LONDON (AA) – A British citizen who was kept in custody and tortured at the infamous Guantanamo Bay detention center has dedicated his life to rehabilitation of other detainees and protection of their rights after his release. Moazzam Begg was kept in the Guantanamo Bay detention center by the US government for two years in […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA/AFP) – Hundreds of protesters gathered late Thursday in the Somali capital to protest against al-Qaeda-affiliated group, al-Shabaab, in a demonstration organized by the federal government. The protest at the Eng-Yarisow football stadium amid tight security was attended by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and senior ...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – The Nigeria air force killed more than 200 Boko Haram fighters in an air raid with the Super Tucano light fighter jet in the Sambisa Forest in the northeastern state of Borno, a military expert told Anadolu Agency on Friday. There has been no official confirmation from the military but Zaga […]
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Court of Justice on Wednesday dismissed the PKK’s request seeking its removal from the EU’s terror list. The EU General Court, a constituent court of the EU Court of Justice, announced its decision in the lawsuit filed by the group last year. The decision, in which the terms “terrorist act” [&hell...
ANKARA (AA) – A Paris court Tuesday sentenced eight defendants in the 2016 Nice terror attacks to prison sentences of two to 18 years, local media reported. The attack on July 14, 2016 – Bastille Day – in Nice, southern France left 86 people dead and more than 400 others injured. The driver of a […]
Jakarta, Indonesia (AFP): One of the bombmakers in the Bali blasts that killed more than 200 people two decades ago was released on parole on Wednesday after serving half of his sentence, an Indonesian official said, despite protests from Australia. Umar Patek was a member of an Al Qaeda-linked group that detonated devices at a […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US said Wednesday that security cooperation with Türkiye is of “paramount importance” after lawmakers dropped provisions from the annual defense spending bill that made sales of F-16 fighter jets to Ankara contingent on a series of conditions. Asked by reporters about the issue, State Department spokesman Ned Price ...
ANKARA (AA) – The trial for the Brussels attacks of 2016 which killed 32 people began on Monday. Six years after the attacks, 10 men accused of being members of the ISIS are on trial, one of them in absentia as he is believed to have been killed in Syria. Two attacks hit the Zaventem […]
Sydney, Australia (AFP): An alleged ISIS fighter who was apparently part of the group’s recruitment campaign will be charged with “serious terror offences” after being extradited to Australia from Turkiye. Neil Christopher Prakash, 31, was arrested in Turkiye in 2016 after crossing into the country from Syria. Prakash was sen...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – The US has designated four senior members of al-Qaeda in South Asia and Afghanistan, as well as the Pakistani Taliban, as “global terrorists.” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday Washington is committed to using its full set of counterterrorism tools to counter the threat posed by “terrorist grou...
