Al-Qaeda

Interim President Bah Ndaw and PM Moctar Ouane step down days after the military seized power and detained them.

The Pakistani prisoner has been held there since 2004 on suspected ties to al-Qaeda, although he has never been charged.

The 50-year-old Saudi-born Palestinian was detained in March 2002 on suspicion he was a senior member of al-Qaeda.

Burkina government confirms deaths of three foreigners killed in attack on anti-poaching patrol in country’s east.

The US president announces his troop withdrawal plan, which is celebrated by some and causes concern among others.

The US will not meet the May 1 deadline agreed upon by the Trump administration and the Taliban.

Congress passed laws after 9/11 giving US presidents power to OK military force, but calls are growing to change that.

Mass killings underscore the enormous security challenges facing Niger’s new president, Mohamed Bazoum.

Eight hardliners sentenced to death for 2015 murder of secular publisher Faysal Arefin Dipon.

Bangladesh foreign ministry statement says ‘there is no evidence of any presence of al-Qaeda’ in the South Asian nation.

Two decades after invading Iraq for alleged links to al-Qaeda, the US now says Iran is the armed group’s ‘new home’.

Group to Support Islam and Muslims says it ‘detonated an explosive device’ as French armoured vehicle passed by.

Abu Obaida Yusuf al-Annabi is a well-known veteran among the armed groups wreaking havoc in North Africa.

Algerian Abu Obaida Yusuf al-Annabi has been on the US ‘international terrorist’ blacklist since September 2015.