Three of Africa’s largest militant Islamist groups are trying to co-ordinate their efforts, the head of the US Africa Command has warned. Gen Carter Ham said in particular North African al-Qaeda in the Islamic...
Mohamed Morsi‘s first appointments as president-elect of Egypt will be a woman and a Coptic Christian, his spokesman has told the Guardian, as he moves to allay fears of the Muslim Brotherhood. Sameh el-Essawy said that...
(multimedia) The UK’s top spy has warned that a new terror threat is brewing. The head of MI5 said the uprisings in the Middle East have created new militant training camps. Up to 200 extremists...
BRUSSELS – Turkey’s prime minister, responding to the downing of a Turkish jet by Syrian forces, said Tuesday that Turkish military will respond to any future violation of its border by Syrian military elements....
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King (R-N.Y.) has asked the Obama administration to explain why a member of a known terrorist group was allowed to enter the United States last week and participate...
A second Turkish plane has been shot at by Syria, Turkey’s deputy prime minister said, as it was searching for the wreckage of a fighter jet downed by Syria last week. Bulent Arinc told...
(Reuters) – Syria described its shooting down of a Turkish warplane as an act of self-defense and warned Turkey and its NATO allies against any retaliatory measures. In shell-shattered districts of Homs, heart of a 16-month-old...
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, says he expects future cooperation with Mohammed Morsi, the new Islamist president-elect of Egypt. In a meeting with Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, Mr Netanyahu said: “We expect...
Russian President Vladimir Putin is beginning his first Middle East tour in seven years with a trip to Israel. Iran’s nuclear ambitions and the continuing crisis in Syria are expected to top the agenda...
Egypt’s first democratically-elected president, Mohammed Mursi, has started forming a government, after promising to be a leader for all Egyptians. World leaders have congratulated the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate, who defeated ex-PM Ahmed Shafiq. Mr...
