Al Qaeda affiliate claims responsibility for attack on forces in Burkina Faso
Attacks have worsened this year, making the country the epicentre of a violent movement that has also engulfed poverty-stricken Mali and Niger, killing thousands and forcing millions from their homes.
Al Qaeda urges Muslims to shun World Cup, stops short of threats
It criticises Qatar for 'bringing immoral people, homosexuals, sowers of corruption and atheism into the Arabian Peninsula'.
Al Qaeda will pursue attacks undeterred by Zawahiri loss, experts say
Zawahiri could not match Bin Laden's flair for reaching out from al Qaeda's hideouts in south Asia to forge bonds with like-minded groups around the globe, they say.
Tight-lipped Taliban leaders gather after US says Zawahiri killed
How the Taliban react could have significant repercussions as the group seeks international legitimacy, and access to billions of dollars in frozen funds, following their defeat of a US-backed government a year ago.
Al Qaeda leader Zawahiri killed in US strike in Afghanistan
Ayman al-Zawahiri, an Egyptian surgeon who had a US$25 million bounty on his head, helped coordinate the Sept 11, 2001, attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.
