Man arrested at Heathrow airport on suspicion of Syria terrorism links
Police investigating alleged terrorism linked to Syria arrest 24-year-old man arriving on flight from BahrainPolice investigating individuals travelling to Syria in support of alleged terrorist...
View ArticleAbu Qatada leaves prison as May contemplates lengthy battle
Home secretary faces arduous legal process to overturn decision that allows radical cleric back to his London homeThe radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada has been released from Long Lartin high-security...
View ArticleAbu Qatada released from prison – video
The radical Islamist cleric and terror suspect Abu Qatada is released from Long Lartin high-security prison in Worcestershire
View ArticleAbu Qatada's release from prison: a victory for human rights? Expert's view -...
Home affairs editor Alan Travis discusses the latest developments after terror suspect Abu Qatada's release from prisonAlan TravisMustafa KhaliliAlex Healey
View ArticleWhy hasn't Abu Qatada been tried in an English court? | Richard Norton-Taylor
We should be told why a man accused of serious crime in the UK cannot be tried here – and just what MI5's role is in this caseFor years, Abu Qatada has been in and out of prison in England. For years,...
View ArticleTheresa May determined to deport Abu Qatada – video
The home secretary, Theresa May, says the government is still determined to deport terror suspect Abu Qatada to Jordan
View ArticleTheresa May faces long battle to overturn Abu Qatada deportation ruling
Theresa May to put fresh pressure on Jordan in effort to assure courts that terror suspect will face fair trial if sent backThe home secretary, Theresa May, faces a lengthy legal battle to overturn...
View ArticleAfrican Union backs plan to send troops into Mali
UN approval needed for plan to send 3,300 troops to help Mali's government regain control of north from al-Qaida-linked rebelsThe African Union (AU) has backed a plan to send troops to push rebels and...
View ArticlePetraeus testimony on Benghazi contradicts previous House statement
Former CIA chief's testimony that attack was work of extremists goes against previous statement about US-made filmFormer CIA director David Petraeus was sneaked into the Capitol on Friday, away from...
View ArticleObama administration must account to Congress for targeted assassinations |...
The White House will not even release the legal advice about its drone kill policy. The American people needs full oversightAccording to news reports, President Obama maintains a list of alleged...
View ArticlePetraeus tells Congress that Rice was unaware of al-Qaida ties to Benghazi
Former CIA chief says talking points given to UN ambassador were edited to remove classified information about terror groupDavid Petraeus, the former CIA director, told congressional hearings on Friday...
View ArticleUS opens Afghan talks on long-term troop presence after 2014
Robert Bales shooting trial puts thorny issue of US troop immunity centre stage, with Hamid Karzai hoping to wring tough concessionsAfghanistan and the US have opened talks to keep American troops in...
View ArticlePakistan faces violence in a supposed time of peace | Samira Shackle
A crackdown to prevent the bloodshed of previous Muharram festivals against Shias is welcome – but will it go far enough?Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar and the holiest month after...
View ArticleCalifornia men charged with plot to join al-Qaida
Four men arrested for planning to bomb US government facilities and engage in 'violent jihad', federal officials claimFour Southern California men have been charged with plotting to kill Americans in...
View ArticleIndonesia's terrorist groups have fractured but their grievances remain
Ten years after the Bali bombings, the government has scored some successes against Islamic militantsIndonesia's 9/11 happened on an October evening in 2002, in the sweltering heat of Kuta, a...
View ArticleMumbai attacker hanged by India
Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, who was the only perpetrator to survive, is first person executed in India since 2004India has hanged Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the only militant to have survived the 2008 attacks on...
View ArticleKabul suicide bomber kills two near Nato headquarters
Man shot dead at checkpoint in heavily guarded diplomatic quarter after partial detonation of explosive vestA suicide bomber has killed two security guards in the heart of Kabul's heavily fortified...
View ArticleTel Aviv bus bomb injures at least 10 people
Attack outside military headquarters threatens to derail tentative peace talks between Hamas and Israel over GazaA bomb attack on a bus in Tel Aviv has threatened to derail attempts to broker a peace...
View ArticleMumbai terror attacks: surviving gunman hanged in India
Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab is executed in Pune in India's first use of death penalty since 2004Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab, the only gunman to have survived the 2008 terrorist attacks on Mumbai, has been...
View ArticleTel Aviv bus explosion leaves 10 injured – video
Ambulances and rescue workers at the scene of a bus explosion on Tel Aviv
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