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Norway
A 23-year-old Norwegian citizen of Somali origin who is a suspect in the Westgate Mall attack in Kenya reportedly made several calls to Norway while participating in the attack. He is said to have become radicalized after moving to Norway in 1999. The as yet unnamed suspect was under surveillance prior to the attack, and allegedly has ties to prominent Islamists in Norway.
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United Kingdom
MI5 estimates that as many as 200 British jihadists have traveled to Syria to fight. Intelligence sources say most of them are university-educated British Pakistanis in their 20s. The majority of British jihadists in Syria are thought to be fighting with extremist and al Qaeda-linked groups.
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Burma
A bomb blast at an upscale hotel in Rangoon injured an American woman; it is the latest of several bombings in the country since Oct. 9. Authorities reportedly detained three suspects; one was identified as Saw Myint Lwin.
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Afghanistan
Votes sell for about $5 in Afghanistan as presidential race begins.
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Syria
Syrian Rebels Urged to Let Inspectors See Arms Sites .
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Iran
US Weighs Letting Iran Keep Nuclear-Enrichment Facilities
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NSA
NSA collects millions of e-mail address books globally
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Syria
UN frets over Syria deadlines as treaty takes effect
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United States
Al Qaeda operative Abu Anas al Libi, who was recently captured in Libya, has been transferred from a Navy ship to the US for trial in New York. Jason Woodring, of Jacksonville, Ark., has been arrested for recent attacks on the Arkansas power grid. The Obama administration loosened controls over arms exports, shifting oversight on a number of categories from the State Department to the Commerce Department.
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Afghanistan
The Taliban killed a border police commander, three policemen, and a cleric in Kandahar. A suicide bomber killed himself as he was being treated in a hospital in Paktia. A pro-Taliban cleric from Pakistan claimed the Afghan government would free Pakistanis in custody.
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Iraq
Al Qaeda’s branch in Iraq, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, killed 31 people in a wave of bombings in Basra, Diwaniyah, Hillah, Mahmoudiyah, Madain, Samarra, Samawah, Suwayrah. Teh attacks targeted civilians at markets, funerals, and other public places.
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Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham released four of the seven Red Cross aid workers recently kidnapped in Idlib; the group still holds three of them. A car bombing in Idlib killed at least 27 people and wounded dozens more. The Al Nusrah Front clashed with regime forces in Deir Azzour; rebels have reportedly taken over the military hospital there. Rebels shelled a judicial building in Aleppo and the Kweiris military airport. A jihadist claimed that a Japanese photographer converted to Islam and joined ISIS. A Kosovan fighter in Azaz appeared in an ISIL video promoting jihad. Another…
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Al Qaeda
US allies let funds flow to al Qaeda in Syria
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Kenya
Nairobi’s chief criminal investigator said so far none of the key suspects in the Westgate Mall attack have been apprehended. Detectives are also looking for at least eight suspects thought to have been indirectly involved in the attack; four were seen on CCTV footage from the mall. Security forces monitored two elite high schools outside Nairobi after a threat was made to target the schools during prayer time. The families of two Westgate Mall terror suspects blamed extremist clerics for their sons’ decision to join Shabaab. Leaked intelligence reportedly said “thousands” of Kenyan youth from Mombasa have joined the terror…
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Ethiopia
Two Somalis were killed in a premature detonation while they were manufacturing a bomb in the capital of Addis Ababa. The men were in the country illegally and were staying at a home in a Somali neighborhood in the capital.
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Nigeria
The military claimed that 40 Boko Haram fighters were killed during operations in Konduga and Bama in Borno state. The Boko Haram fighters were preparing to conduct attacks against the two villages.
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Belgium
Six suspects have been arrested after rioting in the city of Houthalen in Limburg that injured a police officer. Police arrested notorious Somali pirate leader Mohammed Abdi Hassan a.k.a. Afweyne (“Loud Mouth”) at Brussels airport upon arrival in Belgium; he and a high-ranking official in the Somali government, which is accused of protecting him, have both been detained. Security has been heightened since the extradition of convicted terrorist Nizar Trabelsi to the US to face terror charges.
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Malaysia
In Malaysia the Hackers are Back
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United Kingdom
Police arrested four British nationals in London suspected of plotting a potentially “very serious” terror attack. In simultaneous raids, a Turk and an Algerian, both 25, were arrested in Whitechapel; a 28-year-old Azerbaijani was arrested in Bayswater; and a 29-year-old Pakistani was arrested in Peckham. Authorities are searching six addresses in London.
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Central African Republic
France to increase troops in Central African Republic
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Malaysia
Malaysia Court Rules Non-Muslims Can’t Use ‘Allah’
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Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed two policemen and a civilian in Nangarhar. A member of the Afghan security forces killed an ISAF solider in Paktika. The Taliban killed two children in Kunar for spying for the government.
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Azerbaijan
Bahram Feyzi, an Iranian citizen, was sentenced to 15 years in jail for planning to attack the Israeli Embassy in Baku. He was arrested in March, as were 21 others who were plotting attacks on American, Israeli, and Jewish targets; at least seven of those arrested have been sentenced to jail.
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Al-Qaida Surges Back in Iraq, Reviving Old Fears
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Iran
Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi rejected the West’s demand that enriched uranium be shipped out of the country. Speaking of negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program, US Secretary of State Kerry said that “no deal is better than a bad deal.”
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Egypt
Security forces clashed with Islamist militants in the Sinai after an attack on a police bus. Three security personnel were reportedly injured in the attack. Officials claimed an American being held in a jail for violating curfew in the Sinai had committed suicide. A military air crash left one dead and three injured in Luxor.
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Palestinian Territories
A leaked EU document said $2.7 billion in EU funds to the Palestinian Authority between 2008 and 2012 have been lost due to corruption and mismanagement. PA President Mahmoud Abbas has alleged that the PA’s going economic problems are Israel’s fault. Security forces have arrested nearly 100 people in various operations in the Jenin area.
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Israel
Authorities discovered a massive “terror tunnel” that runs from Gaza into Israeli territory. In response, Israel decided to stop the transfer of construction goods to the Gaza Strip. Two Palestinians confessed to the recent murder of Sariya Ofer in the Jordan Valley community of Brosh Habika. The motive, according to the Shin Bet, remains under review.
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Iraqi Kurdistan’s chief ready to strike militants in Syria, Iraq
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Syria
Two suicide car bombs detonated outside the Syrian state TV headquarters in central Damascus. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham reportedly bombed a Sufi shrine in Deir Azzour; another shrine in the area was bombed on Sept. 24. Rebels reportedly downed a fighter jet in Deraa. ISIS fighters clashed with Kurdish YPG fighters in Raqqah. Gunmen kidnapped six Red Cross workers and a local volunteer in Idlib. The Syrian Red Crescent said it has evacuated at least 1,500 people from the Damascus rebel-held suburb of Moadamiyet al-Sham. The president of the Syrian National Council, the largest bloc in…
