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US seeks extradition of German al-Qaeda member held in French prison

Thu, 18 Jan 2018 11:41:46 +0100

New York prosecutors announced Wednesday they are seeking the extradition of a German Al-Qaeda convict, who last week attacked prison guards in France, unveiling US charges against him in connection with the 9/11 investigations.

Man jailed in Frankfurt for fighting with Somali Islamists

Fri, 27 Oct 2017 16:38:42 +0200

A Frankfurt court sentenced a Somali-born German national to two years and ten months in jail on Friday, for joining the Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab group and fighting alongside the Islamists in his native country.

Germany must protect Bin Laden bodyguard, court rules

Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:32:18 +0200

A man believed to have once been Osama bin Laden's bodyguard cannot be sent back to Tunisia because the risk of torture would be too high, a German court ruled on Wednesday.

Somalia suicide bomber was German: reports

Tue, 28 Jul 2015 10:39:37 +0200

Information from security circles in Mogadishu suggests the suicide bomber who blew up a five-star hotel in the Somali capital on Sunday killing 15 people was a dual-national German from Bonn.

Four sentenced over al-Qaeda bomb plot

Thu, 13 Nov 2014 14:59:00 +0100

A court sentenced four men on Thursday to spend as many as nine years in prison for plotting to detonate home-made bombs in a crowd on the orders of jihadist militant network al-Qaeda.

Al-Qaeda 'plots Europe rail terror attacks'

Mon, 19 Aug 2013 11:03:00 +0200

UPDATE: Al-Qaeda is plotting attacks on Europe's high-speed rail network, German mass circulation daily Bild reported on Monday, citing intelligence sources.

Germany shuts Yemen embassy over security

Sat, 03 Aug 2013 12:00:00 +0200

Germany will close its embassy in Yemen on Sunday and Monday for security reasons, a spokesman for the foreign ministry said Saturday.

Security officials warn of growing terror threat

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:38:00 +0100

German security officials are concerned the country's support for France's fight against Islamists in Mali has increased the risk of terrorist attack, according to a newspaper report.

Al-Qaeda members jailed

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:30:00 +0100

Two suspected Al-Qaeda members were on Friday handed lengthy prison sentences by a Berlin court. One had released a video during the 2007 election campaign threatening a holy war on Germany.

Al-Qaeda: Germans caused engineer death

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:49:00 +0200

Al-Qaeda's north African branch has blamed the German government for the recent death of a hostage in a botched rescue raid in Nigeria, and warned Berlin to improve its treatment of Muslims.

German spy chief warns of new terror threats

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:53:00 +0100

German secret services are concerned that extremists in north Africa are reinforcing Al-Qaeda, the country's intelligence head said in an interview to be published Tuesday.