Al Qaida has expanded into the Indian subcontinent, the leader of the terror group said in a video statement released today, with a united group that will “wage jihad against its enemies”.

The ongoing violence in Egypt is playing into the hands of al-Qaeda and gives the group an opportunity to recruit new members as it denounces Western ideologies and democracy, writes Myra MacDonald

YOU don’t often get to see the naked rear views of foreign visitors to Ireland in a PowerPoint slide during a presentation organised by a state-sponsored body.

A purported al-Qaida leader in Pakistan has said the terror network is losing territory and fighters amid a US drone strike campaign, according to an audio message monitored by a US organisation that tracks militant propaganda.

YEMEN’S al-Qaida of the Arabian Peninsula has published chilling tips on how to kill Americans in its second edition of the English online magazine Inspire.

The Pakistani Taliban released a video – apparently dated early April – of their leader promising an attack on major US cities “in some days or a month”, a monitoring group said today.

A PROMINENT al-Qaida figure, Abu Yahya al-Libi, yesterday urged Islamic militants to launch attacks in the West, naming the US and Britain, to avenge Israel’s onslaught on Gaza.

Violent political protests sweeping parts of Eastern Europe have spread to Lithuania, where police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at a rock-throwing mob attacking parliament.

Osama bin Laden will release a new internet message dealing with Israel and the Palestinians, a terrorism monitoring group has claimed.

Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr issued a “final warning” to the Iraqi government to halt the US-Iraqi crackdown against his followers or he would declare “open war until liberation”.

Al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden will be addressing the American people on the sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks with a new video, according to SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors Islamist websites.

Al-Qaida leader Osama Bin Laden will be addressing the American people on the sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks with a new video, according to SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors Islamist websites.

Al-Qaida’s Number two, Ayman al-Zawahri, has issued a new video tape calling on Muslims to unite in jihad, or holy war, and support the Islamist movement in Iraq, a US-based intelligence monitoring group said today.

Al-Qaida’s Number 2 mocked both US President George Bush and the US Congress bill setting a pullout timetable for US troops from Iraq, in a new insurgent video intercepted tonight by a US-based group.

A SITE has been identified In Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, for the establishment of a new headquarters for Bord Bia.

The deputy leader of terror group al-Qaida mocked US President George W Bush’s plan to send 21,000 more troops to Iraq, in a new videotape broadcast tonight.