TERRORISM

Ahmed Adeeb, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison, is also facing charges of attempting to assassinate President Yameen Abdul Gayoom.

The heads of about a dozen states discussed the setting up of a joint force to tackle outfits like Boko Haram, which has claimed over 20,000 lives in the past six years.

The terrorist group uses social media and apps to spread information and recruit, but its users are getting duped and hacked.

Bosso is part of the Diffa region, which is home to many refugees and internally displaced people who have sought to avoid Boko Haram violence.

Terrorist groups are planning to carry out strikes where the nation’s citizens congregate in shopping areas, the U.S. embassy said Saturday.

The total number of strikes carried out by the U.S. military in Yemen this year against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is now at nine.

This deployment represents the Navy’s first under the Optimized Fleet Response Plan, which aims to establish seven-month trips.

American lawmakers last month had introduced a bill proposing that the reclusive state be relisted as a sponsor of terrorism.

The assault aims to cut off Islamic State’s last stretch of the Syrian-Turkish frontier by seizing territory in northern Syria west of the Euphrates River.

The group is made of self-described Muslims. BBC’s religion chief says people need to recognize that.

The Treasury Department called Pyongyang a “primary money laundering concern,” and announced new restrictions to cut access to global banking systems.

A $10 million ransom has been demanded by the group holding Japanese freelance journalist Jumpei Yasuda in Syria.

The release of the reporters could help move the rebels and the government toward beginning the peace talks they announced in March.

A father and son accused of supporting terrorism say they were tortured in prison.

Government officials said Thursday that the insurgent National Liberation Army was responsible for the kidnapping of one Spanish and two local journalists.

India’s thriving movie scene and its actors were reportedly the targets of an Islamic State extortion scheme.

But hero pilot “Sully” Sullenberger, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and former National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Mark Rosenker cautioned it’s too early to draw conclusions.

The message made no mention of the EgyptAir flight that crashed into the Mediterranean on Thursday.

Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump says the U.S. “has bigger problems than Assad.”

Data suggest a possible restroom blaze near the cockpit of the doomed Paris-to-Cairo passenger plane, a report said.

The talks broke up last month, with President Bashar Assad’s government and foes blaming each other for military escalation.