Tag: al-Qaida

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 18:19 UTC

  US drone strike kills Osama bin Laden's successor as Al-Qaeda chief

  

  An Al-Qaeda leader who was believed to have been involved in the so-called 9/11 attacks has been killed in a drone attack by US forces. Upon announcing the outcome of the mission, President Joseph Biden said about Ayman al-Zawahiri, that “this terrorist leader is no more.”

• Sunday, December 1st 2019 - 08:40 UTC

  London Bridge stabber was on conditional release; police shot him after public had reduced him

  

  The British government on Saturday vowed a “full review” after a convicted terrorist released early from prison was suspected of stabbing two people to death on London Bridge. Police shot Usman Khan dead after his suspected assault that seriously injured three other people was broken up by bystanders - one armed with a five-foot narwhal tusk and another a fire extinguisher.

• Thursday, September 12th 2019 - 07:08 UTC

  Trump pledges to hit the Taliban harder on 18th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

  

  President Donald Trump pledged to hit the Taliban “harder” than ever as America on Wednesday marked the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that led the country into war in Afghanistan.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2019 - 08:53 UTC

  Brazil considering declaring Hezbollah a terrorist organization, but also weighs trade with Iran and Lebanese community

  

  Brazil is considering designating Lebanese group Hezbollah a terrorist organization, as President Jair Bolsonaro increasingly aligns his government with the U.S. on foreign policy.

• Friday, January 16th 2015 - 05:58 UTC

  We won't let the voice of freedom be muzzled

  

  By David Cameron and Barack Obama - Two hundred years ago this month, Britain and the United States fought each other at the Battle of New Orleans. It was the last major battle where our nations met as enemies. In modern times, our special relationship as allies and partners has been the firm foundation of our shared security and prosperity.

• Saturday, December 27th 2014 - 10:03 UTC

  US offer 5 million dollars for former Guantanamo detainee

  

  Held since 2002, Ibrahim al-Rubaish was released in 2006 to a rehabilitation camp in Saudi Arabia, but has now become a leading Al Qaeda, ISIS operative

• Thursday, June 27th 2013 - 05:25 UTC

  Energy companies pull a Blackwater (*)

  

  By Daniel J. Graeber - Norwegian energy company Statoil said last week it was forming a special operations division to handle emergency operations in response to a terrorist attack on a natural gas facility in Algeria. The company said it would double the amount of employees it had designated for existing security operations after reviewing the measures in place at the In Amenas gas facility.