CNN - Faith Karimi A federal court has sentenced two Minnesota women to lengthy prison sentences for soliciting donations in the name of charity, then funneling the funds to Somali militants. Authorities said the two women went door-to-door in Somali neighborhoods in the U.S. and Canada, seeking contributions. Amina Farah Ali, 36, got two decades in [...]

BBC At least 30 militants have been killed during air raids on their training camps in north-eastern Nigeria, officials say. An army spokesman said jets and helicopter gunships had been used to attack several camps. He told the BBC that a plane had been hit by anti-aircraft fire but had managed to return to base. [...]

CNN A 30-year-old Uzbek national who has been arrested on federal terrorism charges is expected to make an initial appearance in a Boise, Idaho, court on Friday. A grand jury in Boise returned a three-court indictment charging Fazliddin Kurbanov, 30, with one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, one count [...]

BBC At least 40 people have been killed and dozens injured by two attacks apparently targeting Sunnis in towns near the Iraqi capital. In the first attack, in Baquba, about 50 km (30 miles) north of Baghdad, at least 30 people were killed by two bombs detonated outside a Sunni mosque. Later, police said at [...]

The Daily Caller – Neil Munro The Benghazi-related emails released by the White House late May 15 exclude the critical emails between administration officials that were sent during the crucial first two days after the deadly jihadi attack that killed four Americans last September. The 100 pages of partially redacted emails also conclude with a dismissive message from [...]

The Telegraph – William Clarke and agencies The attack, targeting a Nato military convoy, killed six American Nato personnel and at least eight Afghans, including two children, in the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital for nearly a year. The Toyota Corolla, laden with explosives, detonated in Kabul’s Shah Shaheed district at 8:00am injuring 37 [...]

CNN - Jake Tapper and Alison Harding In a letter to Rep. Darrell Issa exclusively obtained by CNN, the co-chairmen behind an independent review of September’s deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya, expressed irritation over the House Oversight Committee chairman’s portrayal of their work and requested he call a public hearing at which they can testify. “The [...]

CNN - Susan Candiotti Boston Marathon bombing victims were collateral damage in a strike meant as payback for U.S. wars in Muslim lands, the surviving suspect wrote in a message scribbled on the boat where he was found hiding, a law enforcement source told CNN Thursday. In the message, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev also proclaimed that an attack [...]

The Telegraph – Victoria Ward A local council decided against flying the flag of St George after concerns were raised that it would offend the town’s 16 Muslim residents. Eleanor Jackson, a university lecturer, said the red and white symbol could cause upset in Radstock, Somerset, because it was used during the Crusades 1,000 years [...]

BBC Nigeria has announced a “massive deployment of men and resources” to combat Islamist militants in the country’s border territories. A statement said the drive was aimed at “asserting the nation’s territorial integrity” and “enhancing security”. On Tuesday President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in three north-eastern states after a series of deadly [...]

The Telegraph - Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent Britain and France are leading a push to designate the leading Syrian rebel force Jabhat al-Nusra as al-Qaeda controlled in an effort to strengthen the moderate opposition. Al-Nusra is to be included on the list of al-Qaeda backed terrorist groups that are subject to automatic global sanctions, The Daily [...]