Only politics can lead a path out of Afghanistan’s darkness
The Taliban may threaten to wreck Afghanistan’s elections – but only a deal between the insurgents and the Afghan government can offer any resolution to the country’s troubles.
David Cameron pledges to “take more steps” to speed up the deportation of people who pose a threat to Britain following the US conviction of Abu Hamza on terror charges.
Ten people are unaccounted for after militants, suspected to be from terrorist group Boko Haram, attack a plant in northern Cameroon.
The US is flying manned surveillance missions over Nigeria to try to find more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
Around 100 kidnapped girls are seen for the first time in a video reported to have been released by the Islamist terror group Boko Haram. Foreign Correspondent Jonathan Miller reports from Abuja.
Since the Westgate shopping mall attacks, many Kenyans now live in fear. But the government’s anti-terror crackdown has angered many Muslims, some of whom have flocked to al-Shabaab.
The kidnapping of 270 schoolgirls shines a global spotlight on Boko Haram’s brutal campaign in Nigeria a four-year rampage of murder, kidnap and attacks on schools.
The #BringBackOurGirls social media campaign has reached more than a million tweets – as people across the world wear red to show solidarity with more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls.
Groups of armed men kidnapped eight more girls – most of them teenagers – and attacked a further school in Nigeria, adding to more than 200 schoolgirls abducted three weeks ago.
Confusion and a lack of information have dominated the Nigerian schoolgirl kidnapping crisis something that one expert says plays into militant group Boko Haram’s plans.
The Nigerian Islamist terror group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls, vowing to sell the girls into slavery.
The jihadis who kidnapped more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls two weeks ago say they are “willing to consider” the release of those who have not already been trafficked abroad and sold into marriage.
The Taliban may threaten to wreck Afghanistan’s elections – but only a deal between the insurgents and the Afghan government can offer any resolution to the country’s troubles.
A violent scuffle breaks out as Michael Adebolajo is sentenced to a whole-life jail term and Michael Adebowale to life with a minimum term of 45 years for the murder of soldier Lee Rigby.
A blast in a Shia district in southern Beirut, Lebanon, kills at least two people – the latest apparent attack linked to the civil war in neighboring Syria.
British Muslim Iftikhar Jaman died fighting in Syria. He has gained a cult following and his death is being eulogised by some in his community. His family speaks exclusively to Channel 4 News.