Pakistan bomb attack targets Shia procession - video
A suspected home-made bomb exploded near a Shia Muslim procession in the central Pakistani town of Khanpur
View ArticleIran's nuclear scientists are not being assassinated. They are being murdered...
Killing our enemies abroad is just state-sponsored terror – whatever euphemism western leaders like to useOn the morning of 11 January Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, the deputy head of Iran's uranium...
View ArticleAbu Qatada deportation blocked in human rights court
Strasbourg judges stop UK from sending radical cleric back to Jordan because of risk of trial on torture-tainted evidenceThe European court of human rights has blocked the deportation to Jordan of Abu...
View ArticleCourt rulings ease tension in UK-Strasbourg power struggle
Alan Travis analyses the significance of the latest European court of human rights rulings and what they mean for Britain's relations with StrasbourgKen Clarke and Theresa May have been awaiting with a...
View ArticleWhy Abu Qatada can't be tried in the UK | Richard Norton-Taylor
Putting the terror suspect on trial would quite simply embarrass MI5Why can't Abu Qatada be tried in Britain? Though he is wanted by Jordan, where he was tried in absentia on terrorist charges, he is...
View ArticleTurkish court jails man behind murder of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink
Yasin Hayal, accused of masterminding killing of editor, sentenced to life in prison but suspects cleared of terrorist linksA court in Istanbul has sentenced a man to life in prison for masterminding...
View ArticleNigerian terrorist 'mastermind' escapes police custody
Suspected Boko Haram chief Kabir Sokoto reportedly behind Christmas Day church massacre flees in handcuffsThe man thought to have masterminded an attack on a Nigerian church that killed 37 people on...
View ArticleTaliban peace talks 'at risk' as Obama stalls on Guantánamo
The White House blames Hamid Karzai for holding up progress towards peace talksThe Obama administration is in danger of missing a historic opportunity for a peace settlement in Afghanistan if it does...
View ArticleThe Gibson inquiry: a chance for truth possibly lost forever
Inquiry into MI5 and MI6 collusion with CIA rendition of terror suspects became convenient cover for British politicians• Gibson inquiry abandonedThe dumping of the Gibson inquiry may not be mourned by...
View ArticleAl-Qaida magazine found in Guantánamo
Inspire magazine is getting into detention camp, says US military prosecutor at pretrial hearing for suspected USS Cole terroristA copy of a magazine linked to al-Qaida was delivered to the Guantánamo...
View ArticleLetters: Intelligence oversight not fit for purpose
The fact the government has ended the Gibson inquiry into torture allegations (Report, 19 January) on the grounds of further police investigations of the Libyan cases underlines the inadequacy of...
View ArticleNiger's migrant workers lose lifeline as unrest turns Nigeria into no-go zone
Dwindling remittances have added to the problems of extreme poverty, climate change and fast population growth in NigerAt this time of year, many of the men from this village in the sand dunes would...
View ArticleNigerian city of Kano rocked by explosions and gunfire
Eyewitnesses describe panic and pandemonium on streets as residents ran for cover and smoke rose into skyAt least seven people were killed as explosions and gunfire rocked the biggest city in Nigeria's...
View ArticleScores killed in terrorist attacks in Nigeria
At least 140 people killed in northern city of Kano as terror group Boko Haram says it carried out series of bombingsMore than 140 people have been killed in a series of bombings and attacks by...
View ArticleSyria unrest: bomb attack on police truck kills at least 14
Syria's official news agency blames ambush on van transporting prisoners in north west of the country on 'terrorists'At least 14 people have been killed in a bomb attack on a police truck in...
View ArticleScores dead in northern Nigeria as Islamist militants terrorise the country
Group bidding to impose sharia law claims responsibility for wave of attacks in city of KanoMore than 170 people have died in the northern Nigerian city of Kano after a series of attacks by the...
View ArticleBritish 'al-Qaida member' killed in US drone attack in Somalia
Bilal el-Berjawi, from London, reportedly died in missile strike outside Mogadishu while allegedly fighting alongside Islamist insurgentsAn alleged al-Qaida member from London is reported to have been...
View ArticleYemeni president leaves for treatment in US, paving way for transfer of power
Outgoing leader apologises for 'any shortcoming' in farewell speech after parliament grants him immunity from prosecutionThe outgoing Yemeni president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, apologised for "any...
View ArticleBoko Haram is Nigeria's enemy | Chika Unigwe
Nigeria's bloody violence isn't about religious division, it stems from one extremist group: Boko HaramThis week, still reeling from Friday's bloody bombings on the northern city of Kano, Nigeria...
View ArticleBoko Haram kills scores in attack on Kano, Nigeria - video
The aftermath of the wave of terror attacks on the northern Nigerian city of Kano
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