Sana'a bomb attack targets military parade
Sixty-three people die and 60 are wounded as suicide bomber in uniform explodes device among soldiers in Yemen capitalAt least 63 people have been killed and more than 60 wounded in Sana'a after a...
View ArticleYemen suicide bomber targets military parade – video
A bomb explodes in Yemen's capital Sana'a on Monday during rehearsals for a military parade celebrating the 22nd anniversary of the country's unity
View ArticleSana'a suicide bomb attack kills more than 90
Bomber targets military parade near presidential palace in Yemeni capital, dealing a blow to hopes of political transitionA suicide bomber blew himself up at a military parade rehearsal in Yemen's...
View ArticleSyrian rebels cling to bullets and hope
While the west looks elsewhere, President Bashar al-Assad's regime is exploiting sectarian divisionsIn the shadow of the monolith they call the Corner Mountain, Firas Abu Hamza was carefully counting...
View ArticleGaddafi's former spy chief charged in Mauritania
Abdullah Senussi, who is wanted by France, the ICC and Libya, faces trial accused of entering country illegally, says court sourceMuammar Gaddafi's former intelligence chief, who is wanted by France,...
View ArticleLockerbie bomber Megrahi buried at simple funeral in Libya
Libyan convicted of 1988 bombing laid to rest in Tripoli suburb during low-key burial attended by fewer than 100 mournersAbdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only man convicted over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing,...
View ArticleYemeni leaders hold scaled-back parade after suicide bomb
A day after attack on parade rehearsal killed 96, 'solemn' celebrations go ahead as US offers help to investigate bombingYemeni soldiers have marched in a National Day parade, watched from behind a...
View ArticleYemen must try to repair its deadly north-south divide | Abubakr al-Shamahi
A suicide bombing that killed more than 90 Yemeni soldiers has exposed the split in a country teetering on the brink of collapseThe death of more than 90 Yemeni soldiers in an apparent al-Qaida suicide...
View ArticleBanned Iranian terror group lobbies for legitimacy on Capitol Hill
MEK winning support in Congress – but questions raised over whether lobbying campaign amounts to support for terrorismA banned terrorist group is conducting what members of Congress describe as one of...
View ArticleBen Emmerson QC: abuse of human rights policies increases terrorism
The favourite to be UK's next judge at the European Court of Human Rights says security alone won't defeat terroristsBen Emmerson QC has been watching a lot of French movies in the evenings recently –...
View ArticleYemen food crisis reaching 'catastrophic proportions'
With nearly 500,000 people displaced, aid agencies warn that Yemen's instability will worsen unless donors increase fundingYemen is facing a food crisis of "catastrophic proportions", with almost half...
View ArticleViolence in Italy does not signal the return of the Red Brigade | Leonardo...
Media reports that recent attacks by radical left groups mean the return of 1970s terrorism are only sensationalist scaremongeringIt was a moment straight out of an old television documentary: only it...
View ArticleYemeni authorities 'had been warned of attack on military target'
Defence official says security services failed to secure parade ground before Monday's suicide bomb, which killed 96 peopleYemeni authorities were warned of a possible attack on a military target three...
View ArticleKarachi rally attacked by gunmen – video
At least 10 people are killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen on a political rally in Karachi, Pakistan
View ArticleDoctor who helped US in search for Osama Bin Laden jailed for 33 years
Shakil Afridi deserves sentence passed using colonial-era rules for running fake CIA vaccination drive, says Pakistan spy agency For some Americans the Pakistani doctor who worked on a clandestine...
View ArticleYemen must not be allowed to become another Somalia | David Hearst
Bringing the fight to al-Qaida is one thing; having to shoulder the burden of a country in a state of collapse is quite anotherIf there is one constant in a crisis-strewn world, it is that the...
View ArticleTurkish police station hit by suspected suicide bomb – video
At least two people are dead and another 19 wounded after a suspected suicide bomb exploded in Turkey
View ArticleJoe Biden: withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan allows military to refocus
Speaking to graduates at West Point, Biden lists Obama administration's achievements and rejects criticism from RomneyTroop drawdown in Iraq and Afghanistan has allowed the US to focus on new global...
View ArticleAbu Qatada bail hearing takes place
Radical cleric makes latest bid for freedom amid continued wrangle over deportation to Jordan on terror chargesThe Jordanian terror suspect Abu Qatada could be freed on Monday as his bid for bail is...
View ArticleKenya capital hit by large explosion
At least 16 people wounded from blast at Nairobi shopping centre, but police official reports no signs of terrorist bombAn explosion ripped through a building full of small shops in downtown Nairobi on...
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