Suicide bomb outside US embassy in Ankara
Two people have been killed and several people wounded in an explosion, likely a suicide bomb, outside the US embassy in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. Police claimed that a suicide bomber detonated a...
Category: Terror
Al-Qaeda threatens US and Europe, promises ‘earth-shattering’ attack
French troops patrol on January 30, 2013 along the Niger river in the northern city of Gao. (AFP Photo / Sia Kambou) A message posted on a jihadist website on Sunday promised that “terrible”...
Adolf Hitler’s memory is a ‘constant warning’, Merkel says on 80th anniversary
Photo: AFP/GETTY Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that Adolf Hitler’s rise to power 80 years ago should go on reminding Germans that democracy and freedom cannot be taken for granted. Mrs Merkel was...
Aide to Egyptian President Morsi claims Holocaust a US hoax
Photo Credit: (AP) HAIFA, Israel – A key figure in Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s government called the Holocaust a hoax cooked up by U.S. intelligence operatives and claimed the 6 million Jews who were...
Britain to send forces to Mali as part of EU mission
Downing Street has said that the British government will dispatch 350 troops to Mali to aid French troops stationed in the country’s north, as part of a UK mission to train local forces and...
‘Hamas leader Mashaal seeking presidency of PLO’
‘Al-Quds Al-Arabi’ quotes Palestinian sources as saying Jordan and Qatar are pushing for Mashaal to chair PLO. Photo: Screenshot CNN Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal is seeking to take over the presidency of the Palestinian...
French and Malian forces have retaken Timbuktu
French and Malian forces have retaken Timbuktu. Al Jazeera’s Jacky Rowland is embedded with the troops. She reports from Timbuktu.
Israeli Troops Swap Guns for Computers as Cyber Attacks Rise
At an army base outside Tel Aviv, soldiers sit in front of screens glued to scrolling colored computer code, keyboards at the ready to deflect attacks. They’re Israel’s cyber defense team in training, among the uniformed...
French success in Mali may herald ‘war of the shadows’
It is not exactly blitzkrieg in the desert, but French commanders can be well-pleased with the way their operation in Mali has played out so far. Pressed to intervene when the Malian army was...
Hamas to establish military academy for Gaza schoolchildren
Hamas is planning to establish a military academy in the Gaza Strip for training and educating schoolchildren. Palestinian children celebrate Hamas founding, Dec. 8, 2012 Photo: REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh announced Thursday...
