US secretary of state confirms report that terror group's No. 2 was killed in Tehran last year, but doesn't say whether Israel carried out hit

Majority of soldiers to be withdrawn in early 2021; move criticized by Democrat as 'surrender to al-Qaeda and a gift to China'; Pentagon says counter-terror work will continue

With unconfirmed rumors swirling over fate of Al-Zawahiri in wake of Abu Muhammad al-Masri's killing in Iran, many analysts point to Saif al-Adel as next leader

Cuts, which come after shake-up at Pentagon and installation of loyalists, would be completed just five days before Biden takes office

Daughter of terror group's no. 2, widow of a bin Laden, said to have been killed due to involvement in operational planning; shooting comes amid rumors about leader al-Zawahiri

The US and Israel both had 'scores to settle' with terror chief al-Masri, reportedly shot dead by Israeli agents in August; Iran now said to fear more hits in Trump's last 2 months

Tehran says US, Israel 'made-up information' to link it with Abu Muhammad al-Masri, accused of planning 1998 US African embassy bombings, 2002 attack on Israeli-owned Kenyan hotel

Abu Muhammad al-Masri, accused of orchestrating deadly 1998 bombings of US embassies in Africa, was gunned down on a Tehran street in August, report says

Some local authorities say Husam Abd al-Rauf shot dead during raid on Taliban outpost last week, providing few details; incident complicates US efforts to withdraw from country

Alleged assailant admits to critically wounding two people outside newspaper's former offices after republication of Mohammad cartoons