CAIRO A daughter of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has taken refuge in the Saudi Embassy in Tehran after eluding guards who have held her, her sister and four brothers under house arrest for eight years, a Saudi-owned newspaper reported Wednesday. It has long been believed that Iran has held in custody a number of [...]

WASHINGTON Three accused al-Qaida associates have been arrested in Africa and brought to New York on charges they conspired to support terrorism by smuggling drugs bound for Europe, authorities said Friday.The arrests mark the first time U.S. authorities have captured and charged al-Qaida suspects in a drug trafficking plot in Africa, in a case officials [...]

BANGKOK The seizure in Thailand of some 35 tons of war weaponry from North Korea and the arrest of five foreigners charged with illegal possession of arms may prove a blow to efforts by the United States to negotiate a halt to Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions, observers said Sunday.Thai authorities, reportedly acting on a tip from [...]

BAGHDAD  An Iraqi Interior Ministry official says 13 suspected al-Qaida-linked insurgents are in custody as alleged planners in last week’s deadly bombings in Baghdad.The official says authorities believe the suspects are linked to al-Qaida in Iraq and helped mastermind the bombings that killed at least 127 people. They are the first arrests confirmed after Tuesday’s [...]

WASHINGTON  Osama bin Laden may be slipping back and forth from Pakistan to Afghanistan. Or the U.S. might not have a clue, more than eight years after the al-Qaida leader masterminded the terrorist attacks on America.Given a chance Sunday to clear away some of the mystery surrounding the whereabouts of the world’s most wanted terrorist, [...]

ROME  The Italian interior minister says police in Palermo have captured the Cosa Nostra’s No. 2 in a raid in Palermo, Sicily.Roberto Maroni describes convicted Mafioso Gianni Nicchi as a “young, dangerous, ambitious, pitiless killer.” Police found Nicchi, 28, hiding Saturday in an apartment in Palermo. News reports say he tried to flee.Investigators say Nicchi [...]

Brother Sam and his allies are industriously hunt the number one man in Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden. Well, there was a Taliban member  in Pakistan claimed to know the character and existence. He admitted, in January and February, met Osama. Prisoners were said earlier this year he met trusted contacts who see bin Laden [...]