http://www.mail.com/subjects/1560-militant-groups.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/1560-militant-groups.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2107724-afghan-taliban-attack-aid-group-2-guards-killed.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In the latest militant strike on the Afghan capital, Taliban gunmen backed by a suicide car bomber attacked an international aid group's compound on Friday, killing two guards and setting off an hours-long street battle with police in the heart of Kabul . The attack, the second in the city in just over a week, also left four Inte... Fri, 24 May 2013 20:31:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2107724-afghan-taliban-attack-aid-group-2-guards-killed.html 2013-05-24T20:31:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2108016-3-al-qaida-members-2-soldiers-dead-yemen-clash.html SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A security official says al-Qaida gunmen attacked a military position in a southern province, touching off fighting that left three militants and two soldiers dead. The official said the Friday attack in the mountainous al-Thalib region in the militant stronghold of al-Bayda province was repulsed, and nearby army positions responded wi... Fri, 24 May 2013 14:59:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2108016-3-al-qaida-members-2-soldiers-dead-yemen-clash.html 2013-05-24T14:59:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2107618-attack-casts-spotlight-radical-preachers.html LONDON (AP) — The slaying of a British soldier in southeast London cast a spotlight on radical preachers that influenced Michael Adebolajo, the attacker seen in videos with bloody hands holding a butcher knife. It also raised questions about the reach of the terrorist group al-Shabab, after a British government official said one of the two men tried to go to Somalia to train... Fri, 24 May 2013 13:02:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2107618-attack-casts-spotlight-radical-preachers.html 2013-05-24T13:02:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104722-muslim-hard-liners-suspect-london-attack.html LONDON (AP) — A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstrations with a banned radical group, two Muslim hard-liners said Thursday. Police raided houses in connection with the brazen slaying of the off-duty soldier, identi... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:57:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104722-muslim-hard-liners-suspect-london-attack.html 2013-05-23T21:57:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2104862-pakistan-arrested-american-who-was-killed-drone.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — An American citizen killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in 2011 was arrested by Pakistani authorities three years earlier but escaped after being released on bail, officials said Thursday. The Obama administration revealed Wednesday that Jude Kenan Mohammad died in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region, making him... Thu, 23 May 2013 16:42:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2104862-pakistan-arrested-american-who-was-killed-drone.html 2013-05-23T16:42:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104980-gunmen-kill-7-iraqi-soldiers-central-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen killed at least seven soldiers in central Iraq on Thursday, officials said, in the latest episode of violence to hit the country in a particularly bloody month. The first skirmish took place in the early hours of Thursday when militants attacked an army check point in the town of Taji, killing four soldiers and wounding four others, ... Thu, 23 May 2013 15:54:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104980-gunmen-kill-7-iraqi-soldiers-central-iraq.html 2013-05-23T15:54:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2105498-violence-somalia-scares-investors-aid-workers.html MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A spate of attacks by Islamic insurgents in Somalia's capital is forcing investors, businessmen and aid workers to have second thoughts about expanding operations in Mogadishu. African Union and Somali troops pushed al-Shabab insurgents out of the capital in August 2011, fostering a relatively secure peace that Mogadishu hasn't s... Thu, 23 May 2013 15:38:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2105498-violence-somalia-scares-investors-aid-workers.html 2013-05-23T15:38:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104678-taliban-rickshaw-bomb-kills-13-pakistan.html QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A large bomb hidden by the Taliban in a rickshaw exploded as a police vehicle passed in southwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing 11 policemen and two civilians, police said. The bombing on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, came the same day as fighting in the restive northwest left 4 soldiers dead. Police... Thu, 23 May 2013 13:39:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104678-taliban-rickshaw-bomb-kills-13-pakistan.html 2013-05-23T13:39:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104560-2011-jail-breaks-political-issue-egypt.html CAIRO (AP) — It was one of the most perplexing events of Egypt's revolution: orchestrated attacks on prisons around the country that broke out more than 20,000 inmates while police were tied down with the massive popular protests that swept autocrat Hosni Mubarak from power. The prison breaks added to the chaos during the 18-day uprising in 2011, and the ... Thu, 23 May 2013 06:38:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2104560-2011-jail-breaks-political-issue-egypt.html 2013-05-23T06:38:50Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2101900-police-car-bomb-kills-12-southwest-pakistan.html QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A car bomb targeting a police vehicle killed 11 policemen and one civilian Thursday in an area of southwest Pakistan wracked by a separatist insurgency and Islamic militancy, police said. The bombing on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, also wounded 23 people, said senior police officer Fayaz Sumbal. The... Thu, 23 May 2013 06:02:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2101900-police-car-bomb-kills-12-southwest-pakistan.html 2013-05-23T06:02:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102900-kerry-us-allies-ready-to-step-up-aid-to-rebels.html AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The U.S. and several key allies looked again Wednesday for a strategy to end Syria's civil war, their united efforts unable at the moment to stem the Assad regime's military gains and Washington still unwilling to join those providing the rebels with lethal military aid. