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Africa: Burkina Faso does not intend to hire Russian fighters like Mali, according to a US diplomat.

YoopyaOct 27, 2022October 31, 20220

According to US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, Burkina Faso’s interim President Ibrahim Traore has assured US diplomats that he has no intention

Lib Dem Maajid Nawaz: George Orwell changed my mind about radical Islam

YoopyaJan 23, 2015July 3, 20230

Maajid Nawaz, the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for the Hampstead and Kilburn constituency, says George Orwell helped pull him back from radical Islam. The former

Al Qaeda threatens France with more terror

YoopyaJan 10, 2015July 9, 20230

Just hours after the worst series of terror attacks on French soil in recent memory were brought to a bloody end, Al Qaeda officials in

France works to avert new terror attacks, hunts suspect

YoopyaJan 10, 2015July 9, 20230

PARIS (AP) — France’s president chaired an emergency security meeting Saturday aimed at thwarting a repeat of the attacks around Paris by terrorists linked to

Suspected hostage-taking as French track shooting suspects

YoopyaJan 9, 2015July 9, 20230

PARIS (AP) — A French police official says a pair of brothers suspected in the storming of a satirical newspaper appear to have taken a

Islamist wins delay in UK extradition to United States

YoopyaSep 26, 20120

(Reuters) – Radical Islamist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has won a delay in his extradition from Britain to the United States, days after he lost

Drugs and arms fuel Africa unrest, says Liberia leader

YoopyaJul 17, 20120

Growing drug trafficking and unchecked arms trade are fuelling insurgencies across Africa, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has said. In a BBC interview, Mrs Sirleaf

Libyan Islamist quits militia to enter politics: aide

YoopyaMay 15, 20120

By Ali Shuaib TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Abdel Hakim Belhadj, one of Libya’s most powerful militia leaders, is quitting to devote himself full-time to politics, an

Islamist eyes outright win in Egypt presidency vote

YoopyaApr 25, 20120

By Yasmine Saleh and Dina Zayed CAIRO (Reuters) – A leading Islamist candidate said on Tuesday he was confident he would win enough votes in

UK frustrated in bid to deport radical Islamist

YoopyaApr 23, 20120

LONDON (AP) — An extremist cleric who has avoided Britain’s efforts to deport him to Jordan for more than a decade was told Thursday he