Police are investigating a case of attempted murder in the shooting of an exiled Rwandan general who is accused of terrorism in his homeland.
France will help African countries combat piracy, terrorism and drug-trafficking, President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Tuesday.
There was no known terrorism threat to the Soccer World Cup, the national joint operational and intelligence centre said on Sunday.
South Africa may fall victim to a terrorist attack during the World Cup it is hosting in less than two weeks, according to a media report on Sunday.
Zimbabwean politician Roy Bennet will learn on Monday whether he must answer terrorism charges that could result in the death penalty.
US authorities were still questioning a Pakistani-American man on Wednesday, who they say admitted trying to bomb New York’s Times Square.
A man of Pakistani origin has been arrested on suspicion he bought the vehicle used in the failed car bombing in New York’s Times Square last weekend.
Investigators combed through security video and other evidence on Monday in the hunt for suspects in a failed car bombing in New York’s Times Square.
US authorities are investigating a thwarted car bombing in New York’s famed Times Square where thousands of people gather each day and night.
Police tipped off by a street vendor defused a car bomb on Times Square in New York on Saturday that could have turned into a "deadly event".
Seven North African states held talks on Tuesday in Algeria to plan a coordinated response to al-Qaeda.
India and Pakistan hold their first official talks since the 2008 Mumbai attacks on Thursday, a meeting that may help thaw their frigid relations.
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/ 4 February 2010
The US may try to kill American citizens embroiled in extremist groups overseas, the top US intelligence chief said on Wednesday.
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/ 26 December 2009
A Nigerian man with possible links to al-Qaeda militants was in custody on Saturday after he tried to ignite an explosive device on a US plane.
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/ 16 November 2009
Roy Bennett, a senior official in Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s party, pleaded not guilty on Monday to terrorism charges.
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/ 25 September 2009
United States government facilities in South Africa reopened on Friday after they had been closed due to a security threat earlier in the week.
Like many terror groups, al-Shabab uses Internet videos to draw disenfranchised young men into its fold.
Britain’s House of Lords on Wednesday ruled against the use of secret evidence to keep terrorism suspects under surveillance without charge.
Al-Qaeda’s North African wing said on Wednesday it had carried out its threat to kill a British hostage it was holding in the Sahara.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Thursday welcomed the election of the United States to the top United Nations rights forum.
Afghanistan and Pakistan have to work together to defeat a ”wildfire of terrorism” sweeping the region, the Afghan president said on Wednesday.
Cuba, Iran and Venezuela assailed the US administration for a new report that lists Havana and Tehran as state sponsors of terrorism.
The Taliban in Pakistan have moved to within 100km of Islamabad, officials say, sparking global concern.
Two bombs ripped through crowded markets on Monday in India’s restive north-eastern state of Assam, killing at least seven people and wounding 60.
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/ 23 February 2009
Binyam Mohamed, a UK resident held at Guantánamo Bay for more than four years, was released and put on a plane to home on Monday.
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/ 21 December 2008
Britain commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing on Sunday.
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/ 18 December 2008
Barack Obama’s White House team is to undergo a crash course in how to handle terrorist attacks and international crises.
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/ 17 December 2008
The Indian Parliament on Wednesday agreed tougher anti-terrorism laws that allow the detention of alleged militants for up to 180 days.
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/ 30 November 2008
Australian victims of the terror attack in the popular Leopold café have described the terrorists as “young boys”.
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/ 30 November 2008
Mumbai bomb attacks: Eyewitness accounts of their night of terror.
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/ 29 November 2008
Although the killings involved gunmen rather than bombs, the coordination involved points to the same hand at work, writes Gethin Chamberlain.
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/ 28 November 2008
Indian commandos stormed a Jewish centre in Mumbai on Friday evening, killing two Islamist gunmen but failing to save five hostages.