Moammar Gadaffi blamed al-Qaeda on Thursday for an insurrection that has wrenched control of much of eastern Libya as he addressed the country again.
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/ 7 February 2011
A radical Muslim sect responsible for killings across northeastern Nigeria demanded on Monday that troops withdraw from the troubled region.
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/ 2 February 2011
Al-Qaeda is attempting to procure nuclear material and recruit rogue scientists in order to build a radioactive "dirty bomb".
At least 48 people were killed in Iraq on Thursday in bombings targeting Shi’ite pilgrims and police as United States troops prepare to withdraw.
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/ 10 January 2011
Suspected al-Qaeda kidnappers killed two young French hostages in ‘cold blood’ during a failed rescue operation in the deserts of Niger.
A Tunisian man who claimed to be an al-Qaeda member exploded a gas cylinder in front of the French embassy in Mali on Wednesday.
Egypt is holding seven people for questioning over the New Year’s Day bombing of a church in the northern city of Alexandria.
A car bombing outside a church killed 21 people in Egypt’s northern city of Alexandria as worshippers gathered to mark the New Year.
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/ 27 December 2010
Twin suicide bombings rocked a government compound in Iraq’s western city of Ramadi on Monday, killing as many as 17 people.
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/ 25 December 2010
A suicide bomber attacked a gathering of displaced people waiting to get aid in north-western Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 40 of them.
A bomb exploded on a bus in central Nairobi during a security search before it left for the Ugandan capital Kampala, killing three so far.
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/ 30 November 2010
Al-Qaeda-published magazine <em>Inspire</em> outlines the jihad-inspired group’s plan to "bleed the enemy to death"
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/ 16 November 2010
A US drone strike on an insurgent training centre in militant-riddled North Waziristan killed 15 militants amid a recent surge in the covert attacks.
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/ 2 November 2010
Officials tracked shipments of household goods from Yemen to Chicago in September and considered that the parcels might be a dry run for an attack.
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/ 1 November 2010
Counterterrorism officials warned that al-Qaeda has exposed a blind spot in aviation security by successfully smuggling bombs on to cargo planes.
Yemeni security forces were on Sunday searching for suspects who posted bombs on two US-bound flights after arresting a woman.
Yemeni forces on Saturday arrested a woman believed to be involved in sending explosive packages bound for the United States.
An attempted parcel bomb plot originating in Yemen will further heighten security concerns about the unstable Arab state.
The United States searched on Saturday for the culprits behind a plot to bomb Jewish targets in Chicago.
If Ugandan investigators are right, the size of the conspiracy behind the twin bombings during the World Cup finals could hardly have been bigger.
A lull during fierce fighting gave Hassan Mohamud Mohamed time to hire a boy to wash the blood from his vehicle.
Nato’s chief expressed regret on Monday for the deaths of Pakistani soldiers and said he hoped Pakistan’s border would reopen for Nato supplies.
Western authorities say the number of extremist websites is skyrocketing but taking action to remove them remains difficult.
US state department says tourist attractions could be targeted as Britain increases threat level for travel to Germany and France.
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/ 25 September 2010
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.
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/ 20 September 2010
A Mauritanian military source said al-Qaeda militants in Mali were left without food and ammunition after three days of army strikes.
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.
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/ 11 September 2010
Nine years after the September 11 attacks, the US faces a threat from home-grown insurgents and an "Americanisation" of al-Qaeda leadership.
US drone aircraft have attacked suspected militants in north-west Pakistan, near the border with Afghanistan, killing five people.
Suicide bombers and other attackers killed at least 62 people in apparently coordinated attacks on Iraqi security forces in Iraq on Wednesday.
The militant Islamic group is enticing disaffected US-allied Iraqis to defect by offering them more attractive salaries.
The United Nations and foreign missions and organisations will move back inside Somalia within two months after an absence of more than 17 years.