ADEN (Reuters) - The Yemeni army battled al Qaeda-linked militants deep inside Zinjibar on Saturday, … More »Yemen's army says recaptured rebel positions
Al-Qaeda-linked Somali militants vowed Saturday to intensify the war against government … More »Somali Islamists vow revenge after fall …
DUBAI (Reuters) - A Saudi Arabian … More »Saudi envoy kidnapped in Yemen begs …
DUBAI (Reuters) - A Saudi Arabian diplomat kidnapped by al Qaeda militants in Yemen urged the Saudi king to meet his captors' demand for the release of women prisoners, in a video message posted on the Internet on Saturday. "I plead the custodian of the … More »Saudi envoy kidnapped in Yemen begs king for help
Thirty-three people, including six soldiers, were killed in Saturday clashes between Al-Qaeda and the army in southern Yemen as troops advanced towards the Abyan provincial capital Zinjibar, military and local sources said. More »Yemen army, Qaeda clashes leave 33 dead
SANAA (Reuters) - Two al Qaeda-linked suicide bombers targeting Shi'ite Muslims blew themselves up at a school and a protest march in northern Yemen on Friday killing at least 12 people, the defence ministry said. The attacks came less than a week after … More »Qaeda-linked suicide bomber kills 12 in Yemen
A US drone attack has killed at least four militants in a northwestern Pakistani tribal district bordering Afghanistan, according to security officials. More »US drone 'kills four militants' in NW Pakistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department is debating the wisdom of designating the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram a "foreign terrorist organization" despite entreaties from lawmakers and the Justice Department to do so. U.S. diplomats are … More »U.S. debates "terrorist" sanctions for Nigerian militants
SANAA (Reuters) - Two al Qaeda-linked suicide bombers targeting Shi'ite Muslims blew themselves up at a school and a protest march in northern Yemen on Friday killing at least 12 people, the defence ministry said. The attacks came less than a week after … More »Qaeda-linked suicide bomber kills 12 in Yemen
ABOARD AL-FAHEDI, SIR BU NUAYR ISLAND (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates may give aid to Yemen, the OPEC member's finance minister said on Friday, following international efforts to head off a humanitarian disaster and stabilise the impoverished state. … More »UAE may give aid to impoverished Yemen - fin min
African Union and Somali troops have captured the strategic town of Afgoye from Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents without major resistance, declaring a military breakthrough, officials said Friday. More »Islamists flee as AU, Somali troops seize rebel stronghold
SANAA (Reuters) - A suicide bomber drove into a school in northern Yemen's al-Jawf province where members of a Shi'ite Muslim rebel group had gathered for Friday prayers and killed 12 people, the defence ministry said. A local official said several people … More »Suicide bomber kills 12 in northern Yemen
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - African Union troops on Friday seized a rebel stronghold near Mogadishu from al Qaeda-linked insurgents, marking a major blow against the al Shabaab rebels who have used the town to stage sporadic attacks on the capital. The capture … More »African Union troops say seize key Somali town
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Two militants set off a bomb inside their car by a police headquarters in the central Turkish province of Kayseri on Friday, killing themselves and one policeman and wounding 18 others, Turkey's interior minister said. Kurdish separatists, … More »Car bomb in central Turkey kills 3, wounds 18
DUBAI (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber killed six members of a Shi'ite Muslim rebel group and three civilians in northern Yemen on Friday, a local official said. Several others were wounded in the attack, which targeted the Shi'ite rebels, otherwise known … More »Suicide bomber kills 9 in northern Yemen
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - African Union troops on Friday seized a rebel stronghold near Mogadishu from al Qaeda-linked insurgents, a spokesman said, marking a big blow against the al Shabaab rebels who have used the town to stage sporadic attacks on the capital. … More »African Union troops say seize key Somali town
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Two militants set off a bomb inside their car by a police headquarters in the central Turkish province of Kayseri on Friday, killing themselves and wounding at least 10 others, Turkey's interior minister said. Kurdish separatists, … More »Car bomb in central Turkey wounds 10, kills militants
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's three wives were fiercely loyal to him and gave little away when they were interrogated after the al Qaeda chief was killed in a U.S. raid over a year ago, a Pakistani intelligence agent who questioned them said. … More »Pakistani interrogator says bin Laden wives gave little away
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. admiral who oversaw the operation to kill Osama bin Laden denied on Thursday that he or his staff helped advise Hollywood film makers shooting a movie about last year's secret raid to kill the al Qaeda leader. A conservative … More »Bin Laden film got no Special Ops help - U.S. admiral
ADEN (Reuters) - Yemeni troops fought Islamist militants in southern cities on Thursday, as the government pressed ahead with a U.S.-backed offensive to help stabilise the impoverished Arab state that has turned into a base for al Qaeda. At least 33 militants … More »Yemeni army kills 33 militants in south
The US government says it is taking the cyber battle to its enemy by hacking al Qaeda websites. More »Cyber Warfare: Al Qaeda Sites Hacked By US
