Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some of the most basic details have been disclosed about the U.S. drone strike that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri at ...

This wanted poster released by the U.S. Department of State Rewards for Justice program shows Hamza bin Laden. (U.S. Department of State Rewards for Justice via AP, File) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — ...

Obama administration officials, military commanders and U.S. intelligence analysts may debate the proper policy to be followed in Afghanistan, but on one point there is consensus: The Taliban movement ...

Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb grew out of an Islamist insurgency movement in Algeria, merging with al-Qaida in 2006 and spreading through the Sahara and the arid Sahel region. It has increasingly ...

Three experts discuss details of possible threats posed by the al-Qaida terrorist network. The apprehension of a man accused of plotting a dirty bomb attack on the United States has raised fresh ...

In an usual announcement, al-Qaida confirmed Tuesday that one of its high-ranking members was killed in a drone attack in Pakistan. His name was Mustafa al-Yazid, and the U.S. says he was widely ...

July 2 (UPI) --Al-Qaida has recruited an estimated 40,000 fighters since Sept. 11, 2001, when the Osama bin Laden-led extremist group attacked the United States, according to the not-for-profit ...

But al-Qaida under Osama bin Laden made inroads with Iran during his days in Sudan, according to the U.S. government's 9/11 Commission. The commission said al-Qaida militants later received training ...