AL-QAEDA

The Algeria-based group, led by a former al Qaeda commander, claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing outside a UN peacekeeping mission camp Friday.

Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud traveled to Syria to join a militant group, and is accused of plotting a terrorist attack on American soil.

Ibrahim al-Rubaysh was a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay and a veteran militant from his time in Afghanistan.

The Somalia-based group says in a statement that Kenyan citizens would "bear the full brunt" of their government's actions.

Suspected al Qaeda militants took over a base in Yemen's southeastern city of Mukalla Friday.

If convicted, Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh faces a maximum of 15 years in prison.

Khalid Batarfi, an al Qaeda leader, who had served more than four years in prison, is suspected of escaping.

According to the report, a large number of foreign fighters were from Tunisia, Morocco, France and Russia.

The Syrian branch of al Qaeda is gaining the upper hand on the ground by making friends and influencing people.

Matthew Levitt, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Studies, said the marathon bombing appeared to fit into a broader "global jihad movement."

Fighter jets have pounded positions in the Tirah Valley in the Khyber region, west of the city of Peshawar, over the last few days.

The hackers published the personal information of 100 members of the U.S. military on a Polish website.

A suicide attack that killed at least 142 pulls Yemen deeper into a region-wide fight, but an ISIS claim is doubtful.

Some Republicans want to use the so-called war fund to circumvent defense spending caps. John McCain disagrees.

The Pentagon said the U.S. targeted the leader of the al Shabaab militant group in Somalia this week.

Al Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra "sees itself as the spearhead of the Syrian revolution."

Three members of al Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra also were reportedly killed in Syria on Thursday.

The attack targeted militants traveling in two vehicles, a local security official said, adding that several other suspected militants were injured.

Abid Naseer is accused of planning attacks in the U.S., England and Russia, but the 28-year-old has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The de facto truce in Lebanon could end as ISIS gears up for battle on the border with Syria.

Two men convicted of seeking to join al Qaeda and training to carry out attacks on Americans in Afghanistan were sentenced on Monday to 25 years in federal prison, the U.S. Justice Department said.