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Newly released FBI memo hints at Saudi involvement with 9/11 hijackers

It was released after President Joe Biden was pressured by family members of those killed on 9/11 who have sued Saudi Arabia for complicity.

US strikes in Somalia kill four militants

AFRICOM conducted three airstrikes in two locations in the conflict-hit east African nation on Sunday targeting Al-Shabaab militants.

Al-Qaeda terrorist attacks 4 French guards with razor to avoid US extradition on 9/11 charges

Al-Qaeda terrorist and former Osama bin Laden adviser Christian Ganczarski attacked 4 French guards with razor blade to avoid US extradition on 9/11 charges.

Jerusalem Israel capital Palestinians protest Trump

In pictures: Muslim world erupts over Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israeli capital

People set fire to US and Israeli flags and destroyed effigies of Donald Trump in Muslim-majority countries around the globe, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt and Indonesia.

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Muslim hate preacher or misunderstood scholar? Top US imam heads to London and into a storm

Yasir Qhadi rejects claims he advocates for the death of homosexuals and calls for prosecution of those who try to forcefully implement "Islamic law" in the West.

Julian Assange hits back after CIA director likens WikiLeaks to Isis and Hezbollah

Pompeo said "the world has moved" and pledged that the CIA will now refine how it works to combat "non-state threats" and "state intelligence adversaries."

Disarray in the Syrian Jihad is making conditions perfect for an Al-Qaeda resurgence

A steady stream of Syria-focused rhetoric from Al-Qaeda shows that the organization has not at all given up on Syria, but is rather trying to reestablish itself.

Intelligence shows Isis plotting terror attacks similar to 9/11 says top US security chief

"Isis is currently in an 'interim' period focusing on a much bigger endgame," Elaine Duke, US President Donald Trump's acting Secretary of Homeland Security, warned.

Hundreds just died in Africa's worst ever terror attack. Why doesn't the West care who murdered them?

This is the worst attack in Africa's history since Al-Qaeda was blamed for twin attacks on US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, when 220 people died.

Swedish hostage kidnapped by al-Qaeda in Mali 'pretended to be Muslim' to survive

Johan Gustafsson told his captors that he wanted to convert to Islam and prayed with them.

Mali: Al-Qaeda-linked group releases hostage video as Emmanuel Macron arrives in country

Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen said a French hostage hopes Macron "will come to her rescue."

Suicide bombers attack Lebanese soldiers raiding Syrian refugee camps

5 suicide bombers blew themselves up and one attacker threw a grenade at the Lebanese soldiers.

Al-Qaeda hostage Johan Gustafsson freed after six years in captivity

The Swedish man has been held by an al-Qaeda affiliate in Africa since being kidnapped in 2011.

South-East Asia's Osama Bin Laden charged over 2002 bombing in Bali

Riduan "Hambali" Isomuddin, a detainee at Guantánamo Bay, has been charged with 7 different counts.

Islamist group linked to al-Qaeda claims responsibility for attacking resort near Mali capital Bamako

Two people from the European Union mission in Mali were among 5 killed in the attack.

Al-Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula reportedly expresses solidarity with Qatar amid Gulf crisis

AQAP leader says diplomatic crackdown on Doha amounts to war 'war against Islam and Muslims'.

Police launch anti-terror raids over suspected terrorist attack in Melbourne

Authorities were investigating how gunman Yacqub Khayre had obtained a shotgun and a sawn-off shotgun.

Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt break diplomatic ties with Qatar, citing terrorism

The four countries have accused Doha of destabilising the region and supporting terrorist groups like the Muslim Brotherhood.

Mother of British al-Qaeda kidnap victim passes away without seeing son again

South African Stephen McGown who also has British citizenship was abducted in Timbuktu in 2011.

US military raid kills 7 al-Qaeda fighters in Yemen

The Tuesday raid was carried out with the support of Yemeni authorities.

Al-Qaeda in Yemen is hosting quiz competitions where an AK-47 is the grand prize

The jihadist group is an active terror network in the Arab Peninsula.

Nigerian officials jailed for stealing rice bound for Boko Haram famine victims

Two Nigerian officials stole then sold 180 bags of rice donated by the Danish Refugee Council.

Al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri

Al-Qaeda calls for its jihadis to fight guerrilla war in Syria

Ayman al-Zawahri calls for change in tactics and jihadists to prepare for ''long war''.

20 killed in roadside bomb blast in Somalia as al-Shabaab deny involvement in attack

Governor Ibrahim Aden Ali of Lower Shabelle blamed the al-Qaeda linked militant group for the blast.

Timeline of terror: From Beslan school siege to Sinai, Russia has always been a terrorist target

St Petersburg is the latest in a string of attacks against Russia at home and abroad.

Catholic bishops of Mali seek help from general public to rescue kidnapped nun

Sister Gloria Cecilia Narvaez Argoti was abducted in February by four armed men claiming to be jihadists.

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