Washington: The US Department of State has designated Jemmah Anshorut Tauhid (JAT) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). An Indonesia-based group, JAT is responsible for multiple coordinated attacks against innocent civilians, police, and military personnel in Indonesia. These designations coincide with the Department of the Treasury’s designation of three JAT leaders: JAT’s acting Emir Mochammad [...]

US drone strikes in southern Yemen have killed nine militants linked to the al-Qaida. The government officials and tribal elders said on Saturday said that among the dead include Ibrahim al-Bana, the media chief for al-Qaida’s Yemeni branch and Abdul-Rahman al-Awlaki, the son of a known US-born cleric slain in a similar attack last month. [...]