The rising sun lights One World Trade as it stands over the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., November 2, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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Burkina siege over with at least 23 dead from 18 nations

French special forces take position in the surroundings of the Splendid hotel following an attack by al-Qaeda linked gunmen on January 16, 2016 in Ouagadougou. (AFP/OUOBA_AHMED)
126 people freed when security forces end jihadist assault, retake hotel and adjacent cafe popular with Westerners, UN personnel
AQAP says ‘preparing” attacks on US, West: SITE

This image grab from a video posted online on January 14, 2015, by Al-Malahem Media, the media arm of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, purportedly shows Nasser bin Ali al-Ansi delivering a video message from an undisclosed location (AFP Photo/)
New al Qaeda wing in South Asia claims hijacking Pakistani naval ship

Pakistan Navy personnel keep guard near the Navy ship PNS Zulfiqar after it returned to Karachi Pakistan.
Al Qaeda’s South Asia wing has claimed responsibility for hijacking a Pakistani naval ship and trying to use it to fire rockets at U.S. vessels in the Arabian Sea, in the first major assault by the newly created group
Islamist plot to blow up Eiffel Tower, Louvre and nuclear power plant foiled, say French police

The Tour Eiffel and Louvre museum in Paris Photo: ALAMY
French police stumbled on terror plans after decrypting coded messages between Algerian butcher living in southern France and high-ranking members of al-Qaeda in the Maghreb
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48 Kenyans dead: Witness: Gunmen killed Christians

A member of the Kenyan security forces walks past the body of one of those who were killed by militants, in the village of Kibaoni just outside the town of Mpeketoni, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the Somali border on the coast of Kenya, Monday, June 16, 2014. Dozens of Somali extremists wielding automatic weapons attacked the small Kenyan coastal town for hours, assaulting the police station, setting two hotels on fire, and spraying bullets into the street killing dozens, officials said Monday. (AP Photo)
Al-Qaeda seizes Iraq’s third-largest city as terrified residents flee

Iraqi soldiers prepare to take their positions during clashes with militants in Mosul (AP)
Militants storm northern city of Mosul, freeing thousands of prisoners, as Iraqi prime minister declares state of emergency and offers to arm citizens who volunteer to fight against militants
Terror suspect pleads guilty to plot to blow up soldiers returning from battle

Jose Pimentel, 29, smirks as prosecutors discussed his plans to blow up NYPD officers and veterans returning from war. Jefferson Siegel/New York Daily News
The suspect, an Al Qaeda sympathizer, pleaded to the charge of attempted weapons possession as a crime of terrorism in Manhattan Supreme Court Wednesday. The plea deal calls for him to get 16 years in prison — avoiding ‘the possibility of a life sentence,’ one of his attorney’s said.
Iraqi terror instructor accidentally blows up 21 recruits

In this Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 file photo, civilians and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in the Shaab neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. Car bombs are one of the deadliest weapons used by the al-Qaeda breakaway group that dominates the Sunni insurgency in Iraq, with coordinated waves of explosions regularly leaving scores dead in Baghdad and elsewhere across the country. (photo credit: AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)
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