In the space of a few weeks, Mauritania suffered a number of terrorist attacks, responsibility for which was claimed by Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb. Radical Islamism is not new in Mauritania, but terrorism and the sheer scale of violence witnessed

Al Qaeda is planning to attack the Euro 2008 football championships in Switzerland and Austria in June, Swiss police say."The Euro 2008 tournament is a target cited by the Islamist terrorist network," federal police spokesman Juerg Buehler told Swiss newspaper

Lawrence Livermore Laboratory's protective force failed to deter a mock terrorist attack during a recent security drill, according to a Time magazine report online Monday.During the simulated night-time attack several weeks ago, a team posing as terrorists was able to

Gunmen in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta have hijacked a ship belonging to an US company and kidnapped its crew.The militants are demanding a ransom of 30m naira ($259,000) for the boat and the crew, a military spokesman said.The vessel, which

Police are to use hundreds of airport-style and hand-held weapon detectors in the crackdown on knife crime.Teams of 15 officers will be deployed across the 10 boroughs in London that have recorded the most knife crime.Assistant Commissioner Tim Godwin, head

A man authorities believe may have set at least some of the wildfires along Florida's Atlantic coast is in custody on suspicion of arson.Brian Crowder, 31, described as a white male with sandy blond hair who weighs 185 pounds, was