Undeterred by a federal investigation into his peers, former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has shown unwavering support for an Iranian dissident group called the People's Mujahedin of Iran, also known as the Mujahedin-e Khalq or MEK.
Oslo courts have convicted Mullah Krekar, an Iraqi-born Islamist cleric, to five years in prison for posting online death threats against Kurdish immigrants and Norwegian officials.
Americans across the political spectrum believe the war in Afghanistan is futile and want to bring the troops home, according to a new a New York Times/CBS poll.
Al Jazeera decided not to broadcast Mohammed Merah's video of the Toulouse massacre.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged television stations not to telecast the video footage of Toulouse killer Mohamed Merah, amid reports that al-Jazeera is considering relaying the video clippings.
The U.S. war effort in Afghanistan has become more unpopular than ever, a New York Times/CBS News poll released Monday finds.
French authorities have ordered the brother of an al Qaeda-inspired killer to be detained on suspicion of complicity in his sibling's assassination of three Jewish children, a rabbi and three soldiers.
The French police have taken Abdelkader Merah, elder brother of Toulouse killer Mohamed Merah to intelligence head Quarters in Paris for investigation on Saturday, Reuters reported.
Facebook removed the page paying tribute to the al Qaeda-linked French gunman Mohamed Merah Thursday. The page was created soon after the French police killed Merah who confessed to gunning down seven people, including three Jewish children, a rabbi and three police men, in a raid.
French Prime Minister, Francois Fillon, asserts that French terrorist Mohamed Merah could not have been arrested before the Toulouse massacre.
The murderous shooting spree by an al-Qaeda-linked terrorist in Southern France has started a fierce debate in France about the government's failure in handling the issue. The gunman, Mohamed Merah, who confessed to killing seven people, was killed in a police raid on his flat Thursday.
Tuareg rebels in northern Mali, flush with arms and fighters from the Libyan revolution, pushed south Friday morning to occupy positions vacated by government forces as mutinous soldiers in the capital sought to complete a coup by arresting the president, military sources said.
As the dust settled the details of Merah's life began to emerge, painting a picture of a troubled young man who was swept up in and radicalized by Middle Eastern jihadism.
After a 32 hour standoff,the Islamic terrorist accused of killing seven people was killed Thursday as police raided his apartment. Click through the slide show to check out dramatic images of the Merah's standoff with French police forces.
The United States should keep a substantial number of troops in Afghanistan despite intensifying doubts about America's mission there, Marine Gen. John Allen told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday.
The French citizen of Algerian heritage had been on the U.S. watch list for two years before he began the rampage that led to his death Thursday. He is believed responsible for the shooting deaths of seven people, including schoolchildren, in Toulouse.
France currently has about 5-million Muslims, making it the largest Islamic community in Europe.
Mohammed Merah, suspected in the killings of seven people in recent days, was found dead Thursday morning after jumping from a window of his Toulouse apartment building, France's interior minister said.
French police set off explosions Wednesday night at a block of flats in Toulouse where the self-proclaimed killer of four Jews was holed up, but the standoff continued into Thursday morning.
French police have cornered their suspect in a Toulouse apartment on Wednesday in connection with the killings of four Jewish citizens and three French soldiers. Mohamed Merah, 24, allegedly carried out the attacks and was on the run for several days. Click through the slideshow and view the slideshow of the aftermath of the deadly shootings.
Mohammed Merah has been named the suspect in the recent killing of a rabbi and three children at a Jewish school and three French paratroopers. At the moment, French police are in a tense standoff with him. As authorities attempt to negotiate his surrender, facts about the murder suspect are beginning to emerge.
The stand-off between French police and Mohamed Merah has gone on for hours, and with the Toulouse shooting suspect saying he will turn himself in late this evening, it could be a full day before the ordeal is finished.
