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- Charlie Hebdo: Can 'moderate' Muslims sway an extremist few?
A German jihadi cheerfully extolling the virtues of slavery and beheading is an example of how difficult that task would be.
- What's the evidence Al Qaeda in Yemen organized the Paris attacks?
Their word alone. Nasr al-Ansi, a militant commander, made the claim in a video released this week.
- Boko Haram: Satellite images point to scorched-earth rampage
The attack on Baga, a border town with a Nigerian military base, started on Jan. 3. The Nigeria government disputes claims by human rights groups that as many as 2,000 people, mostly civilians, died in the subsequent fighting.
- Charlie Hebdo: Al Qaeda in Yemen says it ordered and financed the attack
In a video message, a militant commander praised the gunmen who killed 12 people in Paris, including the editor of Charlie Hebdo. The latest issue of the satirical magazine went on sale in France Wednesday.
- Charlie Hebdo's cover and the more complicated truth of depictions of Muhammad
Certainly the three murderers in Paris were offended. But should they be allowed to speak for all Muslims?
- How many Muslim extremists are there? Just the facts, please.
Brigitte Gabriel claims the 15 to 25 percent of the world's Muslims are plotting attacks in the West. Why that number is inaccurate.
- Boko Haram suffers setback in border clash amid growing fears of expansion
The killing of 143 militants from the Nigeria-based Islamic extremist group could be a major blow to their expansion strategy. Hundreds of people died during a recent Boko Haram attack on a Nigerian garrison town near the border.
- #Foxnewsfacts, fiction, and hysteria in the wake of Paris terrorist attacks
Once again, perspective is being lost in the wake of a tragedy.
- France ramps up security across nation, warns of high risk of more attacks
Thousands of police will guard Jewish schools across France, while the military is also being deployed. Millions of people attended solidarity marches in France Sunday, including many world leaders.
- Charlie Hebdo: French police corner suspects outside Paris; hostage taken
Two brothers accused of killing 12 people on Wednesday are in phone contact with authorities in what has become a hostage situation. In another, possibly related incident, a gunman has taken a hostage in a kosher supermarket in Paris.
- Charlie Hebdo: Police narrow search for 'armed and dangerous' brothers
Two brothers, born in France to Algerian parents, are the subject of an intense manhunt focused on the Picardy region as France mourns the deaths of 12 people in Wednesday's assault on the offices of a satirical magazine.
- French police hunt two brothers accused of Charlie Hebdo terror attack
A third suspect has turned himself in. Prime Minister Valls said several arrests had been made overnight in connection with the deadliest terror attack in France in a generation.
- Car bomb kills dozens in Yemen capital; security forces again the target
Police cadets and others waiting outside a Yemen police academy in Sanaa were among more than 30 reportedly killed. Suspicions fell on the local Al Qaeda branch, which has attacked military targets in the past.
- Leaders rally Germans to push back against growing anti-Islam protests
Eighty prominent Germans have signed an appeal to their countrymen to say 'no' to xenophobia as anti-foreign protests organized by the grassroots group Pegida grow.
- Afghanistan: US should 're-examine' withdrawing from country
Just days after US-led forces officially ended combat operations in Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani said there's more work to be done and there should be a willingness to reconsider withdrawal deadlines.
- Boko Haram storms multilateral military base in northeast Nigeria
Saturday's attack on the town of Baga is another embarrassing setback for Nigeria's military, which is working with its neighbors to secure the remote border area. Boko Haram militants separately abducted around 40 boys from another village.
- Though a hoax, Madrid train bomb threat deepens jitters about 'lone wolf' attacks
Police have arrested a suspect, whose threat forced the emergency evacuation of a commuter train between stations.
- Palestinians lose statehood bid but gain momentum at UN
The UN Security Council vote Tuesday fell just shy of the nine needed for approval. The resolution targeted Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories as well as a peace deal based on pre-1967 borders.
- US airstrike targets Al Shabab leader in Somalia
The strike follows a Christmas Day attack by the Islamic militant group on African Union forces in Mogadishu. It was the latest in a series of setbacks the group has faced in recent months.
- The Afghan war that didn't really end yesterday ended in defeat
None of the claimed long term objectives for the war in Afghanistan, either from the Bush or Obama administrations, have been achieved.