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US airstrikes on Syria kill 37 militants affiliated with extremist groups

Sep. 29, 2024 21:23 PM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Two U.S. airstrikes in Syria killed 37 militants affiliated with the Islamic State group and an al-Qaeda-linked group, the U.S. military said Sunday. It said two of the dead were senior militants. U.S. Central Command said it struck northwestern Syria on Tuesday,...

Attacks by Islamic extremists are rampant in Africa's Sahel. Here's what we know about them

Sep. 22, 2024 03:04 AM EDT

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Extremist attacks in Sahel, an arid swath of land south of the Sahara in Africa, have proliferated in recent months: Last week, Islamic militants attacked Bamako, the capital of Mali, for the first time in almost a decade, demonstrating their capacity to carry out large...

Mali officials close livestock markets over suspected links to militants

Sep. 20, 2024 14:20 PM EDT

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Authorities in Mali’s capital announced Thursday after a deadly attack by al-Qaida-linked militants that they were closing several livestock markets that typically are run by an ethnic group that officials associate with the militants. The al-Qaida-linked...

A U.N.-chartered plane was damaged in an Islamist attack in Mali

Sep. 19, 2024 06:57 AM EDT

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A plane that was used for humanitarian work by the World Food Program was damaged during an Islamist attack in the capital of Mali, according to the South African aviation company that owns the plane. The company, National Airways Corp., said late Wednesday that...

Mali troops put down a deadly militant attack in the capital

Sep. 17, 2024 22:32 PM EDT

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali troops subdued the Islamic militants who attacked a military training camp and the airport in Mali’s capital Tuesday after gunbattles that killed some soldiers, authorities said. An al-Qaida-linked group claimed the attack. The militants tried to...

A 9/11 anniversary tradition is handed down to a new generation

Sep. 10, 2024 11:35 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A poignant phrase echoes when 9/11 victims' relatives gather each year to remember the loved ones they lost in the terror attacks. “I never got to meet you.” It is the sound of generational change at ground zero, where relatives read out victims'...

At least 100 people killed in central Burkina Faso in latest jihadi attack

Aug. 26, 2024 16:01 PM EDT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 100 villagers and soldiers were killed in central Burkina Faso during a weekend attack on a village by al-Qaida-linked jihadis, according to videos of the violence analyzed by a regional specialist, who described the assault as one of the deadliest this year in the...

US military says drone strike in Syria kills a Saudi militant from an al-Qaida-linked group

Aug. 23, 2024 18:55 PM EDT

IDLIB, Syria (AP) — A drone strike in northwestern Syria on Friday killed a Saudi militant from an al-Qaida-linked group as he was riding on a motorcycle, the U.S. military and a war monitor said. The strike in the Jabal al-Zawiya area of the opposition-held Idlib province was...

3rd person in custody over foiled plot targeting now-canceled Taylor Swift shows in Vienna

Aug. 09, 2024 14:21 PM EDT

VIENNA (AP) — Austrian authorities on Friday announced a third arrest in connection with the foiled conspiracy to attack three now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts, even as disappointed fans charmed Vienna by trading friendship bracelets and singing the pop star’s songs in the streets. ...

Authorities found Islamic State group, al-Qaida material at home of suspect in foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift shows

Aug. 08, 2024 06:20 AM EDT
VIENNA (AP) — Authorities found Islamic State group, al-Qaida material at home of suspect in foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift shows.