Military action

The widow of a young BP engineer killed in the Algerian terrorist siege paid tribute yesterday to her ‘amazing’ husband. Sebastian John, 26, the father of a seven-month-old

Italy will support the international mission in Mali. It is sending two transport aircraft C-130 and one Boeing KC-767A on service with the Italian Air Force. (continue reading...)

The Islamist militant group that staged a deadly hostage crisis at an Algerian gas plant under orders from leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar has threatened to carry out new attacks,

The Islamic terror cell allegedly responsible for the deadly siege in Algeria, says France is carrying out a "crusader campaign" in the region. Almost 60 hostages were killed

The leader of Ansar Dine, an al Qaeda-linked Islamist group in northern Mali, was once a trusted partner of the German government and brokered the release of hostages in 2003,

"Sharia law" and "Islamophobia"are popping up more often these days, but are they still largely undefined to most Americans?

While the horrible hostage violence in Algeria last week was brief, it received considerable attention from the media. But the Algerian situation was an offshoot of on-going strife in Mali which has been raging for nearly a year with virtually no attention.

Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the terrorist leader linked to al-Qaeda, has claimed responsibility for the Algerian hostage siege, describing it as a "blessed operation”. Leader of a

People belonging to extremist movements can easily serve in the Belgian army. The defence minister Pieter De Crem has no legal basis for expelling soldiers because of their

German military transport planes have flown to Mali to assist French-led efforts to combat Islamist rebels. The aircraft will transport West African troops being scrambled

The group behind the attack on the gas facility in In Amenas, Algeria, is led by a one-eyed Muslim jihadist with years of experience ransoming hostages. "Signers in Blood"