French police detained eight suspects on Friday who allegedly helped bankroll extremists in Uzbekistan and were said to have ties to Al-Qaeda, a source close to the case said. More »
PARIS - Police in France, Germany and the Netherlands have arrested 10 people on suspicion of having financial ties with an Uzbek group linked to al Qaeda, a source close to the French investigation said on Friday. More »
WASHINGTON - A member of an Afghan Taliban cell was convicted by a federal jury on Thursday on charges of narco-terrorism and narcotics distribution, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement. More »
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will release a new audio-video message to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel, US groups monitoring Islamist websites said Thursday. More »
A Moroccan court broadened investigations Thursday into two alleged terrorism cells, one accused of supporting insurgents in Iraq and the other of plotting suicide bombings in Casablanca last year. More »
A federal jury has found an Afghan enemy combatant guilty of drug charges in what the Justice Department calls the first convictions under new narco-terrorism laws. More »
A top Taliban leader vowed Thursday to target the U.S. after an alleged missile strike killed several people in northwest Pakistan, a threat that could undermine the new government's efforts to negotiate peace deals with militants. More »
A Pentagon official said Wednesday he will not resign as legal adviser to war-crimes tribunals at Guantanamo, despite his removal from the trial of Osama bin Laden's driver because of a lack of impartiality. More »
MILAN - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi can be called to testify in a trial of U.S. and Italian spies accused of kidnapping a terrorism suspect in Milan and flying him to Egypt, a Milan judge ruled on Wednesday. More »

Pakistan Taliban leader gives beard warning: residents

