World & Nation
The groups have spread from the vast, arid expanse south of the Sahara desert into the coast of West Africa.
Two attacks by Al Qaeda-linked insurgents in Mali’s restive north have killed 49 civilians and 15 government soldiers, the ruling military junta said.
The predominant view among U.N. member states is that the leadership of Al Qaeda has passed to Sayf Adl, Osama bin Laden’s onetime security chief.
Opinion
Even before Ayman Zawahiri’s assassination, Al Qaeda was a weakened, regionalized terrorist organization.
At Al Qaeda, Ayman Zawahiri brought tactics and organizational skills needed to forge militants into a network of cells in countries around the world.
Experts say Ayman Zawahiri’s death won’t affect Al Qaeda’s operations, but it raises questions about the group’s links to the Taliban.
Speculation has grown that the U.S. used a secret Hellfire missile nicknamed the ‘knife bomb’ to kill Al Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri.
Politics
A CIA drone strike has killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri in Afghanistan, according to five people familiar with the matter.
The U.S. military has conducted coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia.
The United States has removed five extremist groups, all believed defunct, from its list of foreign terrorist organizations.