Deadly attacks by terrorists in Paris and other Western cities underline the need for a "global response" to the Islamic State jihadist group, US envoy John Allen said on Wednesday. "As we saw so tragically in Paris last week, Iraq is on the front lines of a global conflict," Allen said at a news
The leader of the Yemen-based Al Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula (AQAP) has officially claimed responsibility for last week's attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris on Wednesday, one week after the attackers told bystanders and victims that they were carrying out the attack on the group's behalf. AQAP commander Nasr al-Ansi
Saudi Arabia has provided $60 million in direct support for the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) budget, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Egypt Ahmad Abdulaziz Qattan said Tuesday, according to the WAFA news agency. Qattan reportedly said that the Saudi Fund for Development had transferred $60 million to the PA Finance Ministry’s bank account. The Saudi
Egypt's Grand Mufti on Tuesday warned the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo against publishing a new caricature of the Prophet Mohammed, saying it was a racist act that would incite hatred and upset Muslims around the world, Reuters reported. Charlie Hebdo is due to publish a front page on Wednesday showing a caricature of
An Egyptian court on Tuesday overturned former president Hosni Mubarak's conviction on corruption charges and ordered a retrial, AFP reported. The former president remains in detention pending a judicial order. Supporters of the 86-year-old broke into cheers and chanted "Long Live Justice!" as the Court of Cassation in Cairo announced its decision, which
Former United States President Jimmy Carter suggested on Monday there was a link between the Paris terrorist attack on the French magazine Charlie Hedbo and the conflict between Israelis and Palestinian Arabs, Breitbart reports. The comments were made on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” with Jon Stewart. On the show, the former president
A shocking video posted online Tuesday appears to show ISIS using a young child soldier to execute two alleged Russian spies in Syria. The slickly-produced video - which bears all the hallmarks of previous ISIS propaganda productions - shows two men being interrogated in Russian about their alleged attempt to infiltrate the jihadi group
Moroccan police have detained three suspected supporters of the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group near the autonomous Spanish enclave of Ceuta, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. The arrests were made in the border town of Fnideq where two men were held last month on suspicion of running a cell recruiting young women via
The Syrian government on Monday accused Turkey of allowing "terrorists" to freely cross the border, after Ankara said the wife of one of the Paris attackers entered Syria from Turkey earlier this month, The Associated Press (AP) reported. Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Monday that the woman, Hayat Boumedienne, arrived in Turkey from
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the African branch of the lethal terrorist group, warned France on Monday to expect new attacks over its “hostility to Islam”, and praised jihadists behind last week's Paris attacks. "France is paying today the price of its aggression against Muslims and its hostile policy towards Islam," AQIM said
