Prior to the 9/11 attacks in America, few could fathom the existence of plane hijacking suicide bombers. In fact not many can recall the disturbing 1994 terrorist plot to crash a Parish-bound plane into the Eiffel Tower. The new French film, The Assault captures the harrowing true story of the two day effort to rescue the fight's frightened passengers from Islamic terrorists.
The Yemeni government continued to battle an al-Qaeda insurgency in the south of the country on Wednesday, killing at least 30 militants on the third consecutive day of fighting.
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other men had been fighting extradition, saying they would face inhumane conditions in the supermax federal prison in Florence, Colo.
Fighters from Ansar al-Sharia were beaten back by Yemeni troops and aircraft. The attacks came a day after the group again called for the government to free 600 militants in exchange for 73 Yemeni soldiers.
Nigerian rebels Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the Easter day bombing that killed up to three dozen people in the northern city of Kaduna.
The United States announced a $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Hafiz Safeed, an alleged terrorist from Pakistan. The move, lauded by India, is likely to strain the already tense relationship between Pakistan and the United States.
After the Mumbai attacks, Saeed and other LeT members were arrested by Pakistani police, but later released on appeal.
Colombia's largest rebel group released its final 10 military hostages, ending the 14-year-long nightmare for the victims and their families on Monday. The last 10 of the non-civilian hostages, four soldiers and six policemen, held captive for 14 years, were picked up in a helicopter, provided by the Brazilian government, by the Red Cross rescue team from an unspecified site.
New York was named as the target of a new terrorism threat Monday, as reports emerged that al Qaeda seems to have targeted New York in a foreboding online graphic.
Nigerian rebel group Boko Haram has established bomb-making factories in the southern state of Kogi, a sign that the group is spreading around the country and could be gaining strength.
Preparations in Colombia have been finalized for the anticipated release of 10 captives by the FARC rebel group.
A new account of Osama bin Laden's life on the run after the September 11, 2001 attacks reveals that the al Qaeda leader spent nine years moving through a series of safe-houses in Pakistan, not hiding in the mountains on the Pakistan-Afghan border as previously believed.
Mohamed Merah, the al Qaeda-linked French gunman of Algerian descent, will be buried in France as Algeria has refused to accept his body.
Despite Washington officials offering a series of key concessions -- including giving Pakistan intelligence pre-warning for any strikes -- Islamabad has flatly rejected all offers, leaving already stretching already strained U.S.-Pakistan relations.
French authorities have ordered the brother of an al Qaeda-inspired killer to be detained on suspicion of complicity in his sibling's assassination of three Jewish children, a rabbi and three soldiers.
Facebook removed the page paying tribute to the al Qaeda-linked French gunman Mohamed Merah Thursday. The page was created soon after the French police killed Merah who confessed to gunning down seven people, including three Jewish children, a rabbi and three police men, in a raid.
The murderous shooting spree by an al-Qaeda-linked terrorist in Southern France has started a fierce debate in France about the government's failure in handling the issue. The gunman, Mohamed Merah, who confessed to killing seven people, was killed in a police raid on his flat Thursday.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced a series of tough measures in the wake of a string of killings in southern France by an Islamist terrorist. However, the President's new proposal to jail frequent visitors of terror-linked Websites has raised concern among journalists and legal experts in the country.
The 24-year-old French citizen of Algerian heritage had been under police surveillance since the March 11 killing of a soldier in Toulouse. Two other French service members were killed, followed by three children and a rabbi outside a Jewish school Monday.
By destabilizing Iraq, the militant organization is seeking to derail Baghdad’s contention that Iraq is moving towards “normalcy” after almost a decade of war.
An umbrella organization composed of extremist militant outfits including Al-Qaeda has claimed the responsibility for the latest series of violence that killed 46 people in eight cities of Iraq.
The bank, formally known as the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR), reportedly failed to provide a Milan affiliate of JP Morgan with details about payments into the account, in which €1.8 billion was deposited in the last 18 months.