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Locator map of shopping malls under threat of al-Shabab attack.

AP: al-Qaida-linked rebel group urges attacks on US shopping malls

Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press February 23, 2015

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A video purported to be by Somalia's al-Qaida-linked rebel group al-Shabab urged Muslims to attack shopping malls in the U.S., Canada, Britain and other Western countries.U.S. authorities...

AP: Somalia extremists urge attacks on US shopping malls

Associated Press February 22, 2015

JOHANNESBURG — A video purported to be by Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked rebel group al-Shabab urged Muslims to attack shopping malls in the U.S., Canada, Britain and other Western countries.The threat...

NHUS says American held in Syria has been freed

WASHINGTON (AP) — An American journalist kidnapped and held hostage for nearly two years by an al-Qaida-linked group in Syria was released Sunday, less than a week after the horrific execution of American...

News on the go: April 22, 2014

Taylor Williams April 21, 2014

After a fight with his parents, a 16-year-old boy climbed an airport fence, crossed a tarmac and climbed into a jetliner’s wheel well before flying five freezing hours to Hawaii. Authorities found the...

Obama struggling to find winning formula in Syria

Bradley Klapper, Associated Press February 18, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) With peace talks failing, Syria's government on the offensive and moderate rebels pushed aside by al-Qaida-linked militants, the Obama administration is struggling for new ideas to halt...

Iraqi militants accidentally set off bomb, 21 dead 


Sameer N. Yacoub, Associated Press February 10, 2014

BAGHDAD (AP) — An instructor teaching his militant recruits how to make car bombs accidentally set off explosives in his demonstration Monday, killing 21 of them in a huge blast that alerted authorities...