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Five UN staff members kidnapped in Yemen 18 months ago walk free
FILE PHOTO: The United Nations headquarters building is pictured though a window with the UN logo in the foreground in the Manhattan borough of New York August 15, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
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Australian doctor freed by al Qaeda after seven years in captivity
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong listens beside Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo during a joint press conference at a hotel in Makati City, Philippines on Thursday May 18, 2023. (Lisa Marie David/Pool Photo via AP)
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Killing of al-Qaeda leader is long-sought ‘justice,’ Biden says
The White House is seen Saturday, July 30, 2022, in Washington. President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again Saturday, slightly more than three days after he was cleared to exit coronavirus isolation, the White House said, in a rare case of "rebound" following treatment with an anti-viral drug. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Prince Charles’ charity accepted million pound donation from family of Osama bin Laden
LLANARTHNE - JULY 06: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales during a visit to the National Botanic Garden of Wales on July 06, 2022 in Llanarthne, Wales. As part of the Welsh government’s contribution to the Queens Platinum Jubilee, oak saplings which were felled by a storm in 2013 are being propagated and replanted. The Prince of Wales has been Patron of the National Botanic Garden of Wales since 2000. The Botanic Garden occupies a unique position within Wales as a botanic garden within a Registered Historic Parkland, it is a registered charity committed to the well-being of people, plants and the planet through Conservation, Inspiration and Education. The Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall are undertaking engagements for Wales Week 2022. (Photo by Matthew Horwood - Pool/Getty Images)
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U.S. commandos carry out counterterrorism raid in Syria; rescue workers say civilians among the dead
People check at a destroyed house after an operation by the U.S. military in the Syrian village of Atmeh, in Idlib province, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. U.S. special forces carried out what the Pentagon said was a successful, large-scale counterterrorism raid in northwestern Syria early Thursday. Local residents and activists said civilians were also among the dead. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
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Taliban takeover prompts fears of a resurgent al-Qaeda in Afghanistan
Taliban members in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 15, 2021. The U.S. invaded Afghanistan 20 years ago in response to terrorism, and many worry that Al Qaida and other radical Islamist groups will again find safe haven there. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)
opinion
What will the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan mean for global terrorism?
Jessica Davis
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U.S. top general concerned about rising terrorist threat as Taliban take Afghanistan
Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace after the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Zabi Karimi)
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Afghanistan spiralling into failed state where Al-Qaeda will thrive: U.K. defence minister
Pakistani soldiers stand guard while stranded people walk towards the Afghan side at a border crossing point, in Chaman, Pakistan, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. Pakistan opened its Chaman border crossing for people who had been stranded in recent weeks. Juma Khan, the Pakistan border town's deputy commissioner, said the crossing was reopened following talks with the Taliban. (AP Photo/Jafar Khan)
opinion
With Nigeria verging on failed-state status, West Africa arrives at a tipping point
Robert Rotberg
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Bomb kills 12 security agents in Somalia as politicians wrangle over presidency
A soldier walks past wreckage in the aftermath of an attack on the Afrik hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021.
politics
Proud Boys among 13 groups added to Canada’s list of terrorist groups
Canada's Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announces that the Proud Boys and other groups have been listed as terrorist entities, in a still image from a remote video call in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada February 2, 2021. Office of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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Four UN peacekeepers killed, five wounded in attack in central Mali
UN and Mali flags fly on the MINUSMA Main Operations Base, in Bamako, on June 23, 2018.
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Pompeo accuses Iran of having secret ties with al-Qaeda network
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Press Club, in Washington, on Jan. 12, 2021.
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Suspected mastermind of 2002 Bali bombings released after 10 years in jail
Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir sits inside a van as he leaves Gunung Sindur Prison, in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, on Jan. 8, 2021.
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Indonesia to release alleged mastermind of deadly 2002 Bali bombings from prison
Abu Bakar Bashir enters a courtroom for the first day of an appeal hearing in Cilacap, Central Java province, Indonesia, on Jan. 12, 2016.
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U.S. removes Sudan from list of state sponsors of terrorism
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media prior to meeting with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, at the State Department, in Washington, on Nov. 24, 2020.
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Burkina Faso holds election under looming threat of violence
A man casts his ballot at a polling station in Ouagadougou on November 22, 2020, during Burkina Faso's presidential and legislative elections. (Photo by Issouf SANOGO / AFP) (Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Kenyan court sentences two men for supporting deadly 2013 Westgate Mall attack
Mohamed Ahmed Abdi and Hassan Hussein Mustafa are escorted out of court in Nairobi, on Oct. 30, 2020.
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Afghanistan claims killing al-Qaida leader wanted by FBI
This image released by the FBI shows the wanted poster of al-Qaida propagandist Husam Abd al-Rauf, also known by the nom de guerre Abu Muhsin al-Masri. Afghanistan claimed Sunday, Oct, 25, 2020, it killed the top al-Qaida propagandist on an FBI most-wanted list during an operation in the country's east, showing the militant group's continued presence there as U.S. forces work to withdraw from America's longest-running war amid continued bloodshed. Al-Qaida did not immediately acknowledge al-Rauf's reported death. The FBI, the U.S. military and NATO did not immediately respond to requests for comment. (FBI via AP)
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Charlie Hebdo to reprint controversial caricatures of Prophet Mohammed as terror trial set to begin
Policemen are seen outside Charlie Hebdo's former office, in Paris, on Jan. 7, 2019.
u.s. business
U.S. seizes digital currency accounts used by militant groups
FILE - In this March 22, 2019 file photo, an American flag flies outside the Department of Justice in Washington. The Justice Department has seized millions of dollars from cryptocurrency accounts that militant organization abroad, including al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, relied on to raise money for their operations, officials announced Thursday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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French army kills al-Qaeda North Africa chief Abdelmalek Droukdel, armed forces minister says
This undated handout file photo released by Al-Andalus on May 23, 2012, shows Abdelmalek Droukdel, aka Abu Musab Abdul Wadud, a leader of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), with his fighters in Azawad, an unrecognized state in northern Mali.
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Taliban in Afghanistan still maintain close ties with al-Qaeda, UN report says
A Taliban fighter is seen in the Alingar District of Laghman Province, in Afghanistan, on March 13, 2020.
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U.S. military says high-ranking al-Shabab leader killed in air strike in Somalia
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At least 43 people killed in attack on villages in northern Burkina Faso
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Pakistan arrests five suspected al-Qaeda operatives during overnight raid, official says
A boy points toward a house that was raided by security forces in Gujranwala, Pakistan, on Dec. 27, 2019.
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Thousands flee bombardment in northwestern Syria, head to Turkish border
Smoke billows from a building following a reported bombardment by pro-Syrian government forces, in the town of Maaret al-Numan, in Syria's Idlib province, on Dec. 20, 2019.
canada
Two men accused in Via Rail terror plot choose retrial by judge alone
In an artist's sketch, Chiheb Esseghaier, left, and Raed Jaser appear in court, in Toronto, on March 5, 2015.
u.s. politics
Sen. Graham visits Afghanistan, says Trump will announce a U.S. troop drawdown this week
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham speaks during a news conference at the Resolute Support headquarters, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Dec. 16, 2019.
world
Death toll from attack on Mali herders rises to 157
Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita inspects the damage after an attack by gunmen on Fulani herders in Ogossagou, Mali March 25, 2019. Picture taken March 25, 2019. Malian Presidency/Handout via Reuters ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES