Donald Trump Receives Syrian President Sharaa - Washington

Donald Trump Receives Syrian President Sharaa - Washington

US President Donald Trump (left) receives Syrian President Ahmad al Sharaa at the White House, in Washington, DC, United States of America, on November 10, 2025. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Donald Trump Receives Syrian President Sharaa - Washington

Donald Trump Receives Syrian President Sharaa - Washington

US President Donald Trump (right) receives Syrian President Ahmad al Sharaa at the White House, in Washington, DC, United States of America, on November 10, 2025. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Donald Trump Receives Syrian President Sharaa - Washington

Donald Trump Receives Syrian President Sharaa - Washington

US President Donald Trump (right) receives Syrian President Ahmad al Sharaa at the White House, in Washington, DC, United States of America, on November 10, 2025. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Donald Trump Receives Syrian President Sharaa - Washington

Donald Trump Receives Syrian President Sharaa - Washington

US President Donald Trump receives Syrian President Ahmad al Sharaa at the White House, in Washington, DC, United States of America, on November 10, 2025. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Iraqi Militia In Karbala

Iraqi Militia In Karbala

Iraqi volunteers force chants slogans against the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant during training in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Photo by Ahmed al-Husseini/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Iraqi Militia In Karbala

Iraqi Militia In Karbala

Iraqi volunteers force chants slogans against the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant during training in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Photo by Ahmed al-Husseini/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Iraqi Militia In Karbala

Iraqi Militia In Karbala

Iraqi volunteers force chants slogans against the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant during training in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Photo by Ahmed al-Husseini/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Iraqi Militia In Karbala

Iraqi Militia In Karbala

Iraqi volunteers force chants slogans against the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant during training in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Photo by Ahmed al-Husseini/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Iraqi Militia In Karbala

Iraqi Militia In Karbala

Iraqi volunteers force chants slogans against the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant during training in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Photo by Ahmed al-Husseini/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Iraqi Militia In Karbala

Iraqi Militia In Karbala

Iraqi volunteers force chants slogans against the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant during training in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Photo by Ahmed al-Husseini/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Iraqi Militia In Karbala

Iraqi Militia In Karbala

Iraqi volunteers force chants slogans against the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant during training in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Photo by Ahmed al-Husseini/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Iraqi Militia In Karbala

Iraqi Militia In Karbala

Iraqi volunteers force chants slogans against the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant during training in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Photo by Ahmed al-Husseini/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Turkish police detain 12 suspects in raids against IS, HTS

STORY: Turkish police detain 12 suspects in raids against IS, HTS DATELINE: Sept. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of police operations 2. various of pistols and bullets STORYLINE: Turkish police detained at least 12 suspected members of the Islamic Stated (IS) and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in Istanbul, local media reported on Wednesday. The state-run Anadolu news agency said the suspects have allegedly carried out activities in Istanbul on behalf of the IS and HTS. Following technical and physical surveillance, Turkish anti-terror teams detected the suspects' identities and launched simultaneous raids on 14 addresses across the city Wednesday, it added. The teams detained 12 people at the addresses and continued their search for two more suspects, according to the report. Türkiye considered the IS and the HTS, the umbrella group of the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, as terrorist organizations. The IS has carried out a series of deadly attacks in

2 years after bin Laden's killing

2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - Children gather around a spring at the site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to stand, in Abbottabad, near Pakistan's capital Islamabad, on April 29, 2013. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden there on May 2, 2011.

2 years after bin Laden's killing

2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - Children play at the site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to stand, in Abbottabad, near Pakistan's capital Islamabad, on April 29, 2013. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden there on May 2, 2011.

2 years after bin Laden's killing

2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - Boys play in front of a wall with graffiti reading "WAKE UP MUSLIMS," in Abbottabad near Pakistan's capital Islamabad on April 29, 2013. The wall is part of what remains of the hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, killed by U.S. Navy Seals there on May 2, 2011.

2 years after bin Laden's killing

2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - A man plows a field within a site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to stand in Abbottabad, near Pakistan's capital Islamabad, on April 29, 2013. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden there on May 2, 2011.

2 years after bin Laden's killing

2 years after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - A boy passes by a wall with graffiti reading "Osama is a martyr," in Abbottabad near Pakistan's capital Islamabad on April 29, 2013. The wall is part of what remains of the hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, killed by U.S. Navy Seals there on May 2, 2011.

