Searchers comb Kenya mall for dead

Sep 25, 2013

Searchers comb Kenya mall for dead

Kenyan troops and rescue workers scour the wreckage of a Nairobi shopping mall for bodies and booby traps after a four-day siege by Islamist gunmen.

Kenya attack unfolds in real time on Twitter

Sep 25, 2013

Kenya attack unfolds in real time on Twitter

As the deadly attack unfolded inside Kenya’s Westgate Mall, the militants who claimed responsibility for the spreading mayhem sent out tweet after tweet, taunting the country’s military, defending the mass killings and threatening more bloodshed. Each time Twitter shut the account down — a ...

| Sep 25, 2013

Nairobi mall visit becomes a trip to hell

“You’re a very bad man,” a brave 4-year-old British boy told one of the Islamist gunmen in the bloody siege of a Nairobi mall, one of the many poignant tales emerging from the attacks that have horrified the world. It was a Saturday and ...

Sep 25, 2013

Dozens of young American jihadists recruited by al-Shabab

Dozens of Americans have been lured away from comfortable homes to join Somalia’s al-Shabab insurgents, the Islamist group behind the bloody attack on a Kenyan mall. While the FBI said Tuesday it has not yet been able to confirm reports that two or three ...

Sep 24, 2013

Confusion engulfs Kenya mall siege

Sporadic gunfire rang out Tuesday from inside a Nairobi mall as Kenyan security forces battled al-Qaida-linked terrorists into a fourth day in what they said was a final push to rescue the last few hostages in a siege that has left more than 60 ...

| Sep 24, 2013

Terrorism — a tie binding Israel, Kenya

by Josef Federman

Scarred by memories of a pair of attacks on Israeli targets in Africa a decade ago, Israel has dispatched a team of experts to its close ally Kenya to advise authorities on the bloody standoff at a Nairobi shopping mall. While officials refuse to ...

Al-Shabab nimbler under new leader

| Sep 24, 2013

Al-Shabab nimbler under new leader

by Franz Wild and Sarah Mcgregor

The attack that killed 69 people in a Kenyan shopping mall over the weekend was the first regional operation undertaken by the new leadership of Somalia’s al-Shabab militants following a bloody power struggle. After months of pressure from African troops against the al-Qaida-linked group ...

Ex-FBI agent to plead guilty to being AP source

Sep 24, 2013

Ex-FBI agent to plead guilty to being AP source

by Mark Sherman

A former FBI explosives expert said Monday he will plead guilty to revealing secret information for an Associated Press story about a U.S. intelligence operation in Yemen in 2012. The story led to a leaks investigation and the seizure of AP phone records in ...

Pakistan church bombing toll hits 81

Sep 23, 2013

Pakistan church bombing toll hits 81

The death toll from a twin suicide bombing on a church in Pakistan rose to 81 Monday, as Christians protested across the country to demand better protection for their community. The attack on All Saints Church in the northwestern city of Peshawar after a ...

Deadly coordinated attacks point to al-Qaida surge in Yemen

Sep 21, 2013

Deadly coordinated attacks point to al-Qaida surge in Yemen

Under a heavy fog, al-Qaida militants disguised in military uniforms launched car bomb attacks on three security and military posts in southern Yemen on Friday, killing 38 soldiers in the group’s biggest attack in the country since last year. The coordinated attacks point to ...