his older brother Tamarlan intended to drive to New York City and detonate additional explosives in Times Square after the Boston bombings. Tamarlan’s phone number was linked to two other terrorism investigations.

Afghanistan

ISAF commander General Dunford said there is “improved security across the country.” Security forces captured eight Pakistani Taliban fighters in Panjwai district in Kandahar.

Iraq

Thirty-one “militants” and 10 policemen were killed during clashes in Mosul; it is unclear if the militants are members of insurgent groups or Sunni protesters. Two policemen were killed in an attack at a checkpoint in Fallujah.

Syria

Revealed: tragic victims of Syria’s nerve gas war

Israel

The Israeli Air Force intercepted a drone five nautical miles off the coast of Israel near Haifa. Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel is prepared to deal with any threat posed by Syria or Lebanon in the air, land, or sea. The IDF will reportedly stop using white phosphorous as smokescreens in operations due to the […]

Egypt

Authorities are questioning an 11-member jihadist cell that was apprehended last week. The cell, which is made up of Egyptian, Palestinian, and Lebanese citizens, was plotting to target an Egyptian military installation in Rafah. The Salafi Nour party said none of its members will take a post in the Egyptian cabinet, which is expected to […]

Palestinian Territories

A Palestinian watchdog group announced it is looking into claims of corruption by over 25 Palestinian Authority officials. Most of the allegations are tied to institutions overseen by President Abbas’ office. An Egyptian Salafist group arrived in the Gaza Strip following an invitation from a Gaza-based Salafi group.

Iran

Illegal fishing crackdown in Somalia, 78 Iranians detained

Syria

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said that the military has evidence that the Syrian government has used sarin twice “on a small scale.” Young men from Kyrgyzstan are beginning to join rebel groups in Syria.

Nigeria

Five Boko Haram fighters and two policemen were killed after the Islamist group attacked a police station in Yobe. Security forces imposed a curfew in Yobe after the attack.

Canada

Canada tried, failed to deport VIA rail terror suspect nine years ago

Syria

Obama Looking for Reasons to Delay Response to Syria’s Chemical Weapons Use

Egypt

Al-Qaeda leader’s brother rejects Morsi

Syria

Syria Campaigns to Persuade U.S. to Change Sides

Canada

Terror suspect Chiheb Esseghaier met with Al Qaeda operative abroad, sources say

Algeria

Security forces have arrested four persons in Chlef province linked to the Islamic Salvation Army (AIS) who are accused of recruiting for the Al Nusrah Front in Syria. One of the four suspects is the leader of the AIS, the armed wing of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS); he is also believed to have links […]

Syria

U.S. Sees No Conclusive Evidence of Chemical Arms Use by Syria

Russia

2 US Agencies Added Boston Bomb Suspect to Watch Lists

Canada

Man charged in VIA derailment plot fled Germany after family ‘terrorized’ by anti-immigrant groups: documents

Afghanistan

Civilian casualties have risen by 30 percent over the past three months when compared with last year. Sixteen Taliban fighters and five policemen were killed in Faryab. The Taliban killed five children in a bombing in Kandahar. Turkey will keep some troops in Afghanistan after NATO pulls out at the end of 2014.