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry allowed that President Barack... Wed, 22 May 2013 22:01:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102900-kerry-us-allies-ready-to-step-up-aid-to-rebels.html 2013-05-22T22:01:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101898-egypt-leader-claims-victory-captives-release.html CAIRO (AP) — The safe release Wednesday of seven conscripts kidnapped by suspected militants in Sinai brought a victory for Egypt's Islamist president after months of criticism that his government is mismanaging the country. Seated with top military brass and senior officials, an animated Mohammed Morsi lauded the release as a show of how unified and stro... Wed, 22 May 2013 20:42:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2101898-egypt-leader-claims-victory-captives-release.html 2013-05-22T20:42:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102612-iraqi-premier-orders-army-shake-up-attacks.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's prime minister has ordered a shake-up of his military command after a weeklong spike of militant attacks that has killed nearly 300 people, by far the highest toll since the U.S. withdrew its forces in late 2011, an official said Wednesday. The shake-up will include commanders of divisions and operations, said Iraqi government spokes... Wed, 22 May 2013 14:14:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102612-iraqi-premier-orders-army-shake-up-attacks.html 2013-05-22T14:14:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102416-germany-backs-terror-label-hezbollah-militants.html BERLIN (AP) — Germany says it supports adding the military wing of the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah to the European Union's list of terrorist groups. Germany's foreign ministry says the decision follows "discussions we have had with our partners following the terrorist attack in Burgas" on the Bulgarian coast last year that killed five Israelis and a B... Wed, 22 May 2013 10:43:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102416-germany-backs-terror-label-hezbollah-militants.html 2013-05-22T10:43:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099924-egypt-troops-sinai-sweep-mistakenly-hit-funeral.html CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian troops and police mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula on Tuesday, security officials said, in the opening salvo of a sweep searching for security personnel kidnapped by suspected militants. The incident illustrated the hazards of the military operations prompted by the kidnapping last week. A heavy handed att... Tue, 21 May 2013 22:11:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099924-egypt-troops-sinai-sweep-mistakenly-hit-funeral.html 2013-05-21T22:11:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099538-car-bomb-attacks-kill-20-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bomb exploded as Sunni worshippers were leaving a mosque after evening prayers Tuesday in Baghdad, the deadliest in a string of attacks that killed at least 20 people nationwide in a week of the most sustained sectarian violence in the country since U.S. troops withdrew more than a year ago. Rising tensions between Sunnis and the Shii... Tue, 21 May 2013 20:14:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099538-car-bomb-attacks-kill-20-iraq.html 2013-05-21T20:14:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097312-attacks-kill-95-iraq-hint-syrian-spillover.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's wave of bloodshed sharply escalated Monday with more than a dozen car bombings across the country, part of attacks that killed at least 95 people and brought echoes of past sectarian carnage and fears of a dangerous spillover from Syria's civil war next door. The latest spiral of violence — which has claimed more than 240 lives in th... Mon, 20 May 2013 21:26:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097312-attacks-kill-95-iraq-hint-syrian-spillover.html 2013-05-20T21:26:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097578-egypt-security-beefed-up-sinai-abduction.html CAIRO (AP) — Dozens of Egyptian troops and armored vehicles moved into Sinai Monday as the government beefed up security in the volatile peninsula after the abduction of six policemen and a border guard by suspected Islamic militants. The security deployment comes a day after the release of a video of the captives, blindfolded and with their hands tied be... Mon, 20 May 2013 19:29:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097578-egypt-security-beefed-up-sinai-abduction.html 2013-05-20T19:29:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097280-pakistans-presumptive-pm-calls-taliban-talks.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government Monday, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country's powerful army. Nawaz Sharif said "terrorism" was one of the most serious problems plaguing the country and any offer by the Pakistani Taliban to ... Mon, 20 May 2013 19:11:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097280-pakistans-presumptive-pm-calls-taliban-talks.html 2013-05-20T19:11:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2098048-russia-claims-to-foiled-terror.