AL-QAEDA

Saul's plans were unveiled amidst a backdrop of scrutiny over CIA policy.

Attack in China's northwest Xinjiang province leaves 11 dead and two injured.

At least 10 people killed in suicide bomb blast in Kabul in advance of security pact meeting.

Lianna Brinded delivers on-the-ground special report from the cradle of the Arab Spring and ponders its future.

World's most wanted woman spotted twice in Somalia following Nairobi Westgate mall massacre.

Alan Rusbridger to appear before Select Committee as Tory MPs accuse his paper of "damaging Britain's national security".

The questioning of the heads of MI5, MI6 and GCHQ by the Intelligence and Security Commission was labelled inadequate.

Two radio journalists abducted in northern Mali town of Kidal and murdered shortly after interviewing Tuareg leader.

A Michigan gem dealer who claims he tipped off the FBI about the location of Osama bin Laden's secret compound in Pakistan is seeking a $25m (£15.6m) dollar reward.

US had offered a $5m bounty on Mehsud after he appeared in a farewell video with the Jordanian suicide bomber who attacked a US base in Afghanistan, killing CIA employees.

At WIEF, Iraq's Dr Rowsch Nuri Shaways points to double-digit economic growth forecast for country.

Battling both Assad and al-Qaida, Syrian Kurds may prove to be precious allies for the West, writes Emanuela Pergolizzi

Military moves in to block resurgence of terrorism in north African country.

Afghan businessman Haji Khalil Zadran still has contracts with international donors, despite claims of funding rebels.

Human Rights Watch says strikes in North Waziristan claimed innocent lives.

British native Samantha Lewthwaite pens poem on former al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

New disclosure details how notorious al-Qaida operative who had unwittingly got away from CIA dragnet was tracked and executed in drone attack in Pakistan.

Ross Ulbricht, the man accused of running billion dollar online drugs empire Silk Road has hired a lawyer who has previously argued high-profile terrorism cases.

Anas will talk - and the list of mysteries he could solve is endless, says Bob McFadden

At least 12 children killed as car bomb is driven into primary school playground.

Africa terrorism expert James Hall examines the causes, context and consequences of the event which captured the world's attention.