From Saudi rich boy to the world's most wanted man: A British newspaper painstakingly retraces the development of a terrorist mastermind.

Protests persist day after embattled Yemeni president agrees to step down

What does Ayman al-Zawahri's ascendancy mean for the terror group and its global standing?

While the al-Qaida chief was holed up in Pakistan, the world around him changed in a hurry

American propaganda exaggerates the power and moral depravity of the Islamic enemy, in the service of our empire

Nearly 100 dead, 500 wounded in six bombings in Baghdad

While Qatar welcomes Uncle Sam, Egyptian police torture antiwar protesters. If the war lasts long, some say, the scales may tip toward rage.

U.S. officials tell A.P. they are increasingly confident al-Qaida's Yemen branch is behind Friday's foiled plot

At least four are dead in the tiny but tumultuous Middle Eastern kingdom. U.S. officials strongly oppose violence

Hundreds of thousands may be displaced