Nigerians offer prayers in Kano for suicide bombers' victims
Secret police guard service at Kano mosque over fears Boko Haram could strike again after killing more than 150 on FridayThe emir of Kano and the state's top politician have offered prayers for the...
View ArticleBritain presses Jordan over Abu Qatada after deportation attempt blocked
UK seeks assurance that torture-tainted evidence will not be used in a trial as it considers appeal against human rights rulingBritain has opened urgent talks with Jordan in an attempt to address the...
View ArticleNigerian police find unexploded car bombs in Kano
Officers work to disarm devices in city where Boko Haram terrorist group killed over 150 in recent attacksAuthorities have found 10 unexploded car bombs in the northern Nigeria city where an attack by...
View ArticleFatal car bombs hit Baghdad
Eleven people killed in two attacks as violence continues in Iraq amid political crisis after US military withdrawalTwo separate car bombs have exploded in a Shia district in eastern Baghdad, police...
View ArticleNigerian death toll from Boko Haram attacks 'nears 1,000'
Islamist sect has killed 250 so far this year, and at least 935 since 2009, according to Human Rights WatchThe Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram has killed at least 935 people since it launched an...
View ArticleBomb found on Libyan Airlines plane at Cairo airport
Explosive experts remove and defuse bomb discovered on plane that had arrived from TripoliOfficials at Cairo's international airport said they found a bomb in a plane that arrived from the Libyan...
View ArticleBoko Haram's identities unknown, says Nigeria's president - video
The Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, explains the difficulties of establishing a dialogue with Islamist terror group Boko Haram
View ArticleThree principles to kickstart UN discussion on the rule of law | James A...
When the UN convenes a discussion on the rule of law, they would should restate some common sense principlesThis September the United Nations secretary general will convene what is called, in UN...
View ArticleBoko Haram: a local phenomenon, not a global threat
Nigerian Sunni Muslim militant group emerged from background of sectarian tensions and deprivationIn the fast-changing world of violent Sunni Muslim activism, it is reassuring to find that some things...
View ArticleNigeria: fundamental issues | Editorial
Boko Haram's gruesome rise has prised open crevices where ethnic, religious and socioeconomic fault lines intersectA bombing campaign is reductionist by design. Complex societies with long and painful...
View ArticleUS calls on Pakistan to release doctor who helped find Osama bin Laden
Al-Qaida chief's location in Abbottabad was established with help from Shakil Afridi, says US defence secretary Leon PanettaA senior US official has admitted that a Pakistani doctor played a key role...
View ArticleMen jailed for planning attack on Danish newspaper
Investigators said plot to strike Jyllands-Posten, which printed cartoons of prophet Muhammad, was linked to al-QaidaTwo men accused of plotting to attack a Danish newspaper that published cartoons...
View ArticleObama discusses US use of drones in online Q&A - video
President answers question on unmanned strikes during a visit to Google+, when members of the public asked questions on YouTube and by text
View ArticleNorway jails three men for terrorism plot against Danish newspaper – video
An Oslo court has jailed three men for planning to attack the Danish newspaper that first printed cartoons of prophet Muhammad
View ArticleAfghans react to US claims that Taliban supported by Pakistan - video
Residents of Kabul give their reaction to claims in a leaked US military report that the Taliban is backed by Pakistan
View Article'Most-wanted' terrorists killed in the Philippines
Three leaders involved in Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah terror groups killed on Jolo Island in the southThe Philippine military claims it has killed three leaders of the al-Qaida-linked terrorist...
View ArticleUS 'no-fly' list of suspected terrorists doubles in 12 months
Classified log of individuals banned from flying into or within America as they are considered a threat stands at 21,000The size of the US government's secret list of suspected terrorists who are...
View ArticleThe jihad hobbyists who've moved on from watching al-Qaida videos | Jarret...
From rap to 'radicalisation scores', today's e-jihadists are more than just consumers – but they tend to keep it all onlineIntelligence analysts remain vexed over the internet's role in radicalising...
View ArticleKhamenei: Iran will help anyone confront Israel
Supreme leader affirms Iran has helped militant groups attack Israel before and will continue nuclear programmeIran will help any nation or group that confronts the "cancer" Israel, the Islamic...
View ArticleAfghan civilian death toll reaches record high
• UN report says 3,021 civilians killed in 2011• 8% increase on 2010 and fifth consecutive rise• Number of suicide bombings static but toll rises 80%The civilian death toll for the war in Afghanistan...
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