Gunfire, explosions rock Somali capital, Interior Ministry says, blaming Al Shabab terror group for attacking government facilities.
Young people’s blocked aspirations, the legacy of the war on terror and international complacency in the face of ‘constitutional coups’ are some of the root causes behind recent military takeovers in Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea.
Suspected of being Al Qaeda's intended 20th hijacker for the September 11, 2001 attacks, Mohammed Al Qahtani was tortured by interrogators at the US military base in Cuba where he has been detained for nearly two decades.
In a recent Texas hostage-taking incident, the perpetrator demanded US officials release Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman imprisoned for alleged connections with Al Qaeda.
Shifting geopolitical tides and security priorities have strained the once-close ties between Algiers and Washington.
A Costs of War report reveals the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force has been cited to justify counterterrorism operations in 22 countries.
Two Somali state media journalists were wounded, one of them seriously, in the blast that hit their vehicle in the capital Mogadishu.
Daesh’s Khorasan wing is primarily rooted in the Pakistani insurgency, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, a series of networks quite distinct from Afghanistan’s Taliban movement.
Kabul is hesitant to antagonise the “Pakistani Taliban” lest it supports the self-styled caliphate, yet the same group poses a threat to Islamabad.
‘The removal of this al Qaeda senior leader will disrupt the terrorist organisation's ability to further plot and carry out global attacks,’ says US Army Major John Rigsbee.
Civilians gunned down by AMISOM forces were under fire from al-Shabaab terrorists.
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