French aid worker, 75, is released by her Al-Qaeda captors and will be welcomed home by Macron 

French aid worker Sophie Petronin will be welcomed home by President Emmanuel Macron Friday after suspected jihadist hostage-takers freed the 75-year-old from nearly four years of captivity in Mali. Petronin was released along with a top Malian politician and two Italian hostages late Thursday. The last French citizen known to have been held hostage anywhere … Read more

Al-Qaeda threatens Charlie Hebdo magazine with repeat of 2015 attack

Al-Qaeda threatens Charlie Hebdo with another massacre after French magazine republished cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed Said & Cherif Kouachi killed 12 people at Charlie Hebdo’s offices in Paris in 2015 Slayings were a response to publishing of cartoons of the prophet Mohammed  Al-Qaeda today warned the magazine would be mistaken if they thought the  … Read more

Al-Qaeda threatens Charlie Hebdo magazine with a repeat of 2015 attack

Al-Qaeda threatens Charlie Hebdo with another massacre after French magazine republished cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed Said & Cherif Kouachi killed 12 people at Charlie Hebdo’s offices in Paris in 2015 Slayings were a response to publishing of cartoons of the prophet Mohammed  Al-Qaeda today warned the magazine would be mistaken if they thought the  … Read more

Al-Qaeda chief in North Africa killed by French forces in military operation in Mali

African Al-Qaeda chief Abdelmalek Droukdel is killed by French in Mali following a seven-year manhunt France says Abdelmalek Droukdel and members of inner circle have been killed Defence Minister Florence Parly said he was killed in a military operation in Mali Thousands of French troops have been sent to Mali since 2013 to tackle jihadists  By … Read more