Global terrorism

Egyptian security forces thwart Al-Qaeda embassy bombing – interior ministry
Egypt’s security forces have foiled an “imminent” attack on a foreign embassy plotted by an Al-Qaeda cell, according to Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim.

May 11, 2013 18:02

‘Boston bombing does not correspond with Chechen terrorists trace’
The Chechen ethnicity of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects is “misleading” as the militant groups of Russia’s North Caucasus wouldn’t be interested in striking the US, Matt Clements, a regional manager at the IHS information company, told RT.

April 23, 2013 19:52

‘Boston Bombers’ Tsarnaev brothers: Where the dots won't connect
After a dramatic and near unprecedented manhunt for the Tsarnaev brothers – accused of staging the Boston Bombings – what appears most clear is that very little clarity surrounds the case.

April 21, 2013 18:04

A bloody history: Overview of terrorist events of modern Russia
Chechen groups have been held responsible for a number of major terrorist attacks, with militants from Chechnya and neighboring provinces targeting Russian residents since the conflict in the North Caucasus republic began in 1994.

April 19, 2013 12:40

Leaked report: Nearly half of US drone strikes in Pakistan not against al-Qaeda
A trove of leaked classified reports has confirmed what many had suspected – US drone kills in Pakistan are not the precision strikes against top-level al-Qaeda terrorists they are portrayed as by the Obama administration.

April 10, 2013 17:42

Yemenis demand release of Gitmo-held compatriots
Around 250 demonstrators gathered outside the US embassy in Yemen capital Sanaa to plea for the extradition of their countrymen held in Guantanamo. Yemenis make up more than half of all the inmates at the detention center.

April 01, 2013 14:05

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