Yemeni security forces arrested key al-Qaeda leader
Forces loyal to the Yemeni legitimate government backed by the Arab coalition say they have captured a key al-Qaeda leader in the southwestern province of...
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Cardiff student supported ISIS and Al-Qaeda and deeply committed to terrorism
A student who was “deeply committed” to supporting Isis and Al-Qaeda had a terrorist manual on his phone. Student Zakaria Afey, from Cardiff, also shared...
Al Qaeda-linked charity helps Canadian Mosque fundraising
An Al-Qaeda-linked Kuwaiti charity helped a Canadian Islamic organization fundraising to buy a former Church to convert into a mosque, the Investigative Project on Terrorism...
UNSC sanctions the ISIS South Asia Branch formed by Pakistani national
The UN has sanctioned ISIS' South Asia Branch, a terrorist group formed in 2015 by a Pakistani national and a former commander of the TTP,...
Where has the Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri been hiding for 18 years?
Nestled alongside ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi in the deepest ranks of the depraved, Al Qaeda’s chief Ayman Al Zawahiri is one of the...
Attack on Catholic church kills six people in Burkina Faso
An attack on a Catholic church in Burkina Faso, potentially linked to extreme Islamist violence in the country, has killed six people. Al Jazeera reports...
FBI adds Osama son Hamza bin Laden to its seeking information list
The FBI on Thursday added Hamza bin Laden, the son of slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, to it’s Seeking More Information List (SMIL), two...
Facebook reportedly auto-generating extremist videos and infuriating Twitter users
Although Facebook has repeatedly stressed that it prohibits hateful treatment based on race, ethnicity or religion, a confidential whistleblower’s recent complaint to the US Securities...
Ghanian churches targeted for jihadist terror attacks
Churches in Ghana are the potential target of a terrorist group, Salafi-Jihadist based in Burkina Faso, the Africa Center for Security and Intelligence Studies (ACSIS)...
Extremist jailed for terror offences after threatening to kill police officers
An Islamist extremist who threatened to kill police officers has been jailed for terror offences. Mohammed Hamza Ghani was already going through a government deradicalisation...
Al Qaeda reveals support for Qatar-based Algerian exile
Qatari support for extremists linked to terror organisations has pitched back into focus following the death of Abbassi Madani, the founder of Algeria’s Islamic Salvation...
Proceeds of £8bn UK fraud used to fund al-Qaeda terrorist activities
Some of the corrupt proceeds of around £8bn VAT (Value Added Tax) and benefit fraud were allegedly used to fund al-Qaeda’s madrassahs, training camps and...