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Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab: film-loving boy who became mass killer

Mumbai gunman, who has been hanged in India, remembered as a baby-faced, playful teenager before his radicalisationWhen police asked Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab whether he felt pity for the people he...

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Seventh French citizen kidnapped in Mali

Lone traveller taken during cafe stop on 'safest road in Mali' far from zone controlled by Islamist extremistsA French citizen has been kidnapped in south-west Mali, far from the zone controlled by...

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Osama bin Laden death: secret emails give details of burial at sea

Body referred to as 'Fedex package' in cryptic military dispatches arranging disposal of al-Qaida leader's remainsOsama bin Laden was buried at sea from a US warship amid high secrecy that included his...

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Pakistan Taliban suicide bomber kills 23 in Rawalpindi

Attack targets Shia Muslim procession, wounding at least 62, and follows mosque bombing in KarachiA Taliban suicide bomber has struck a Shia Muslim procession near Pakistan's capital, killing 23 people...

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Pakistani Taliban demand return of Mumbai terrorist's body

Group threatens revenge against India unless body of executed Mohammad Ajmal Kasab is given to familybackThe Pakistani Taliban have threatened revenge unless India returns the body of a Pakistani man...

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Pakistan's Shia Muslims on alert after Taliban double bombing

Alarm spreads nationwide after holy month attacks in Rawalpindi and Karachi add to ongoing threats and drive-by shootingsAlthough sectarian fanatics in Pakistan have long targeted Shia Muslims during...

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Mali under pressure to give separatists autonomy in fight against al-Qaida

Ecowas wants Tuaregs to help take on militants as officials say priority is to remove all terroristsWest African officials are pushing the Mali government to offer Tuareg separatists in the north of...

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Cruel Britannia by Ian Cobain - review

A history of Britain's involvement with torture is essential reading. By Clive Stafford SmithWhen we try to decide on the most destructive aspects of the legacies of George W Bush and Tony Blair, the...

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India must do away with the death penalty | Seema Sengupta

As Mumbai gunman Ajmal Kasab was hanged this week, few shed tears. But that doesn't make his sentence less inhumaneIndia applied the death sentence this week for the first time since 2004, as Ajmal...

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Pakistan bomb kills at least seven

Three children among dead and 30 injured from roadside bomb near Shia Muslim processsion in Sunni area of Dera Ismail KhanAt least seven people, including three children, have been killed by a roadside...

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Pakistani Taliban claim responsibility for bomb attack on Shia procession

At least five Shias killed and more than 90 wounded after explosion during Ashura procession in Dera Ismail KhanThe Taliban have said it carried out a bombing that killed at least five people and...

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Car bomb at Nigerian military barracks church kills at least five

Vehicle driving into church premises at Jaji military barracks in Kaduna detonated bomb that also left dozens injuredAt least five people were killed and dozens injured on Sunday when a car bomb...

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John McCain and Republicans soften attacks on Susan Rice over Benghazi

Lindsey Graham and Peter King indicate step back from outright opposition to possible state department appointmentSenior Republicans opposed to Susan Rice becoming the next secretary of state softened...

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Obama 'drone-warfare rulebook' condemned by human rights groups

New York Times reports administration attempting to set out circumstances in which targeted assassination is justifiedPresident Barack Obama's administration is in the process of drawing up a formal...

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Breivik's Oslo bomb: CCTV footage - video

Newly-released CCTV footage of rightwing extremist Andres Behring Breivik's car bomb exploding in Oslo in July 2011

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Here's some dynamite advice: don't make bomb jokes in airports | Oliver Burkeman

Confused about whether to make a terrorism-related wisecrack as you pass through security? Consult this handy guideAs a leading member of the liberal intelligentsia, I am petitioned on an almost...

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Bradley Manning: marine commander warned detention was inappropriate

WikiLeaks suspect held at Quantico for nine months despite recommendation of 90 days maximum, pre-trial hearing toldThe former commander of Quantico marine base in Virginia has revealed to the court...

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Cleveland anarchist bomb plot aided and abetted by the FBI | Arun Gupta

Rather than target real risks of domestic terror, like neo-Nazis, the FBI entrapment machine demonises anarchists and MuslimsOn 20 November, district court Judge David D Dowd Jr sentenced three...

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UN urges caution over military intervention in Mali | Simon Tisdall

Ban Ki-moon says any military operation could worsen humanitarian situation and focus must be on dialogueThe United Nations has thrown a large bucket of cold water over plans for international military...

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Nick Clegg distances Lib Dems from 'snoopers charter'

Deputy PM to push for changes in proposed powers to track all Britons' web and telephone useAlan TravisHome affairs editorNick Clegg is preparing to distance the Liberal Democrats from Home Office...

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