Al-Qaida says it is holding US aid worker abducted in Pakistan - video
Ayman al-Zawahiri, the al-Qaida leader, said Warren Weinstein, who was kidnapped by armed men in Lahore three months ago, would be freed only if the US ceases its air strikes on Afghanistan and...
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The terror of Babar Ahmad | Victoria Brittain
The Islamophobia behind his seven-year ordeal in prison fighting extradition can no longer be ignoredAs Stephen Lawrence's parents sat in court this week, they were a reminder to us of how their son...
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Al-Qaida linked group claims Kabul suicide attack on Shia pilgrims
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al Almi, an obscure Pakistani extremist group claims responsibility for attack that killed at least 55 peopleThe unprecedented sectarian attack which killed 55 Shia worshippers in...
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Kabul suicide bombing: a sectarian or an ethnic atrocity?
Afghanistan has traditionally seen few purely sectarian outrages, but the Shia-Sunni schism is blurred by ethnic divisionsEvery year, just as the Shia ceremonies of Muharram reach their peak on the...
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Kabul attacks: who is behind the suicide bombing? | Abbas Daiyar
Sectarian violence had so far been avoided in the insurgency. The Taliban, Pakistan and Iran may all have played a partThe sectarian attack in Kabul on Tuesday was first of its kind in Afghanistan....
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Deutsche Bank intercepts letter bomb sent to CEO
Live explosive addressed to Josef Ackermann intercepted by post-room staff at routine x-rayA letter bomb addressed to the Deutsche Bank chief executive, Josef Ackermann, contained a fully functional...
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Osama bin Laden's wives told they are free to leave Pakistan
Bin Laden's Saudi-born wives to return home seven months after raid that killed their husband, while his Yemeni spouse may be offered new home in QatarTwo wives of Osama bin Laden, held in Pakistan...
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Al-Qaida offshoot hopes to turn Africa's Sahel region into a 'new Somalia'
AQIM terrorist bases across sub-Saharan strip pose a growing security threat to Africa and Europe, says panel of expertsAn offshoot of al-Qaida is working to turn the whole of Africa's Sahel region...
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Does the US military want Afghanistan to get even nastier?
In Afghanistan, insurgents are growing ever more sadistic in their attacks, as the suicide bombing of pilgrims in Kabul showed. But could the US war machine actually want to provoke the Taliban?Even by...
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Lockerbie and PC Fletcher inquiries to reopen in Libya, says minister
Libyan suspect Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah, cleared of bombing in 2000, could face fresh trial – but victims' families are scepticalThe new Libyan government has given British police the green light to...
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Must we permit the US military to detain Americans without trial? | Seema Jilani
The National Defense Authorisation Act before Congress threatens further erosion of US citizens' civil libertiesThree years ago, former Guantánamo Bay detainee Mustafa Ait Idr cautiously sat with me in...
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Carlos the Jackal plays to the gallery, but this time his courtroom audience...
Colin Smith, who covered the original trial of Carlos the Jackal for the Observer 14 years ago, returns to the Palais de Justice as the Venezuelan faces new charges of bombing and murderFor the past...
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Philippines kidnappers release American boy, 14
Kevin Lunsmann was last of three family members held hostage after mother was freed and cousin escapedA 14-year-old American boy has been released after five months held captive by suspected Muslim...
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Al-Qaida prisoners escape jail in Yemen
At least 16 prisoners are at large after tunnelling under a wall in the jail in Aden, officials sayAt least 16 prisoners, including members of al-Qaida, have escaped from a prison in the southern...
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German neo-Nazi group's landlord arrested
Prosecutors say the man helped the far-right extremists who are believed to be responsible for killing at least 10 peopleGerman police have arrested another suspected supporter of the neo-Nazi terror...
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Newburgh Four: poor, black, and jailed under FBI 'entrapment' tactics
In June, four men were jailed for 25 years over a US terror plot. The FBI painted them as dedicated fanatics, but were they lured by the promise of cash from a fake informant?Imam Salahuddin Muhammad...
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How terrorist 'entrapment' ensnares us all | Karen Greenberg
When the government gets in the business of playing along with terror plots, it's not just justice that suffers – but our safetyTwo weeks ago, Jose Pimentel was arrested as an alleged terrorist...
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Al-Shabaab in war of words with Kenyan army on Twitter
The Somali Islamist militant group with al-Qaida links has gained nearly 3,000 followers since it began tweeting last weekSifting through a mountain of unwelcome tweets, many Twitter users would...
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US troops leave Baghdad and Iraqis caught between fear and hope
Despite claims stability has been restored, Sahawa leaders who supported occupation still subject to assassination and attack It is not just the American military who are leaving Baghdad this week....
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Last Post in Iraq: this is the death knell of the American empire | George...
What was intended to be a demonstration of power turned into the most costly boomerang in history, in both blood and treasure• John Bolton: withdrawal from Iraq heralds a world of instability So the...
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