Al Qaeda-linked Islamists

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  Al Qaeda-Linked Group Claims Deadly Attack At Mali Resort

  A new alliance of Islamist militant groups linked to al Qaeda on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack that killed at least five people at a Mali luxury resort popular with Western expatriates just outside the capital Bamako.

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  6 Bangladeshi Activists Threatened By Al Qaeda-Linked Islamists

  Six Bangladeshi activists, including three poets, have been allegedly threatened by Al Qaeda-linked extremists on Facebook, days after a fourth secular blogger was hacked to death by Islamists in the country.

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  Tunisia Militants Kill 4 Policemen in Checkpoint Attack

  Around 20 al Qaeda-linked Islamist militants attacked a checkpoint in Tunisia's central Kasserine region, killing four police officers and stealing their weapons, the government said on Wednesday.

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  Islamic State Carried Out Lebanon Cafe Attack: Minister

  A double suicide attack that killed eight people at a cafe in the Lebanese city of Tripoli was carried out by the Islamic State group, the interior minister said on Sunday, contradicting a claim of responsibility by the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front.

• Philippine Militants Get Part of ransom For Kidnapped Germans

  Al Qaeda-linked Islamist militants in the Philippines holding two Germans said on Friday they had received some of the ransom they had been demanding and would not kill one of the Germans as they had threatened to.

• Philippines Steps Up Army Patrols on Island Where Germans Held

  The Philippines on Thursday stepped up army patrols in the jungles of the southern island of Jolo where al Qaeda-linked Islamist militants are holding two Germans captive and are threatening to kill one of them.

• Bomb hits Cairo, Al Qaeda-linked group claims attacks

  A bomb exploded near a police academy in Cairo on Saturday, security sources said, a day after a wave of deadly blasts raised fears that an Islamist insurgency was gaining momentum.

• Al Qaeda-linked Shebab mocks Kenya, threatens more attacks

  Somalia's Al Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels have threatened more attacks against Kenya, taking to Twitter to mock the country after Islamist gunmen attacked a Nairobi shopping mall, killing at least 67 people.

• Al Qaeda-linked Shebab threaten new attacks if Kenya does not leave Somalia

  Al Qaeda-linked Islamist militants, claiming they were still holding hostages, today battled Kenyan troops for the fourth day of a bloody siege at a Nairobi mall and threatened further attacks against the country.

• Gunfire at besieged Kenyan mall, Islamists threaten hostages

  Gunfire and explosions sounded on Monday from the Nairobi mall where militants from Somalia's al Qaeda-linked al Shebab group threatened to kill hostages on the third day of a raid in which at least 68 have already died.

• Yemen launches assault on al Qaeda, several killed

  At least nine people were killed on Wednesday when Yemeni troops launched an offensive on an eastern city, targeting al Qaeda-linked fighters who have declared they aim to set up an Islamist state there, officials and residents said.

• French troops take town in central Mali as rebels slip away

  French and Malian armoured columns rolled into the central Mali town of Diabaly on Monday after the al Qaeda-linked Islamist rebels who seized it a week ago melted into the bush to avoid air strikes.

• France launches ground campaign against Mali rebels

  French troops launched their first ground assault against Islamist rebels in Mali on Wednesday in a broadening of their operation against battle-hardened al Qaeda-linked fighters who have resisted six days of air strikes.

• France launches ground campaign against Mali rebels

  French troops launched their first ground operation against Islamist rebels in Mali on Wednesday in a crucial action to dislodge Al Qaeda-linked fighters who have resisted six days of air strikes.

• France to stay in Mali until stability restored

  France pledged on Tuesday to keep troops in Mali until stability returned to the West African country, raising the spectre of a long campaign against al Qaeda-linked rebels who held their ground despite a fifth day of air strikes.