TERRORWARS - RUSSO DAILY

Mar 13, 2012 (UPI)

A U.N. envoy warned that al-Qaida is making "alarming" gains in Yemen after seizing several southern towns but it's also resurgent in Iraq and North Africa desp...

Australian commandos operating in Africa: report

Mar 13, 2012 (AFP)

Australian special forces have been operating in several African countries over the past year gathering intelligence on terrorist activities, a report said on T...

Taliban Guantanamo inmates agree Qatar transfer: Kabul

Mar 11, 2012 (AFP)

Five Taliban Guantanamo detainees have agreed to be transferred to Qatar, a move that would meet a key demand of the insurgents and likely ease the path to peac...

Air raids kill 33 Qaeda suspects: Yemen officials

Mar 10, 2012 (AFP)

Air strikes killed at least 33 suspected Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen, in the first such action since a massive attack on the army, local officials said on Satur...

Italy angered by botched British rescue

Mar 09, 2012 (UPI)

A botched British rescue of two European hostages in Nigeria has angered Italy and sparked a war of words between Rome and London. Italian President Giorgio Nap...

When your ship comes in

Mar 07, 2012 (SPX)

Every day, thousands of cargo containers from around the world pass through our nation's sea ports carrying items we need, and possibly some that are not so wel...

Saudi diplomat shot dead in Bangladesh

Mar 07, 2012 (UPI)

Bangladeshi police are investigating the shooting death of a Saudi Arabian diplomat in the capital Dhaka. Police said they found Khalaf Al Ali, 45, with a gunsh...

Jakarta mail bomber gets 18 years in jail

Mar 06, 2012 (UPI)

An Indonesian court sentenced the mastermind of a 2-year bombing campaign to 18 years in prison on terrorism charges. Pepi Fernando, 33, was found guilty of pla...

Al-Qaeda fighters kill 26 police in west Iraq

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

Dozens of Al-Qaeda fighters, some wearing army uniforms, killed 26 policemen in a wave of attacks on checkpoints and officers' homes across Haditha in west Iraq...

Yemen army toll from Qaeda assault rises to 78

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

An attack by Al-Qaeda extremists on troops in Yemen's restive south sparked fierce clashes in which at least 78 soldiers and 25 militants were killed, medics an...

More than 100 Yemen troops killed in Qaeda assault

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

More than 100 Yemeni soldiers and at least 25 suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen were killed in attacks on military positions in the country's restive south, medics and ...

US 'concerned' over Qaeda attacks in Yemen: Pentagon

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

The United States is "very concerned" about the latest deadly attack by Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen, but believes the government will survive the assault, a Pen...

Islamists lose last base in Somali capital

Mar 05, 2012 (UPI)

African Union forces backing Somalia's shaky transitional government have captured the last bastion of al-Shabaab Islamists in Mogadishu amid a wider three-pron...

Qaeda assault kills at least 30 Yemeni soldiers

Mar 04, 2012 (AFP)

Fierce clashes between the Yemeni army and Al-Qaeda in the country's restive south killed at least 30 soldiers and 12 militants on Sunday, medics and officials ...

Sudan's Bashir, minister dance after ICC warrant

Mar 03, 2012 (AFP)

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir danced on Saturday with his defence minister at a rally for paramilitary troops two days after the International Criminal Court...

Al-Qaeda offshoot claims Algeria attack

Mar 03, 2012 (AFP)

An Al-Qaeda splinter group claimed Saturday to have carried out a suicide attack on a police base in southern Algeria which left 23 people wounded according to ...

Al-Qaida, pounded by U.S., seeks new wars

Feb 29, 2012 (UPI)

Al-Qaida's announcement that Somalia's al-Shabaab Islamists have merged with the jihadist network and reports jihadists are joining the year-old struggle to top...

Africa reviews private security firms

Feb 24, 2012 (UPI)

Private security firms have expanded across Africa, like many other troubled regions of the world. There are more than 4,500 security companies and entities ope...

Qaeda claims wave of Iraq attacks

Feb 24, 2012 (AFP)

Al-Qaeda's front group in Iraq said on Friday that it carried out a wave of bombing and shooting attacks across the country that killed 42 people. The group sai...

Mumbai gets base for counter-terror troops

Feb 23, 2012 (AFP)

A fully-equipped regional hub for specialist counter-terrorism troops was inaugurated in Mumbai on Thursday, more than three years after the deadly attacks by I...