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Indonesians held hostage by Al Qaeda unit in PhilippinesIslamist militants seized four Indonesian crew of a tugboat in the southern Philippines on Friday night, the third attack on slow moving vessels in about a month, a military spokesman said on Saturday, as troops battled Muslim rebels on a nearby More… |
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Saudi on alert over possible oil or mall attackSaudi Arabia has put security forces on alert for a possible militant attack on a shopping mall or energy installation, Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour Turki said on Monday. "There was information about a possible act tar More… |
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US expedites delivery of missiles, drones to IraqThe US has delivered dozens of Hellfire air-to-ground missiles to Iraq in recent weeks and plans shipments of Scan Eagle drones next year amid a surge in violence, US officials said. on Thursday, a day after at least 34 peop More… |
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Al Qaeda calls for attacks inside USAl Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri urged small-scale attacks inside the United States to "bleed America economically", adding he hoped eventually to see a more significant strike, according to the SITE monitoring service. More… |
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Qaeda unit urges attacks on Egyptian armyOne of al Qaeda's most militant affiliates has called on Egyptians to take up arms against their army, saying a bloody crackdown on Islamist protesters showed peaceful methods were futile, according to an Internet statement posted on Saturda More… |
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Saudi air force not behind attack on QaedaSaudi Arabian fighter jets have not attacked al Qaeda targets in Yemen, Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said on Saturday, denying a newspaper report that some strikes attributed to US drones were made instead by the kingdom's air forc More… |
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Somali troops roll into rebel bastionHundreds of Somali government troops and allied militia fighters deployed throughout the centre of the former Al Shabaab rebel stronghold of Kismayu on Monday, sending panicked locals scrambling for cover. More… |
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Qaeda faces cash crunch after bin Laden lossDeprived of Osama bin Laden's fundraising starpower, Al Qaeda's commanders face the prospect of a cash crunch that would complicate the task of evading capture by their US pursuers. The likely successor to Osama bin Laden is Ayman al-Zawah More… |
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Qaeda 'planned to kill officials with poison gifts'Al Qaeda militants now in detention planned to kill Saudi government and security officials and media workers by sending poisoned gifts to their offices, according to a Saudi Interior Ministry official. The group planned to rob banks and c More… |
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UAE probing Qaeda claim on UPS plane crashThe United Arab Emirates aviation authority is investigating a claim by Al Qaeda that it was behind the September crash of a UPS plane in Dubai, but has found no link so far, an official said on Saturday. 'So far we have no evidence th More… |
