Islamic State militants may have fired a chemical rocket at American troops based in Iraq, the US military says. A rocket that landed within several hundred yards of US troops at Qayara air base near Mosul may have contained mustard agent, it said. No one was hurt in Tuesday’s attack on the base, which is … Read more
President John Mahama has called on the world not to cow itself into submission by acting upon the dictates of terrorists. He observed that terrorists would wish for a disintegrated world where countries would shut their doors on other citizens. Addressing the 71st UN General Assembly in New York on September 21, 2016, Ghana’s President underscored … Read more
Four UK soldiers who “forced” an Iraqi boy into a canal and let him drown have been condemned by a judge investigating civilian deaths in the Iraq War. Ahmed Jabbar Kareem Ali, who was 15, died in Basra in May 2003 after he was detained on suspicion of looting. The judge’s report said Ahmed should … Read more
It has been 15 years since the world was terrified by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the U. S. that killed nearly 3,000 people, yet its wrongful policy thereafter led to the rampant global terrorism, Egyptian experts warned. It’s been 15 years and terrorism is still on the rise, yet terror groups are eventually … Read more
Australia will offer more help to South East Asian countries to prevent terror attacks across the region. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is set to discuss security with other leaders at the Asean summit in Laos. Mr Turnbull has signalled he would like to expand Australia’s counter-terrorism arrangements with Indonesia, Malaysia and other neighbouring countries. It … Read more
At least 12 people were killed and 40 wounded when two bomb blasts went off at a district court in northwestern Pakistan, officials said. A suicide bomber threw a hand grenade at police guards before storming into the compound and blowing himself up in the court in Mardan town in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. “So far we … Read more
Tunis (AFP) – An Al-Qaeda-linked group Tuesday claimed responsibility for a blast that killed three Tunisian soldiers near Mount Sammama, a hideout for jihadists at war with authorities, SITE Intelligence Group said. The Obka Ibn Nafaa Battalion, which has claimed a string of previous attacks, said on its Twitter account that it ambushed two military … Read more
The overnight seizure of a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso’s capital by al-Qaida-linked extremists ended Saturday when Burkina Faso and French security forces killed four jihadist attackers and freed more than 126 people, the West African nation’s president said. At least 23 other people from up to 18 different countries were killed in the attack … Read more
The Pentagon has today confirmed that the leader of the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab leader Ahmed Godane, Ahmed Abdi Godane was killed in a US air strike earlier this week. The United States previously said that the strike inside Somalia had targeted Godane, but did not know whether he had been killed. “We have … Read more