Al-Qaeda

US had offered a $5m bounty on Mehsud after he appeared in a farewell video with the Jordanian suicide bomber who attacked a US base in Afghanistan, killing CIA employees.

At WIEF, Iraq's Dr Rowsch Nuri Shaways points to double-digit economic growth forecast for country.

Battling both Assad and al-Qaida, Syrian Kurds may prove to be precious allies for the West, writes Emanuela Pergolizzi

Military moves in to block resurgence of terrorism in north African country.

Afghan businessman Haji Khalil Zadran still has contracts with international donors, despite claims of funding rebels.

Human Rights Watch says strikes in North Waziristan claimed innocent lives.

British native Samantha Lewthwaite pens poem on former al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

New disclosure details how notorious al-Qaida operative who had unwittingly got away from CIA dragnet was tracked and executed in drone attack in Pakistan.

Ross Ulbricht, the man accused of running billion dollar online drugs empire Silk Road has hired a lawyer who has previously argued high-profile terrorism cases.

Anas will talk - and the list of mysteries he could solve is endless, says Bob McFadden

At least 12 children killed as car bomb is driven into primary school playground.

Africa terrorism expert James Hall examines the causes, context and consequences of the event which captured the world's attention.

Sasan Aghlani considers intentions of Iran's new president and explores chance of genuine rapprochement with US.

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isis) fighters believed to have abducted Jesuit priest Paolo Dall'Oglio.

US president says world more stable than five years ago but dangers remain.

Israeli commandos airlifted to Nairobi shortly after al-Shabaab fighters attacked Westgate mall.

Al-Qaida-linked group that attacked the Westgate mall has recruited dozens of westerners to its cause.

Newly crowned Miss America Davuluri said that she was not surprised by racist remarks that followed her win.

Suicide bomber rams explosives-laden car into a funeral tent packed with mourners in a Shi'ite part of Baghdad, killing 30 people.

50 Years on from Martin Luther King's speech America has still to fully defeat the scourge of racism, says Jessie Daniels.

Police say 15 people are being held for attacking British teens and Roman Catholic priest.

Dozens of Twitter users cited for racist messages after Davuluri became first woman of Indian descent to win Miss America title.

Days after 9/11 anniversary, terrorist leader makes call to arms 'to bleed America economically'.

Exhibition at National September 11 Memorial & Museum features part of building, dented from plane's impact

Beijing calls on those behind Ghouta chemical attacks to own up but brands unilateral US action illegal.

US Marine sends message to President Obama on Syria Gas Attack response.

Former White House adviser adds his voice to growing chorus blaming al-Qaida for atrocity.

Footage shows boys firing pistols at Al-Qaida terror camps in war-torn Afghanistan.

Interior Minister Manuel Valls says France on high alert over threat.

Mohammed al-Zawahri was sentenced to death in 2000, but freed during the revolution of 2011