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  Today in History: U.S. embassies in East Africa bombed (Watch pics)

  World | August 07, 2013 9:18 IST

  New Delhi: On August 7, 1998--the eighth anniversary of the deployment of U.S. troops to Saudi Arabia--two U.S. embassies in East Africa were bombed almost simultaneously by Al Qaeda. A massive truck bomb exploded outside

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  Al-Qaeda chief's message led to embassy closures

  World | August 06, 2013 7:12 IST

  Washington, Aug 6: An intercepted secret message between al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri and his deputy in Yemen about plans for a major terror attack was the trigger that set off the current shutdown of many

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  US posts in Muslim world will remain closed

  World | August 05, 2013 9:11 IST

  Washington, Aug 5: U.S. diplomatic posts in 19 cities in the Muslim world will be closed at least through the end of this week, the State Department said on Sunday, citing “an abundance of caution.”State

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  29 militants killed in Afghanistan

  World | July 21, 2013 7:52 IST

  Kabul, July 21: Afghanistan government said on Saturday that as many as 29 Taliban militants had been killed and 24 wounded in clashes and security operations since Friday morning.Twenty militants were killed during joint security

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  French hostage killed by Al Qaeda in Mali

  World | July 16, 2013 6:49 IST

  Paris, July 16: French national Philippe Verdon kidnapped and kept hostage by Al Qaeda-linked Islamists in 2011 in Mali has been killed, French President Francois Hollande said."The death of our compatriot Mr. Philippe Verdon is

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  Al Qaeda kills rebel commander in Syria

  World | July 13, 2013 6:56 IST

  Damascus, July 13: A member of the rebel Free Syrian Army's Supreme Military Council has been killed, allegedly by the Al Qaeda.The rebel command has also received many threats from the terror network.Mohammed Kamal al-Hamami

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  Did Boston bombers have ties to al-Qaeda-linked groups?

  World | April 21, 2013 21:14 IST

  Boston, Apr 21: With one suspect dead and the other lying seriously wounded in a hospital, the FBI investigators are reviewing the suspected Boston Marathon bombers' motives and a visit made by one of them

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  Nine killed by gunman in Kenya

  World | April 19, 2013 17:03 IST

  Nairobi, Apr 19: A police chief says that a masked gunman believed to be a member of an al-Qaeda-linked Somalia militant group stormed a hotel in a Kenyan city near the border with Somalia and

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  Mullah Omar can run for presidency: Karzai

  World | April 02, 2013 19:23 IST

  Berlin, Apr 2: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai wants the elusive Taliban chief Mullah Omar to run for President in next year's election so that people could “vote for or against him“.Mr. Karzai, in an interview

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  Abu Sayyaf militants free 2 Filipino hostages

  World | February 03, 2013 17:20 IST

  Manila,Philippines,Feb 3: Abu Sayyaf gunmen have freed two Filipino members of a Jordanian TV journalist's crew who were kidnapped by the al-Qaeda-linked militants last year as they set out to interview the extremists in their

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  Al Qaeda vows terror attacks against Britain

  World | February 01, 2013 19:10 IST

  London, Feb 1: The Al Qaeda has vowed a series of terror strikes against Britain over London's involvement in a French-led operation against Islamist rebels in Mali.The Sun said it was the first direct threat

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  'Even Clinton admn believed ISI would pass intel to al-Qaeda'

  World | January 07, 2013 23:48 IST

  Wahington,Jan 7 :  Much before the US carried out the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden without informing Pakistan, the Bill Clinton administration had little faith in Islamabad when it came to sharing important

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  'Al Qaeda chief Al-Zawahiri may be in Pakistan'

  World | October 04, 2012 17:56 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 4: Ayman al-Zawahiri, who succeeded Osama bin Laden as the new chief of Al Qaeda, may be in Pakistan, says a new book.Zawahiri, an Egyptian cleric, became the new Al Qaeda chief

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  Al Qaeda set Europe's forests on fire: Russian official

  World | October 03, 2012 17:52 IST

  Moscow, Oct 3: Al Qaeda is responsible for the recent spate of forest fires in Europe, Russian security service chief Alexander Bortnikov claimed Wednesday.”Forest fires in European Union countries should be considered one of the

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  Osama bin Laden was blind in one eye, reveals al-Zawahiri in latest video

  World | September 27, 2012 9:20 IST

  Dubai, Sept 27:   Al-Qaeda chief  Ayman al-Zawahiri  has said in a latest video  posted on a jihadist forum that his predecessor Osama bin Laden was blind in one eye.In the hour-long video, al-Zawahiri, dressed in

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  US pulls out embassy staff from Sudan, Tunisia, Al Qaeda calls for fresh attacks

  World | September 16, 2012 22:25 IST

  Washington, Sep 16: The US today ordered non-essential staff from its missions in Sudan and Tunisia to leave, as al-Qaeda called for fresh attacks on American embassies in the Arab world and West to avenge

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  Yemen minister survives al-Qaeda car bomb attack

  World | September 13, 2012 14:52 IST

  Sanaa (Yemen), Sep 13: Yemen's defense minister narrowly escaped assassination Tuesday when a powerful car bomb ripped through his motorcade as it traveled in the nation's capital, killing at least 13 people in an attack

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  Al Qaeda says is returning to old Iraq strongholds

  World | July 23, 2012 11:37 IST

  Cairo, Jul 23 :A man identifying himself as the leader of Al Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq says his fighters are planning new operations to free imprisoned members and claims they're returning to areas of the

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  UN says children being targeted in northern Mali

  World | July 06, 2012 15:54 IST

  Geneva, Jul 6:  A U.N. agency says it's gravely concerned about rising violence against children in northern Mali, since the area was seized by al-Qaida-linked Islamist fighters and Tuareg rebels following a March coup.UNICEF says

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  Iraq says al-Qaida fighters flowing into Syria

  World | July 05, 2012 18:11 IST

  Baghdad, Jul 5:  Iraq's foreign minister says the government has "solid information and intelligence" about al-Qaida militants infiltrating Syria from Iraq to carry out attacks.  Hoshyar Zebari told reporters Thursday that authorities are worried about