Terrorism

SAN’A, Yemen—Suspected al-Qaida gunmen killed a senior intelligence officer in an eastern Yemeni province on Friday, apparently the latest in a campaign of assassinations by the militant group, security officials said. Dozens of local security […] […]

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Trinidad and Tobago prosecutors yesterday dropped a murder charge against the leader of an Islamic group that staged a bloody coup attempt 20 years ago. Roger Gaspard, director of public prosecutions, […] […]

AN INVESTMENT banker was standing so close to London bomber Shehzad Tanweer that his left eye was struck by a fragment of the bomber’s shinbone when he detonated his explosive device. Philip Duckworth, 41, told […] […]

KABUL, Afghanistan—A military offensive in southern Afghanistan is chasing the Taliban out of their stronghold in Kandahar province, the Afghan president’s half brother said. “Most of them I believe left before the military operation started,” […] […]

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is taking part in the diplomatic pressure to seal a deal in the Omar Khadr case, according to a CNN report. Quoting two unnamed sources, the news network said […] […]

ANWAR al-Awlaqi, an al-Qa’ida leader labelled a dangerous threat by the US, was invited to a luncheon at the Pentagon in the months after the 9/11 attacks. Awlaqi, a Yemeni-American cleric, was brought to the […] […]

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania—A court in Mauritania has condemned three alleged al-Qaida members to death, including the former leader of the African nation’s local terrorist network. Chief judge Khayi Ould Mohamed issued the sentences late Wednesday in […] […]

MONTEGO BAY, St James — A deportee who was trying to sneak back into the United Kingdom on a forged passport will know his fate when he is brought back to the Montego Bay Resident […] […]

JORDANIAN officials raised concerns with the CIA about working with an informer who later attacked the spy agency’s base in Afghanistan last year. “The Jordanians raised concerns about” Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, who turned out to […] […]

If Gitmo prisoner Omar Khadr catches a break, it won’t be courtesy of his own government. Nor will it be the result of lobbying by his Canadian compatriots, most of whom — according to the […] […]