DAKAR (Reuters) - The leader of al Qaeda's North African wing has put his group's fighters in Mali's north at the disposal of Ansar Dine rebels seeking to impose Islamic law across the West African state, the first public comments officially linking to … More »Qaeda leader tells fighters to support Mali rebels
ADEN (Reuters) - Yemeni troops fought Islamist militants in southern cities on Thursday, as the government pressed ahead with a U.S.-backed offensive to help stabilise the impoverished Arab state that has turned into a base for al Qaeda. Western and Gulf … More »Yemeni army kills 33 militants in south
A US drone strike on Thursday killed eight militants in a Taliban stronghold of Pakistan's tribal belt, bringing the death toll from such strikes to 12 in two days, Pakistani officials said. More »US drone strike 'kills eight in Pakistan'
Yemeni troops killed 35 Al-Qaeda militants in overnight battles in the restive southern Abyan province, a military official said Thursday as the army pressed ahead with a 13-day offensive to retake extremist strongholds. More »35 militants killed as Yemen army battles Qaeda
A Pakistani surgeon recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden was Wednesday sentenced to 33 years in prison for treason, sparking a warning from US senators over American aid. More »Pakistani jailed for 33 years over bin Laden hunt
ADEN/RIYADH (Reuters) - Yemeni government troops battled Islamist militants in two southern cities on Wednesday as international donors met in Saudi Arabia to pledge $4 billion to help stabilise a state that has become a base for al Qaeda. Government … More »Yemeni troops advance; donors pledge $4 billion aid
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities have sentenced a doctor accused of helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden to 33 years in jail on charges of treason, officials said, a move almost certain to further strain ties between Washington and … More »Pakistani doctor jailed for helping CIA find bin Laden
When Al-Qaeda swept into Yemen's southern Abyan province a year ago, thousands of local residents ran for their lives. More »Qaeda battle in Yemen leaves displaced in despair
Six Yemeni soldiers and 22 Al-Qaeda militants died on Wednesday as the army pressed an offensive against bastions of the jihadist network in south Yemen into a 12th day, a security official and locals said. More »28 die in Yemen army attack on Qaeda
Donors, with Saudi Arabia in the lead, pledged $4 billion (3.2 billion euros) in aid to impoverished Yemen on Wednesday as it grapples with a fragile political transition and struggles to contain a growing threat by Al-Qaeda. More »Donors pledge $4 bln aid to Yemen
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia and Western and Gulf states pledged more than $4 billion in aid to Yemen at a Riyadh conference two days after more than 90 Yemeni soldiers were killed in a suicide attack, deepening concerns about al Qaeda's presence in … More »Donors pledge $4 billion aid to Qaeda-hit Yemen
A French woman forced a transatlantic flight from Paris to North Carolina to be diverted to Maine on Tuesday after claiming she had a "surgically implanted device." More »'Device' claim causes France-US jet to divert to Maine
RIYADH (Reuters) - Two days after more than 90 Yemeni soldiers were killed in an al Qaeda attack, a donor group of Western and Arab Gulf nations meets in Riyadh on Wednesday to see how they can help Yemen push ahead with reforms and tackle its poverty … More »Yemen donors group meets on Wednesday in Riyadh
Yemen's army chief vowed Tuesday no let-up in an offensive against Al-Qaeda after a suicide bomber killed 96 soldiers in a massive attack in central Sanaa and two other would-be attackers were arrested. More »Yemen, US vow to crush Qaeda after troops massacred
African Union and Somali troops launched a long-awaited assault Tuesday against the Al-Qaeda linked Shebab stronghold of Afgoye, the world's largest displaced people's camp, officials said. More »AU, Somali troops attack Islamist stronghold of Afgoye
SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni soldiers marched in a National Day parade on Tuesday as the president watched from behind a bullet-proof glass shield in a show of defiance after a bomber killed more than 90 troops in an attack on the ceremony's rehearsal. A … More »Sombre Yemen parade takes place after huge bomb attack
SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni soldiers marched in a National Day parade on Tuesday, watched from behind a bullet-proof glass shield by the president, in a show of defiance one day after a bomber killed more than 90 troops in an attack on the ceremony's rehearsal. … More »Sombre Yemen parade takes place after huge bomb attack
Bombings in the centre of the ethnically-mixed city of Baquba, north of Baghdad, killed six people including four children on Tuesday, an army officer and a doctor said. More »Iraq bombings kill six, including four children
SANAA (Reuters) - A suicide bomber in army uniform killed more than 90 soldiers in the heart of the Yemeni capital on Monday and an al Qaeda affiliate threatened more attacks if a U.S.-backed campaign against militants in the front-line state did not … More »Suicide bomber kills 90 in Yemen, al Qaeda vows more attacks
Yemen vowed to fight "terrorism" regardless of the sacrifices as Al-Qaeda claimed it was behind a bombing on Monday that saw a soldier blow himself up in the middle of an army battalion, killing 96 troops. More »Yemen vows to fight as Qaeda bomber kills 96 troops
US President Barack Obama said Monday the United States was very worried about the threat posed by an Al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen after the group massacred almost 100 soldiers in a huge suicide blast. More »Obama says very concerned by Al-Qaeda in Yemen
Al Qaeda has killed at least 96 people and wounded more than 220 in a suicide bomb attack on a military parade in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. More »Al Qaeda Suicide Bomb Kills 96 In Yemen