The first edition of Charlie Hebdo published after last week’s deadly attack by Islamist gunmen sold out within minutes at newspaper kiosks around France, with readers queuing up for copies to support the satirical weekly.

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 al Qaida breakaway group that has seized much of Syria and Iraq has formally declared the establishment of a new Islamic state.

The al-Qaida breakaway group that has seized much of north-eastern Syria and huge tracts of Iraq formally declared the establishment of a new Islamic state.

Al-Qaeda’s leader has marked the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks by calling on Muslims to strike inside the United States, with attacks, big or small, using any opportunity they can to “bleed” America financially.

Al-Qaida’s leader has marked the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks by calling on Muslims to strike inside the United States, with big attacks or small, using any opportunity they can to “bleed” America financially.

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

The brother of al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri has been arrested in Egypt, officials say.

Suspected US drone strikes have killed seven al-Qaida militants in southern Yemen.

The US military has evacuated its non-essential government personnel from Yemen due to the high threat of attack by al Qaida which has caused temporary shutdowns of 19 American diplomatic posts across the Middle East and Africa

An intercepted secret message between al Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri and his deputy in Yemen about plans for a major terror attack was the trigger for the current shutdown of many US embassies.

Austria announced it is withdrawing 377 UN peacekeepers from the Golan Heights after Syrian rebels briefly overran a crossing point near the border with Israel, a development that has deepened concerns the civil war is spreading to neighbouring countries.

Al-Qaida’s leader has urged Sunni Muslims to spare no effort to join the battle in Syria, overthrow President Bashar Assad and set up Islamic rule in the country.

Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law has pleaded not guilty to plotting against Americans in his role as al Qaida’s leading spokesman as a landmark case trying a terror suspect on US soil moves forward.

The leader of al-Qaida has called on Muslims to kidnap westerners to exchange for imprisoned jihadists.

The leader of al-Qaida has urged Muslims to wage holy war against the United States and Israel over a film that insulted Islam’s Prophet Mohammed.

One of Pakistan’s most feared Islamists has accused President Barack Obama of starting a religious war against Muslims over his handling of a film mocking the Prophet Mohammed.

Insurgents killed at least 64 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces today.

Militants have downed an Iraqi army helicopter and killed nearly a dozen security forces in overnight clashes in what appeared to be an al-Qaida surge to retake one of its former strongholds in Iraq.

Abu Hafs al Mauritani, who was a senior adviser to al Qaida, was released from a prison in Mauritania over the weekend, his family confirmed.

America claimed its most significant victory in its controversial targeted bombing campaign after a drone strike in Pakistan killed al Qaida’s second-in-command.

Al-Qaida's second-in-command has been killed by a drone strike in Pakistan's north west tribal region, a US official said today.

Al-Qaida’s second in command in Pakistan was in a house hit by a US drone strike, according to intelligence officials, but they do not know whether he was killed.

Osama bin Laden led a frugal life, spending all his wealth on attacks against the West and serving his guests good food, the al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri said in a video posted online yesterday.

Two suicide car bombs ripped through the Syrian capital today, killing 55 people and tearing the facade off a military intelligence building in the deadliest explosions since the country’s uprising began 14 months ago.

A year after the US Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden, the al Qaida that carried out the September 11 attacks is essentially gone, but its affiliates remain a threat to America, anti-terror officials say.

Al-Qaida’s leader has lashed out at Afghan clerics and politicians who support the Kabul government in an audio message posted today.

The Arab League will call on the UN Security Council to pass a resolution creating a joint peacekeeping force for Syria.

THE new head of al-Qaida remembers Osama bin Laden as a sensitive man who cried when his friends lost family members, remained close to his children, and fondly remembered — by name — the 19 men who carried out the deadliest terrorist attacks ever on US soil.

AL-QAIDA’S new leader called on Libyan fighters who overthrew Muammar Gaddafi to set up an Islamic state and urged Algerians to revolt against their longtime president in an internet video posted yesterday.

ANWAR al-Awlaki, a US-born Islamic militant cleric who became a prominent figure in al-Qaida’s most active branch, using his fluent English and internet savvy to draw recruits to carry out attacks in the United States, was killed yesterday in the mountains of Yemen, US and Yemeni officials said.

Anwar al-Awlaki, a US-born Islamic militant cleric who became a prominent figure in al-Qaida’s most active branch, has been killed in the mountains of Yemen.

A private intelligence monitoring service says al-Qaida has marked the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with an hour-long video released on jihadist websites.

NEW YORK’S police department amassed a display of force yesterday, including checkpoints that snarled traffic, in response to intelligence about a car or truck bomb plot linked to the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

US counter-terrorism officials are pursuing a credible but unconfirmed al-Qaida threat to set off a car bomb on bridges or tunnels in New York or Washington.

US counterterrorism officials are chasing a credible but unconfirmed al-Qaida threat to use a car bomb on bridges or tunnels in New York City or Washington.

THE killing of al-Qaida’s number two leader deprives the group of a multi-talented manager who helped it spawn offshoots around the world and survive a US counter-terrorism campaign in Pakistan, analysts say.

PAKISTAN has called on the US to share information about new al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri after US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said he believed that Osama bin Laden’s successor was in Pakistan.

VETERAN militant Ayman al-Zawahri has taken command of al-Qaida after the killing of Osama bin Laden, an Islamist website said, a move widely expected following his long years as second-in-command.

Al-Qaida has selected its longtime number two to succeed Osama bin Laden after last month’s US commando raid that killed the terror leader, according to a statement posted on a website affiliated with the network.

Osama bin Laden’s deputy has warned that America faces not individual terrorists or groups but an international community of Muslims that seek to destroy it and its allies.

OSAMA bin Laden’s deputy has issued a eulogy for the slain al-Qaida chief, saying he “terrified America” when he was alive and would continue to do so in death.

AL-QAIDA has appointed an Egyptian militant as temporary leader and named a new head of operations following the killing of Osama bin Laden, Al Jazeera reported.

Osama bin Laden kept pressing followers to find new ways to hit the US and his terror organisation was becoming battered and fragmented, according to his private diary and other documents recovered in the raid on his Pakistan hideout.