Extremist websites booming, but hard to police

Western authorities say the number of extremist websites is skyrocketing but taking action to remove them remains difficult.

Alerts raise fears of al-Qaeda offensive in Europe

US state department says tourist attractions could be targeted as Britain increases threat level for travel to Germany and France.

Al-Qaeda 'seeks African base in Somalia'

The head of Somalia's transitional government has accused Islamist insurgents of seeking to turn the war-stricken country into a base for al-Qaeda.

Mauritania army in 'control' after strikes on al-Qaeda

A Mauritanian military source said al-Qaeda militants in Mali were left without food and ammunition after three days of army strikes.

Al-Qaeda: West weakened by years of fighting jihadists

Nine years of fightig njihadists has weakened Western forces, al-Qaeda's number two said in an audio clip after the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

US faces 'Americanisation' of terror threat

Nine years after the September 11 attacks, the US faces a threat from home-grown insurgents and an "Americanisation" of al-Qaeda leadership.

Five killed in US strike in Pakistan

US drone aircraft have attacked suspected militants in north-west Pakistan, near the border with Afghanistan, killing five people.

Bombs kill scores in attacks on Iraq's police

Suicide bombers and other attackers killed at least 62 people in apparently coordinated attacks on Iraqi security forces in Iraq on Wednesday.

UN to return to Somalia within two months

The United Nations and foreign missions and organisations will move back inside Somalia within two months after an absence of more than 17 years.

African Union agrees to beef up Somalia force

Leaders of the African Union agreed at a summit on Monday to reinforce the AU peacekeeping mission in Somalia to counter al-Shabaab insurgents.

Iran's covert operations in Afghanistan

Iran is engaged in a covert campaign to arm, finance, train and equip Taliban insurgents, Afghan warlords allied to al-Qaeda and suicide bombers.

Suicide bombers attack Iraq militia, kill over 40

A suicide bomber attacked government-backed Sunni militia on Sunday as they lined up to be paid on Baghdad's south-western outskirts.

Shooting attacks hit Yemen, al-Qaeda blamed

Suspected al-Qaeda gunmen assaulted two south Yemen security offices on Wednesday in coordinated shooting attacks, killing at least two people.

US: Al-Qaeda 'treats Africans like cannon fodder'

Barack Obama tells SABC that al-Shabaab sees Africa as a place where life is cheap and innocents can be killed for little political cost.

Uganda makes arrests following deadly bombings

Ugandan police have found an unexploded suicide vest and made a number of arrests after coordinated bomb blasts killed at least 76 people on Sunday.

'Somalia is in the hands of al-Qaeda'

Somalia's president pleaded for help on Monday at a regional summit, as an al-Qaeda-inspired insurgency closed in on his Mogadishu palace.

Pakistan arrests American on Bin Laden mission

A middle-aged American suspected of being on a mission to hunt down and kill Osama bin Laden has been arrested in Pakistan, police said on Tuesday.

How Somalia's civil war became new front against al-Qaeda

On a side street off Mogadishu's Wadnaha Road frontline a young officer is explaining the unwritten rules of the city's intractable civil war.

Somali rebels kill two AU peacekeepers

Two Ugandan soldiers serving in the African Union's peacekeeping force in Somalia have died in fighting with rebels for control of north Mogadishu.

Top al-Qaeda leader killed

Al-Qaeda said its number three leader and Osama bin Laden's one-time top money man, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, has been killed.

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