Year after bin Laden's killing

Year after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - People pass the site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to be in Abbottabad, a garrison city in northwestern Pakistan, on April 30, 2012. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden on May 2, 2011 in a house that used to stand there.

Year after bin Laden's killing

Year after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - Boys play cricket at the site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to stand in Abbottabad, a garrison city in northwestern Pakistan, on April 30, 2012. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden there on May 2, 2011.

Year after bin Laden's killing

Year after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - A boy plays at the site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to be in Abbottabad, a garrison city in northwestern Pakistan, on April 30, 2012. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden there on May 2, 2011.

Pakistani calls bin Laden operation U.S. 'propaganda'

Pakistani calls bin Laden operation U.S. 'propaganda'

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Malik Mahammad Raban, a 52-year-old newspaper vendor, sits at his stand in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on May 10, 2011. Raban called the U.S. operation that assassinated al-Qaida terrorist leader Osama bin Laden ''propaganda to undermine Pakistan.''

Street leading to bin Laden's compound

Street leading to bin Laden's compound

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - Police officers stand at the entrance of a street leading to a compound where Osama bin Laden had lived on May 2, 2011. The leader of the al-Qaida international terrorist network was killed by U.S. commandos in the predawn hours of the same day during a raid on the compound in the city of Abbottabad, 50 kilometers northeast of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad.

Bin Laden killed in U.S. operation

Bin Laden killed in U.S. operation

TOKYO, Japan - A man watches TV screens reporting on the death of Osama bin Laden, the architect behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks against the United States, at an electronics store in Tokyo's Shimbashi district on May 2, 2011. Bin Laden, the leader of the terrorist network al-Qaida, was killed in Pakistan in a U.S. operation, U.S. President Barack Obama announced in Washington on May 1.

Islamic militant in Indonesia

Islamic militant in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Image taken from video footage shows a member of an Islamic militant group undergoing shooting drills at a hidden camp in a mountainous area of Aceh Province, Indonesia. Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden also appears in the video.

Tight security on Japan-Yemen match

Tight security on Japan-Yemen match

SANAA, Yemen - Security officers file into the stadium ahead of the Asian Cup qualifier between Japan and Yemen in Sanaa on Jan. 6, 2010. Yemeni authorities tightened security amid concerns about possible violence by al-Qaida-linked groups.

Algerian detained in France returns to Japan after over 4 yrs

Algerian detained in France returns to Japan after over 4 yrs

NARITA, Japan - Djamel Hamouni (R), an Algerian permanent resident of Japan, rejoices as he is reunited with his Japanese wife Miki (L) and their children at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 13 after returning to Japan for the first time since 2004. Hamouni, arrested in France for alleged links to al-Qaida in that year, was cleared of the suspicion in 2008 by the French government. ''My life has been messed up,'' Hamouni said.

Man held in Iraq admits slaying Japanese man in 2004: police

Man held in Iraq admits slaying Japanese man in 2004: police

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Hussein Fahmi (photo), believed to be a member of a group close to al-Qaida, has admitted killing Japanese backpacker Shosei Koda, 24, in 2004, a senior Baghdad police official said on March 2. Photo was taken from footage aired by a local TV station.

Underground services resume in London

Underground services resume in London

LONDON, England - Commuters read their newspaper in a London Underground car on July 8 as the train services resumed the day after dozens of people were killed and hundreds others inured in multiple bombings that British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw suspects to be attacks by an al-Qaida organization.

CIA saw no al-Qaida-Iraq link before invasion: ex-agent

CIA saw no al-Qaida-Iraq link before invasion: ex-agent

WASHINGTON, United States - Michael Scheuer, a senior adviser to the head of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's Bin Laden Department until November 2004, has told Kyodo News the CIA had concluded two months before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 there was no connection between the President Saddam Hussein's government and the al-Qaida terrorist network.

Japan has made no contact with Iraq hostage takers

Japan has made no contact with Iraq hostage takers

AMMAN, Jordan - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shuzen Tanigawa speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Amman on Oct. 28 after launching a local task force to deal with the case of Shusei Koda, held hostage in Baghdad by militants linked to al-Qaida.

