Al-Qaeda

Rideout is on his way to the United States, the Times said, adding that he was in good health based on proof-of-life images that were provided to American officials in the past 48 hours.

An independent expert on the region, Corinne Dufka, told The Washington Post that any US action in Mali has the potential to backfire and lead to the targeting of American citizens.

The majority of terror attacks in the EU last year were jihadist in nature, while five were labeled right-wing terrorism, and 12 were connected to left-wing or anarchist terrorism.

Twenty-one years after the 7/7 bombings, Britain has improved security but failed to confront the ideology behind Islamist extremism.

Morocco’s counterterrorism agency said it arrested 10 suspects loyal to Islamic State’s Sahel branch and seized weapons, chemicals, and bomb making equipment.

Reuters could not independently verify the claim, which was distributed via JNIM's official communication channels.

Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin, a group affiliated with al-Qaeda, claimed the attack on a Niger airport that killed 11 security force members and two civilians.

While the UN expert asserted that although there has never been an incident of nuclear terrorism, he noted that terror groups such as Al-Qaeda have openly expressed their intent toward it.

According to the DoJ, Ouazzani was planning ways to support Al-Qaeda along with two men later convicted of trying to bomb the New York Stock Exchange as early as 2003.

Two explosions and sustained gunfire were heard shortly before 6 a.m. on Saturday near Mali's main military base, and shots were still ringing out in the area more than four hours later.