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's counterterrorism agency said Monday that its special forces killed two militants and detained a third believed to have been planning a terrorist act in Moscow. A spokesman for the National Anti-Terrorist Committee, known as NAK, said on state television that the militants were Russian citizens who had received training along the Afg... Mon, 20 May 2013 17:20:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2098048-russia-claims-to-foiled-terror.html 2013-05-20T17:20:26Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2098066-militiamen-attack-gas-complex-western-libya.html TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A Libyan gas company official says militiamen have attacked a natural gas complex in the country's west, injuring two guards and stealing weapons and military vehicles. The official says the attack took place early Monday and targeted the Mellitah Oil and Gas complex near Zwara, about 110 kilometers (70 miles) from the capital, Tripo... Mon, 20 May 2013 15:56:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2098066-militiamen-attack-gas-complex-western-libya.html 2013-05-20T15:56:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096022-kenya-police-kill-terror-couple.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police shot dead a couple suspected to be terrorists after they threw four grenades, wounding five officers in an overnight stand-off, a police official said Sunday. Following a tip, investigators raided the apartment where the couple was staying in the Githurai Kimbo area on the outskirts of Nairobi Saturday evening and ordered them... Sun, 19 May 2013 12:20:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2096022-kenya-police-kill-terror-couple.html 2013-05-19T12:20:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2094834-assad-syria-transition-talks-internal-matter.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down before elections and that the United States has no right to interfere in his country's politics, raising new doubts about a U.S-Russian effort to get Assad and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country's civil war. In the capital Damascus, a car bo... Sat, 18 May 2013 20:55:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2094834-assad-syria-transition-talks-internal-matter.html 2013-05-18T20:55:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095136-ivory-coast-army-arrests-militia-leader.html ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — A militia leader accused of grave crimes during Ivory Coast's 2010-11 postelection violence was taken into custody Saturday not far from the national park where his forces had been illegally occupying in the country's volatile western region, officials said. Amade Oueremi, a native of Burkina Faso, fought alongside forces backi... Sat, 18 May 2013 17:34:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2095136-ivory-coast-army-arrests-militia-leader.html 2013-05-18T17:34:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092682-bombs-targeting-sunnis-kill-76-iraq.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombs ripped through Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months. The major spike in sectarian bloodshed heightened fears the country could again be veering toward civil war. The attacks followed two days of bombings targeting Shiites, including bus s... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:36:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092682-bombs-targeting-sunnis-kill-76-iraq.html 2013-05-17T20:36:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092738-egypt-police-close-gaza-border-to-protest-kidnap.html CAIRO (AP) — Dozens of disgruntled border policemen forced the closure of Egypt's main crossing point into the Gaza Strip on Friday to protest the abduction of their colleagues by suspected militants, underscoring the lawlessness and crisis of authority in the country two years since the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. The police protest comes a day ... Fri, 17 May 2013 19:30:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092738-egypt-police-close-gaza-border-to-protest-kidnap.html 2013-05-17T19:30:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092744-bombs-mosques-northwest-pakistan-kill-15.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Bombs that exploded outside two mosques in a village in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 15 people Friday, underlining the challenge of militant violence facing a new government set to take power under the leadership of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The blasts at the two Sunni Muslim mosques also wounded 70 people, sai... Fri, 17 May 2013 16:38:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2092744-bombs-mosques-northwest-pakistan-kill-15.html 2013-05-17T16:38:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2090784-2-minnesota-women-sentenced-somali-terror-case.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two Minnesota women convicted of conspiring to send money to al-Shabab in Somalia were given prison sentences in federal court Thursday, ending a week of punishments tied to long-running investigations into recruiting and financing for the terrorist group. Amina Farah Ali, 36, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on 13 terrorism-related ... Fri, 17 May 2013 02:18:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2090784-2-minnesota-women-sentenced-somali-terror-case.html 2013-05-17T02:18:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090326-un-14-iranian-exiles-moved-iraq-to-albania.html BAGHDAD (AP) — The first exiles from an Iranian opposition group have moved to Albania from a camp near Baghdad as part of a relocation process, the United Nations said Thursday, a step toward defusing an explosive dispute left over from the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s and the U.S.-led ousting of the regime of Saddam Hussein. In a statement, the U.N. envoy... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:49:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090326-un-14-iranian-exiles-moved-iraq-to-albania.html 2013-05-16T20:49:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089310-afghanistan-bomb-kills-15-including-6-americans.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide car bombing tore through a U.S. convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans in a blast so powerful it rattled the other side of the Afghan capital. U.S. soldiers rushed to help, some wearing only T-shirts or shorts under their body armor. A Muslim militant group claimed responsibility... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:26:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089310-afghanistan-bomb-kills-15-including-6-americans.html 2013-05-16T20:26:07Z