(2)Japan seeks to rescue hostage in Iraq, no troop pullout

(2)Japan seeks to rescue hostage in Iraq, no troop pullout

NOGATA, Japan - Masumi Koda (L), flanked by his wife Setsuko, reads a statement near his house in Nogata, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 27, asking the government for help in securing the release of his 24-year-old son Shosei, who has been held hostage in Iraq by a radical group linked to the al-Qaida network.

(2)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

(2)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura is surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 27 after reports that a Japanese man was taken hostage by Al-Qaida-linked militants in Iraq.

(1)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

(1)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 27 following reports that a Japanese man was taken hostage by Al-Qaida-linked militants in Iraq. The man was identified as Shosei Koda, 24, of Nogata, Fukuoka Prefecture in southwestern Japan.

(3)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

(3)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

TOYOOKA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi tells reporters in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, on Oct. 27 he will not succumb to terrorism after reports a Japanese man was taken hostage by Al-Qaida-linked militants in Iraq. Koizumi visited Toyooka to inspect the damage caused by Typhoon Tokage.

U.S. pays $1 million reward to Filipino informers

U.S. pays $1 million reward to Filipino informers

MANILA, Philippines - Three Filipinos receive reward money totaling $1 million at a ceremony in the grounds of a hospital in Basilan for helping authorities track down and kill a senior leader of the Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group. Two men and a woman wear black caps, long-sleeved white shirts, gloves, sunglasses and stockings over their faces to conceal their identities.

It's business as usual for most New Yorkers after terror alert

It's business as usual for most New Yorkers after terror alert

NEW YORK, United States - Heavily armed New York Police Department officers stand guard in front of the Citigroup Center building in the heart of midtown Manhattan on Aug. 2 after authorities said they learned of al-Qaida threats against key American financial institutions.

Bangladeshi man denies link to al-Qaida

Bangladeshi man denies link to al-Qaida

TOKYO, Japan - Islam Mohamed Himu, a Bangladeshi businessman , speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 27. He sought human rights redress with a lawyers' group over what he called his ordeal in being linked with a suspected senior member of the al-Qaida terrorist network, denying the accusations against him. ''Anywhere I go, I am falsely branded as an al-Qaida member but I am not,'' a tearful Himu told Japanese and international media. after filing a complaint with the Japan Federation of Bar Associations.

(2)4 people arrested in police sweep over al-Qaida case

(2)4 people arrested in police sweep over al-Qaida case

KAWAGUCHI, Japan - Investigators search the home of Ahmed Faishal, 26, a Bangladeshi living in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, on May 26. Faishal was arrested the same day for alleged violation of immigration control and other laws in police raids on about 10 locations thought linked to an alleged senior member of the al-Qaida terrorist network.

(1)Al-Qaida-linked Frenchman hid in Japan with fake passport

(1)Al-Qaida-linked Frenchman hid in Japan with fake passport

NIIGATA, Japan - Photo taken on May 17 shows the office of a secondhand car dealer in Niigata frequented by Lionel Dumont, a French national believed to be a senior member of the al-Qaida terrorist network who entered Japan on a fake passport in July 2002.

(2)Al-Qaida-linked Frenchman hid in Japan with fake passport

(2)Al-Qaida-linked Frenchman hid in Japan with fake passport

NIIGATA, Japan - Photo taken on May 18 shows the condominium where Lionel Dumont, a French national believed to be a senior member of the al-Qaida terrorist network, lived after entering Japan on a fake passport in July 2002.

Tokyo holds bio-terror drill

Tokyo holds bio-terror drill

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (L) attends a senior officials' meeting on a simulation drill held by the Tokyo metropolitan government on Dec. 1 involving about 170 people on the assumption that terrorists released the smallpox virus in the Tokyo subway system. Last month, Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network warned that Japanese would be targeted in attacks if Japan sends troops to assist in the reconstruction of Iraq.

Prosecutors seek 15 yrs in jail for alleged JI chief

Prosecutors seek 15 yrs in jail for alleged JI chief

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian prosecutors on Aug. 12 seek 15 years in jail for Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir (file photo), accused of treason for setting up Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), a Southeast Asian terrorist network allegedly associated with al-Qaida. Bashir, 64, has been indicted on four charges of treason, falsification and immigration violations.

