To do nothing in the face of terrorism would invite far more civilian deaths, a US spokesperson said, reiterating Obama’s remarks in May.
Amrutha Gayathri
Oct 23, 2013
A U.N. report said such attacks set a dangerous precedent.
Amrutha Gayathri
Oct 19, 2013
The Libyan militant was indicted in the U.S. in 2000 over the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya.
Amrutha Gayathri
Oct 07, 2013
Clear majorities of the Muslim population in many of the countries surveyed were opposed to violence in the name of Islam.
Lisa Mahapatra
Sep 12, 2013
Mujao and al-Mulathameen will now be known as al-Murabitoun. Should Africa be worried?
IBT Staff
Aug 23, 2013
The action taken by the Treasury Department is the first such move against a madrassa. The assets of Umar Siddique Kathio Azmarai were also frozen.
Howard Koplowitz
Aug 21, 2013
The State Department on Tuesday ordered U.S. staff in Yemen to evacuate and issued a warning to Americans about an al Qaeda threat.
Amrutha Gayathri
Aug 06, 2013
The U.S. Secretary of State made a pseudo-promise that drone strikes in Pakistan may end "very, very soon."
Maya Shwayder
Aug 01, 2013
Five hundred prisoners, many of them high-level al Qaeda members, have broken out of the Iraqi prison following a coordinated assault.
Jul 22, 2013
The document from the Islamabad government unearthed other strange and fascinating details of Osama bin Laden’s secret life in Pakistan.
Palash Ghosh
Jul 08, 2013
A U.S. drone attack in northwest Pakistan killed 16 people, allegedly belonging to the Haqqani network, drawing criticism from Islamabad.
Amrutha Gayathri
Jul 03, 2013
Ten foreign tourists attempting to climb Pakistan’s Nanga Parbat were murdered Sunday in a Taliban-linked attack at base camp.
Mark Johanson
Jun 23, 2013
The first drone strike by the U.S. since Pakistan’s May 11 general elections killed seven people and injured four.
Sreeja VN
May 29, 2013
A Philippine military a raid on the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf militants killed seven Filipino soldiers and five militants, on Saturday.
Amrutha Gayathri
May 25, 2013
Though classified, the drone strike on Anwar al-Awlaki had been widely reported -- yet it took two years for the U.S. to admit to killing him.
Howard Koplowitz
May 22, 2013
If the Boston explosions are the work of terrorists, it would represent the first such attack on American soil since 2001.
Palash Ghosh
Apr 15, 2013
Any sanctions that the U.N. might place on al-Nusra would freeze their assets, prohibit transfers of arms, and subject members to a travel ban
Maya Shwayder
Apr 12, 2013
A U.S. district court in New York unsealed on Wednesday the indictment of an alleged al Qaeda operative who was charged last month, paving the way for a trial.
Ryan Villarreal
Mar 20, 2013
A French businessman captured in Mali in 2011 was executed in retaliation for France’s Mali offensive, ANI reported Tuesday.
Amrutha Gayathri
Mar 20, 2013
The alleged propagandist appeared in a U.S. court in New York, where trials of al Qaeda suspects are rare.
Howard Koplowitz
Mar 08, 2013
Mokhtar Belmokhtar, presumed masterminded of the attack on an Algerian gas complex, has been killed in Mali, Chad’s armed forces say.
Amrutha Gayathri
Mar 03, 2013
President Barack Obama directed the Justice Department Wednesday to give the Senate Intelligence Committee access to a classified document containing the government’s rationale for drone strikes against the American citizens working with the Al-Qaeda abroad.
Amrutha Gayathri
Feb 07, 2013