Pakistan

The news that Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed in Yemen, courtesy of a U.S. drone attack, must surely round off a pretty poor week in an even worse year for the followers of Al-Qaeda.

Despite accusations by the U.S., the Afghan Taliban Haqqani terrorist network has denied being supported by Pakistan, according to CCN, raising questions over American accusations towards the Pakistani government's involvement with Pakistani terrorist groups.

Six men are due to appear in court today on terrorism charges, three of which have been charged with plotting a suicide bombing campaign in the UK.

British Police this morning have confirmed that 6 men have been arrested in a major terror probe,.

he war of words between Washington and Islamabad has reached a new high after the U.S. claimed that the Pakistan's spy service is backing violence against U.S. targets in Afghanistan and put the spotlight on the Pakistani government.

Today is Peace Day, a day "for wide-scale community action and a day for UN agencies and aid organisations to safely carry out life-saving work" and is a project brought to life by the Peace One Day organisation, supported by stars such as Jude law or Angelina Jolie and created by Jeremy Gilley.

As the date set for the Palestinian UN statehood bid approaches, tensions between the supporters and opponents to the planned request are mounting, and with the U.S publicly opposing the bid, Obama's image in the Muslim world is set to dwindle even more.

As reports say the death toll from a suicide bombing at a funeral in the northwest of Pakistan rose to 40, the Taliban have vowed to target the weddings and funeral processions of people they say are pro-American.

With a new attack in Afghanistan, this time directly targeting the U.S. compound, the blame game between Pakistan and America seems to have resumed.

UK has tightened rules effectively curbing immigration.

As a UN list proves, children are still being recruited and used in warfare while schools are repeatedly being attacked and closed with a UN official saying this was "another tragic year" for the world's youngsters.

Ten years after 9/11 many analysts still insist the U.S. response to the attacks by waging a war on terror and invading Iraq and Afghanistan is yet another illustration of the country's struggle to operate outside of the cold war mentality which saw it become the hegemon.

As the tenth anniversary of the Al-Qaeda-led 9/11 attacks on New York took place yesterday, both President Obama and former President George Bush addressed the crowds as ceremonies were held at various locations.

The "war on terror" declared by the U.S. and its allies ten years ago, following the Al-Qaeda-led 9/11 attack on the World Trade Centre in New York, has failed to deliver peace but instead led to a resurgence of al-Qaeda and the Taliban, the British Science Association's annual Festival of Science was told yesterday.

With the tenth anniversary 9/11 fast approaching, U.S. counter-terrorism officials say the threat of a car or truck bomb attack in New York or Washington is "specific, credible but unconfirmed."

The Channel Four Documentary "Bin Laden: Shoot to Kill" aired on British television Wednesday night, four months after American Special Forces stormed the al-Qaida leader's compound in Pakistan and shot the man responsible for thousands of deaths across the world.

Younis al-Mauritani, a senior al-Qaeda commander, who experts say acted as the organisation's "foreign minister", has been captured by Pakistani security forces working together with the CIA, the Pakistani army said on Monday.

More than 2,000 of bullet-riddled bodies were found buried in dozens of unmarked graves across Kashmir, an Indian government human rights commission inquiry has concluded.

Officials say a suicide bomber struck a mosque in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 40 people and injuring more than a 100.

The Pakistani Taliban group has claimed responsibility for a rare female suicide attack and another bombing against police to "avenge" military operations in the lawless tribal belt on Friday.

Eight people were killed and 37 others were injured, in two bomb attacks in Pakistan's northwest city of Peshawar earlier Thursday morning, according local Urdu TV channel Geo reported.

According to officials, tow missiles were fired by a U.S. drone into Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region on the Afghan border on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people.

The hacker group Team Poison has hacked BlackBerry's blog after the company agreed to help London police track rioters using its messenger service.

Bashar al-Assad has seen the region close in around him after a string of neighboring countries have publicly called for his regime to end its brutal and deadly crackdown on protesters.

The UK is at the greatest risk of terrorism of any Western economy, according to research.

Kashgar city, in the region of Xinjiang, is still reeling from the attacks that led to the death of four people according to reports.

Police in China's western Xinjiang region say they have fatally shot two men who participated in a killing spree that is being blamed on Pakistani-trained terrorists.

China blamed Muslim extremists for a deadly attack on Sunday in its north-western Xinjiang region, even saying that the militants had been trained in camps in Pakistan.

A string of attacks on high profile figure of the Karzai government has recently proven the Taliban are decided to try and regain control over Afghanistan.In the last few weeks the confrontation between the fundamentalist goup and President Karzai has intensified, leaving the future of the country and the government uncertain.

According to a new speech by U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker on Monday, the United States has no interest in creating permanent military bases in Afghanistan and does not want to use the country as a platform to influence neighbouring countries.