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Kabul blast leaves six dead, Taliban and Haqqani blamed
A suicide attack in Kabul was attributed to the Taliban and suspected links to the Haqqani network
US suspends some Afghan trainings
Move comes on heel of insider attacks
Operation Eagle apparently ongoing
Despite reports of retreat, operation launches latest activity
Somali Parliament elects speaker
Political progress comes as UN worker is killed
Rumours and horror-stories mix as Iraq tries “terrorism” suspects
Iraq trying suspects of terrorism remains unconfirmed
Hamas not invited to summit
Non-Aligned Movement invitation sent only to Abbas
Sinai attacks prompt government to invest in development of peninsula
By Ibrahim El-Masry Measures will be taken within days to increase investment in the Sinai peninsula and to better connect the region with the rest of the country according to Dr Mohamed Mahsoub, Minister of State for Legal and Parliamentary Councils. He added that a Sinai development law will be discussed to nominante Arish …
Last Egyptian case in Guantanamo to be reviewed
Al-Sawah was detained in Guantanamo in early 2002, and accused of being affiliated with Al-Qaeda
Sinai event impedes tourism revival efforts
By Abdel Razaq El-Sheweikhy Tourism investors expressed fear that the terrorist attack in the Sinai will negatively impact tourism in Egypt, particularly in southern Sinai. They predicted that hotel reservations would decline in that area the coming week by 40 percent. Samy Soliman, head of the Taba and Nuweiba Investors Association, said that the effects …
Mosque arson in US comes days after Sikhs attacked
Authorities considering defining attack against minority as “domestic terrorism”
SCAF vows to avenge the killing of its soldiers
The Supreme Council of Armed Forces announces the details of the Rafah deadly attack, vowing to avenge the killing of 16 Egyptian soldiers near Rafah.
Israel and Hamas react to Sinai attack
IDF spokesman: the militants killed were in the “advanced and final stages of launching an attack on the Eilat-Egyptian border.”
Ex-soldier in the US kills worshipers in Sikh temple
Authorities considering defining attack as “domestic terrorism”
18 Soldiers dead at a security check point – Sheikh Zuwaid
Anonymous gunmen attack security checkpoint at Sheik Zuwaid, killing 18 Egyptian soldiers.
Bomb blast underlines fragile security in Yemen
This latest bombing in Yemen highlights the fragile state of Yemen’s security
Egyptian FM requests release of Guantanamo prisoner
Foreign Ministry has officially requested the release of Egypt’s last prisoner in Guantanamo Bay military prison
Israel asks citizens to leave Sinai in fear of attacks
Tel Aviv renewed calls that all tourists in the Sinai region leave immediately, citing intelligence that Gaza-based groups were planning to target Israeli visitors for kidnapping
US-based activist charged with ‘terrorism’ in Sudan
Death penalty predicted for US-based Sudanese activist
Spanish foreign minister: Mali a ‘platform for terrorism’
A dozen aid workers are evacuated from the border of Algeria in fear of attacks
Kenya to receive drones in fight against Al-Shabaab
US Military aid to several African nations part of the war on terror
Turkey-Iraq pipeline attacked, PKK suspected
The Oil Pipeline Between Turkey and Iraq Was Threatened, As Fire-Fighters Exchanged Fires Near The Kirkuk-Ceyhan Pipeline on Saturday – July 21.
Risk of terrorism in Egypt decreasing due to democratization, analysts conclude
By Brett Borkan CAIRO: While many observers traditionally feared an increased risk of terrorist activity in Egypt if Mubarak and his iron-fisted approach to counterterrorism fell, many security analysts now see the risk of terrorism actually decreasing. Apertures in Egypt’s political system that are bringing the country away from its authoritarian political roots and giving diverse …