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Qaeda frees 73 Yemen soldiers, 3 suspects killed

Apr 29, 2012 (AFP)

Al-Qaeda on Sunday freed dozens of soldiers captured in battles in southern Yemen, as three suspected militants were killed in an air strike in the north of the...

'20 Qaeda suspects' killed in Yemen air strikes

Apr 22, 2012 (AFP)

A total of 20 Al-Qaeda suspects were killed in two air strikes in northeast and southern Yemen, the defence ministry and witnesses said on Sunday. The witnesses...

Two Guantanamo Uighurs sent to El Salvador

Apr 19, 2012 (AFP)

The Pentagon said Thursday it had transferred two Guantanamo detainees from China's Uighur minority to El Salvador after they were held without charge since 200...

Brazil judge sets record straight on military torture

Apr 18, 2012 (AFP)

A judge has declared that the former head of Brazil's communist party was tortured to death by the military here during the dictatorship in 1976. In a landmark ...

Rights groups urge US reveal details of Yemeni strike

Apr 17, 2012 (AFP)

Two US rights groups on Tuesday urged the United States to divulge details of a 2009 missile strike in Yemen that targeted Al-Qaeda militants but allegedly left...

Yemen air strike kills three Qaeda chiefs: ministry

Apr 15, 2012 (AFP)

Three children were among seven people killed on Sunday in Yemen's restive east and south by suspected Al-Qaeda militants, security officials said, after three ...

British police arrest boys over anti-terror leak

Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)

British police on Thursday arrested two teenaged boys in connection with the release of recorded conversations between staff on the country's anti-terrorist hot...

4 deny attack plot over Danish cartoons

Apr 13, 2012 (UPI)

Danes reacted with anxiety and dismay to this week's opening of a trial of four men charged with plotting to attack a newspaper that published caricatures of th...

Yemen slides into chaos amid new clashes

Apr 11, 2012 (UPI)

Strife-battered Yemen is sliding deeper into chaos amid a power struggle that's ripping the army apart while U.S. Special Forces and the CIA step up their large...

New biometric systems; contract bid

Apr 11, 2012 (UPI)

An East European company specializing in biometric identification and object-recognition technologies reports that it has upgraded its product line. And in a se...

Sarkozy critics hit terror 'show arrests'

Apr 10, 2012 (UPI)

French Islamic groups and political opponents of President Nicolas Sarkozy this weekend condemned what they called "show arrests" of alleged extremists. Ten peo...

Fired general's troops force Yemen airport shutdown

Apr 07, 2012 (AFP)

The Yemeni capital's airport was shut down on Saturday after forces loyal to a sacked general close to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh encircled it and thre...

Al-Qaida fighters mown down in airstrikes

Apr 05, 2012 (UPI)

Dozens of al-Qaida fighters in Yemen have been reportedly killed in airstrikes, possibly carried out by U.S. forces, sources in the region claim. The air offens...

Ukraine, NATO working on soccer security

Mar 29, 2012 (UPI)

Ukraine says it's working with NATO on anti-terrorism measures for this summer's Euro 2012 European Football Championships, to be played out across Ukraine and ...

French 'Big Bang' scientist denies terror plot

Mar 29, 2012 (AFP)

A Franco-Algerian nuclear physicist facing terror charges admitted at the start of his trial Thursday to going through a "turbulent" time but denied he intended...

French 'Big Bang' scientist on trial for alleged terror plot

Mar 27, 2012 (AFP)

A Franco-Algerian nuclear scientist goes on trial Thursday for allegedly plotting terror attacks in France, where an Islamist's killing spree has already oversh...

Outside View: 'Wolves in sheep's clothing'

Mar 23, 2012 (UPI)

The early morning sky was clear. The bright moon directly overhead made it difficult for the U.S. Army Special Forces unit to stay within the shadows cast by ho...

Heavy shelling kills 16 'Qaeda' fighters in Yemen

Mar 18, 2012 (AFP)

Missiles fired from the sea slammed into Al-Qaeda positions in the southern Yemeni city of Zinjibar on Sunday killing at least 16 suspected militants, a local o...

Nigeria: Deadly twist in Islamists' war

Mar 15, 2012 (UPI)

The killing of two Western hostages in northern Nigeria adds a fearsome dimension to the fierce campaign being waged by militant Islamists and heightens concern...

Paramilitaries face trial for 1982 massacre of 256 Indians

Mar 13, 2012 (AFP)

Five former Guatemalan paramilitaries are set for trial Wednesday for the massacre of 256 Indians during the country's civil war, human rights activists said. T...