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  • FILE: Smoke billows following an air-strike by the Saudi-led coalition on the headquarters of the Special Security Forces, formerly known as the Central Security, on May 27, 2015, in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Picture: AFP.

    More than 800 militants killed in Saudi-led coalition in Yemen

    The militants were killed in an offensive by Yemeni government forces & its Arab allies in Mukalla.

    2305 days ago
  • FILE. A US flag is flown at sunrise at the Pentagon crash site near the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial on September 11, 2015, on the 14th anniversary of the 911 attacks. AFP

    White House to make decision on 9/11 report by June

    Former Senator Bob Graham, a Florida Democrat, has been pressing for the release of the information.

    2305 days ago
  • FILE: Picture taken in 1971, showing a nuclear explosion in Mururoa atoll in the Southern Pacific. Picture: AFP.

    OPINION: Islamic State, al-Qaeda and nuclear madness

    Those who complain that the news is depressing have a valid point. But it could get exponentially worse.

    2318 days ago
  • FILE: People carry the body of a victim after gunmen went on a shooting rampage in the Ivory Coast resort of Grand-Bassam on 13 March, 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Mali arrests two for Ivory Coast al-Qaeda attack

    Gunmen shot swimmers and sunbathers before storming into several hotels in Grand Bassam on 13 March.

    2333 days ago
  • Pakistani rescuers use a stretcher to shift a body from a bomb blast site in Lahore on March 27, 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Pakistanis hunt for militants behind blast that killed at least 65

    Most of the victims were women and children enjoying an Easter weekend outing.

    2333 days ago
  • FILE: Malian troops take position outside the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako on 20 November 2015, where gunmen went on a shooting rampage and seizing 170 guests and staff. Picture: AFP

    Suspected Islamist militants kill 3 at Mali customs post

    Islamist militants based in the north of the country have expanded their range in recent months

    2378 days ago
  • File picture of Jihad training camps. Picture: AFP

    Al-Qaeda mourns death of top commander in Yemen

    Jalal Baleedi was killed by a drone strike as he was travelling in a car with two others in coastal Abyan.

    2384 days ago
  • The flag of Somalia. Picture: Wikipedia.

    Al-Shabaab militants attack Somali army base

    The fighters claim to have killed dozens of Kenyan soldiers in an African Union force.

    2405 days ago
  • South African Stephen McGowan and Swede Johan Gustafsson (back) in a video released in June 2015.

    SA hostage in Mali pleads for govt to secure his freedom

    Stephen McGowan and Swede Johan Gustafsson were abducted by al-Qaeda in Timbuktu in November 2011.

    2612 days ago
  • FILE: A screengrab shows a picture of a veteran Islamist militant, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, blamed for masterminding an Algerian gas field attack and running smuggling routes across North Africa.

    Al-Qaeda denies reports of Mokhtar Belmokhtar's death

    SITE Intelligence Group cited a statement from al-Qaeda declaring that Belmokhtar is still alive.

    2616 days ago
  • FILE: A screengrab from a Boko Haram video shows the leader of the terrorist group delivering a message. Picture: AFP/Boko Haram

    Boko Haram release beheading video echoing Islamic State

    The film, released on Monday, shows militants standing behind the two men who are on their knees.

    2723 days ago
  • Philippine soldiers evacuate a wounded comrade, after clashes with Abu Sayyaf fighters, from a military camp in Jolo town, Sulu province, on the southern island of Mindanao on 25 February, 2015 to a nearby military hospital in Zamboanga City. Picture: AFP.

    Philippines army kills 14 Islamic militants

    Troops used artillery and air strikes to hit the positions of about 300 Muslim rebels.

    2729 days ago
  • FILE:Yemeni soldiers stand guard in the capital Sanaa on 20 April, 2014, as they check passing vehicles as authorities tightened security measures a day after a US drone killed 15 al-Qaeda suspects. Picture: AFP.

    Car bomb kills 30 in Yemen

    The victims from the blast included people waiting to enroll at a police college.

    2779 days ago
  • School learners carrying Pierre Korkie's coffin ahead of his memorial in Bloemfontein on 12 December 2014. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    Pierre Korkie laid to rest

    Pierre Korkie was buried today in Bloemfontein after being killed by al-Qaeda militants in Yemen last week.

    2804 days ago
  • School learners carrying Pierre Korkie's coffin ahead of his memorial in Bloemfontein on 12 December 2014. Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN.

    'Pierre Korkie was a brilliant thinker'

    A special memorial is being held for the teacher who lost his life in Yemen last week.

    2805 days ago
  • FILE: In this photograph taken on November 18, 2014, Kabul's police chief general Zahir Zahir (3rd R) talks on the phone as he arrives at the site of a suicide attack at the entrance of a foreign-run compound in Kabul. Picture: EPA.

    Afghan forces ill-equipped to fight Taliban without Nato

    The US, which provides the bulk of Nato troops in Afghanistan, has poured $61 billion into training.

    2815 days ago
  • FILE: Police secure the area outside of the trial against a suspected member of the Duesseldorf Al-Qaeda terrorist cell at the regional court in Duesseldorf, Germany, 09 October 2014. Picture: EPA.

    German court jails 4 men in al-Qaeda cell for planning attack

    The group was arrested in 2011 just days before Osama bin Laden was killed.

    2833 days ago
  • An undated video frame grab from Al-Jazeera shows Osama bin Laden speaking. Picture: AFP.

    Navy Seals create rivalry over who shot Osama Bin Laden

    The US Navy Seal team who killed Osama bin Laden are making conflicting claims as to who actually shot him.

    2840 days ago
  • FILE: Al-Qaeda’s South Asia wing has claimed responsibility for hijacking a Pakistani naval ship and trying to use it to fire rockets at US vessels in the Arabian Sea. Picture: AFP.

    New al-Qaeda wing in South Asia claims major attack

    The newly created wing has claimed responsibility for hijacking a Pakistani naval ship.

    2891 days ago
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Picture: Facebook.com.

    Paramount apologises for TMNT poster

    The 9/11 poster went out in a tweet posted by the Australian Paramount Pictures Twitter account.

    2940 days ago
  • FILE: The move is in response to intelligence reports of increased threats from al-Qaeda-affiliated groups. Picture: AFP.

    Phones, shoes to face scrutiny at airports

    Airlines with direct flights to the United States have been told to tighten screening.

    2966 days ago
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