Topic: al Qaida

Gunmen stormed a hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu Friday, killing 15 people during the gunfire and large explosions at the facility.

The government in Lithuania has paid more than $100,000 in compensation to a Saudi terror suspect who officials say was held and tortured by the CIA in the Baltic country without ever facing formal charges.

A lightning offensive by the Taliban in Afghanistan seized control of three major cities on Friday -- including Kandahar, the nation's second-largest, authorities said.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday told the Human Rights Council it's critically important to be vigilant in opposing the rise of white supremacy and other motivators for ethnic-driven terrorism.

New York City, Washington, D.C., and the rest of the United States remembered the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks Wednesday, the 18th anniversary of the brazen al-Qaida plot that killed 3,000 people.

Three U.S. service members died and four were injured Tuesday when an improvised explosive device blew up in Afghanistan, officials said.

Three men were arrested in Australia Tuesday, suspected of plotting an Islamic State-inspired terror attack, authorities said.

A Japanese journalist held hostage by a militant group in Syria for three years is believed to have been freed, according to the Japanese government.

U.S. military officials say they are confident a drone strike in Yemen last year killed the chief bomb maker for the al Qaida terror group.

Officials said a truck bomb exploded in a busy intersection of Mogadishu, Somalia, killing and injuring dozens and destroying nearby buildings.