"We may have a hijack. We have some problems over here right now."
The nine-minute video surfaces as Russia and the United States are in talks to fortify military cooperation to fight ISIS and al Qaeda in Syria.
Kidnapping is weapon against its enemies, the leader of Al Qaeda said.
Despite significant strikes, U.S. counter-terrorism efforts have been undermined by Yemen's civil war, pitting government forces against Iran-allied Houthi rebels.
Hamza bin Laden promised to continue al Qaeda’s fight against the United States and its allies in a 21-minute speech entitled “We Are All Osama,” according to a report.
The estimates are from the day Obama took office in January 2009 through Dec. 31, 2015, and have been criticized for being highly understated.
The online audio message, purportedly by Ayman al-Zawahri, has yet to be verified.
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.
A $10 million ransom has been demanded by the group holding Japanese freelance journalist Jumpei Yasuda in Syria.
Brig. Gen. Charles Cleveland, a spokesman for the U.S.-NATO mission in Afghanistan, said that improved ties between the two terror groups could pose a bigger threat.
Aria Ladjedvardi, a German national of Iranian descent, is accused of having posed alongside the severed heads of victims in Syria.
Many criticized the agency for what they said was taking advantage of a serious event for a "victory lap" on Twitter.
Taking out its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, would have a “great impact” on the Islamic State group, CIA Director John Brennan said.
Five years after the finding and killing of the al Qaeda leader, the organization used Twitter to recount the event.
Government troops succeeded after several hours of air strikes and heavy combat, a military official told Reuters.
The militants took them to a remote area and killed them by firing squad. Seventeen other captives escaped.
Ansar al-Islam, the Bangladesh division of the al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, reportedly said that Nazimuddin Samad was attacked because he “abused” Islam.
The death of Hassan Ali Dhoore on Thursday marked a continuation of U.S. anti-terror efforts in the African nation.
Two missiles hit the fighters who had gathered in courtyards in the villages of al-Hudhn and Naqeel al-Hayala, local residents said.
The militant was killed during daylight hours in a U.S. special operations raid in Syria, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said.
Prayers were being sought for the Rev. Tom Uzhunnalil of India whom ISIS fighters in Yemen could crucify on Good Friday.
Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said that the airstrike targeted a training camp that was used by more than 70 fighters.
