Eta members arrested in London
Ignacio Lerin Sanchez and Antonio Troitino arrested as part of Europe-wide crackdown on Basque separatist groupPolice are searching a west London address after the arrest of two members of the Basque...
View ArticleMohamed Morsi vows to free blind sheikh jailed in US
During rousing speech in Tahrir Square, Egypt's president-elect promises to work to free Omar Abdel-RahmanEgypt's president-elect Mohamed Morsi has vowed to free the blind sheikh jailed in the US for a...
View ArticleTimbuktu world heritage site attacked by Islamists
Al-Qaida-linked Ansar Dine group destroys mausoleums and tombs with pick-axes at centuries-old site in MaliIslamists armed with Kalashnikovs and pick-axes have destroyed the centuries-old mausoleums of...
View ArticleKenyan churches hit by deadly grenade attacks
Ten people dead and many wounded in simultaneous attacks near Somali border, say policeTen people have been killed and 40 wounded in simultaneous attacks on two churches in north-eastern Kenya near the...
View ArticleAfghan wedding suicide bomber kills regional leaders
Commander blown up at daughter's wedding along with other police, military and political figures in Samangan provinceA suicide attacker blew himself up Saturday in a wedding hall in northern...
View ArticleAfghan suicide bomber kills military and government officials at wedding
More than a dozen guests are killed by bomber who infiltrated MP's daughter's wedding in northern Samangan provinceA suicide bomber has killed a senior anti-Taliban leader, top security commanders and...
View ArticleAirport scanning technology is a transparent victory for terrorism
Security devices that invade our privacy are about to take a giant leap forward with a scanner that can tell what you had for breakfast from 50 metres awayEvery time I go through airport security...
View ArticleIraq war will haunt west, says Briton who advised US military
Exclusive: Emma Sky – British civilian who advised US commanders in Iraq – says Muslim world sees a war on IslamRead part one of our exclusive interview with Emma SkyA British woman who worked at the...
View ArticlePakistan and India resume cricket diplomacy with bilateral match series
Series of five Pakistan-India matches, the first since Mumbai attacks in 2008, could help thaw relations between countriesIt was in 2005, after sitting side by side to watch their countries play...
View ArticleLetter: Munich massacre and a call for a minute's silence
Thank you for Jennifer Lipman's column (London 2012: one minute to remember 11 Munich athletes – too much to ask?, 6 July). She should be commended for eloquently expressing support for Ankie Spitzer's...
View ArticleShooting of UN doctor imperils Pakistan's campaign against polio
Karachi attack follows a Taliban ban on immunisation in the country's tribal areas that border AfghanistanPakistan's drive against polio has been thrown into chaos after a foreign doctor was shot in...
View ArticleDavid Cameron warned over speed of troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
Top military commanders tell PM during Afghan visit that stability of country and UK security is at risk if presence not maintainedDavid Cameron has been warned by senior military commanders that...
View ArticleTerrorism charges against five after London arrests
Three men accused of going to Pakistan for terrorist training, while a man and a woman are charged over terrorist materialsFive people have been charged with terrorism offences following arrests by the...
View ArticleDavid Cameron to meet Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai
Officials see Kabul talks as a chance for British prime minister to assess commitment of leaders to dealing with TalibanDavid Cameron will break new ground on Thursday when he holds a joint meeting in...
View ArticleIsrael accuses Iran of Bulgaria coach bombing - video
Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak gives his reaction to an explosion on a bus outside a Bulgarian airport in which at least six Israeli tourists were killed
View ArticleBulgarian bus bomber suspect captured on CCTV - video
CCTV video footage released by Bulgarian authorities shows a man suspected of carrying out the suicide bombing which killed eight people at Burgas airport
View ArticleBulgaria bombing confirmed as suicide attack
Reports say badly damaged male body has been found on bus carrying a fake US passport issued in MichiganA suicide bomber detonated the fatal blast that killed five Israelis and their bus driver in...
View ArticleBulgarian police release images of suicide bombing suspect
Security footage shows man roaming Sarafovo airport for more than an hour before attack on Israeli tourist busBulgarian police released images on Thursday of a man with long hair, wearing shorts and a...
View ArticleBulgaria bombing part of Iran terror campaign, says Netanyahu - video
As the bodies of seven Israelis killed in a suicide bomb attack in Bulgaria arrive in Jerusalem, Israel's prime minister condemns the attack
View ArticleSyria: foreign jihadists could join battle for Aleppo
Jihadists, many with al-Qaida sympathies, are said to be planning to join a decisive battle against regime troops Scores of foreign jihadists have crossed into Syria from Turkey in the past two weeks,...
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