(3)Weapons cache linked to al-Qaida found in Kabul

(3)Weapons cache linked to al-Qaida found in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Bazookas and trench mortars, believed to have been abandoned by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network, are seen in a house in Kabul on Nov. 15. Northern Alliance forces have found more than 5,000 small arms, bazookas and other light weapons in three Kabul houses since the capital fell to alliance forces.

(1)Weapons cache linked to al-Qaida found in Kabul

(1)Weapons cache linked to al-Qaida found in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Northern Alliance soldiers stand Nov. 15 in Kabul outside a house believed to have been used by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network to store light weapons. Northern Alliance forces found more than 5,000 small arms, bazookas and other light weapons in three Kabul houses reportedly abandoned by al-Qaida after the city fell.

(2)Weapons cache linked to al-Qaida found in Kabul

(2)Weapons cache linked to al-Qaida found in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - A Northern Alliance soldier sits on a pile of automatic small arms believed abandoned by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network in a house in Kabul. Northern Alliance forces have found more than 5,000 small arms, bazookas and other light weapons in three Kabul houses.

Terrorism intensifying across Africa, warns UN deputy chief

STORY: Terrorism intensifying across Africa, warns UN deputy chief DATELINE: Nov. 11, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:05 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Security Council Chamber 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AMINA MOHAMMED, UN Deputy Secretary-General 3. various of Security Council Chamber 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): AMINA MOHAMMED, UN Deputy Secretary-General 5. various of delegates 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): AMINA MOHAMMED, UN Deputy Secretary-General STORYLINE: Terrorism is intensifying across Africa, exploiting instability and conflict, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said on Thursday. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): AMINA MOHAMMED, UN Deputy Secretary-General "Terrorists and violent extremists including Da'esh, Al-Qaida and their affiliates have exploited instability and conflict to increase their activities and intensify attacks across the continent. Their senseless, terror-fueled violence has killed and wounded thousands and many more continue to suffer from the broader

Americans mourn victims of 9/11 attacks as costs of "War on Terror" loom large

STORY: Americans mourn victims of 9/11 attacks as costs of "War on Terror" loom large DATELINE: Sept. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:18 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Biden delivering a speech 2. various of the event at the Pentagon STORYLINE: Americans mourned the victims of Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on Sunday on the 21st anniversary of the world-changing event. Family members of some of those who lost lives on that day -- along with U.S. government and military representatives -- gathered outside of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. They stood or sat in a steady rain as a military officer read off the names of 184 men and women who died 21 years ago when militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaida hijacked a passenger plane and hit a corner of the Pentagon, with a single bell chimed after each name. "Terror struck us on that brilliant blue morning," U.S. President Joe Biden said in his remarks. "The American story itself changed that day." U.S. Vice

U.S. has left nothing good to us: Afghan people

STORY: U.S. has left nothing good to us: Afghan people DATELINE: Aug. 31, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:34 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): ALYAS, Ice cream seller 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): MAWLADAD, Local villager of Panjwai district 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Pashto): DAD MOHAMMAD, Local villager of Panjwai district 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Dari): NAJIBULLAH JAMI, Professor, Kabul University STORYLINE: One year has passed since the last batch of U.S. troops left Afghanistan at midnight on Aug. 30, 2021. The 20-year war has left the unsettled country with a horrific legacy. Following the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington D.C., the United States accused Afghanistan of harboring Osama Bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaida, and invaded the country in October 2001. Since then, Afghan people's lives have been totally changed. Some 3 million Afghan children have dropped out of school to earn money to support their families. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): ALYAS, Ice cream seller "I'd rath

Gunshots heard in Afghan capital Kabul, casualties feared

STORY: Gunshots heard in Afghan capital Kabul, casualties feared DATELINE: Aug. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the gunshot site and streets views in Kabul STORYLINE: Gunshots were heard in the Karta-e-Sakhi locality on the western edge of Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul on Wednesday, local television channel Tolonews reported. Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said on social media that after the gunshots, security forces surrounded a suspected house in Karta-e-Sakhi area of Police District 3 and the cleanup operation has continued. On Monday, Western media reported that U.S. President Joe Biden ordered a drone strike on the suspected residence of the al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul, killing him on the spot. The Taliban administration has confirmed the drone attack but didn't say if there was any victim or who was killed in the incident. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul. (XHTV)