Al Qaeda
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'No burial at sea for Osama, body parts tossed over Hindu Kush'
World | May 12, 2015, 05:14 PM ISTWashington: Osama bin Laden was not given a burial at sea as claimed by the US and the al-Qaeda chief's body may have been torn to pieces by rifle fire with some parts tossed out
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Al Qaeda leader involved in Charlie Hebdo attack killed
World | May 08, 2015, 08:18 AM ISTWashington: A senior commander in Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has been killed in a US drone strike, according to an online video statement from the group spokesperson.It was not immediately clear when Nasr
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Five Major News Headlines of May 4
India | May 04, 2015, 09:21 PM ISTKumar Vishwas denies allegations of 'illicit relationship', says the complainant calls him 'bhaiya'AAP leader Kumar Vishwas today said that the rumours of his illicit relationship with an Aam Aadmi Party volunteer were being spread by
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Modi's words also to blame for ongoing war against Muslims: Al Qaeda
India | May 04, 2015, 11:55 AM ISTNew Delhi: In a video released by Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), its chief Mulana Asim Umar has mentioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi.In the video message posted by its media publicity wing As-Sahab
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US drone strikes leaves al-Qaeda in tatters in Pakistan
World | Apr 25, 2015, 07:49 AM ISTNew York: US drone strikes over the years targetting al-Qaeda's top leadership in Pakistan's tribal belt has left the terror group "in tatters", forcing the militant leaders to seek shelter in the remote mountains of
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Al-Qaeda leaders hiding in Afghanistan-Pak region remain a concern
World | Apr 24, 2015, 01:27 PM ISTWashington: The US has said top al-Qaeda leaders hiding in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region continues to be a concern stating that local authorities have limited willpower and capabilities in taking actions against the terrorist outfit.“There continues
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Al Qaeda's Indian branch leader killed by US
World | Apr 24, 2015, 07:26 AM ISTWashington: Ahmed Farouq, an American who died in a US counterterrorism airstrike in January, was the deputy emir of Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, or AQIS, a new branch of the terror group, according
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11 Indians evacuated from Yemen by Pakistani naval ship
World | Apr 05, 2015, 12:58 PM ISTIslamabad: Eleven Indians along with 172 others have been evacuated by a Pakistani ship from strife-torn Yemen's southeastern city of Mokallah, which is now almost entirely under control of al-Qaeda militants.The PNS Aslat set off
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Saudi Arabia to build military base near Yemen border
World | Mar 24, 2015, 07:55 AM ISTRiyadh: Saudi Arabia has decided to build a maritime military base near its border with Yemen due to increasing insecurity in the neighbouring country, a media report said on Monday.The military zone would be located
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1,953 killed in six months of coalition airstrikes in Syria
World | Mar 23, 2015, 04:22 PM ISTBeirut: At least 1,953 persons have been killed and hundreds more wounded after six months of bombing by the US-led international coalition against jihadis in Syria, Efe news agency reported citing the Syrian Observatory for
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Al-Qaeda chief spent years at an ISI camp in PoK: Reports
World | Mar 13, 2015, 12:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: In an another instance in Pakistan's growing links with the terrorist groups, the head of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) spent several years working at an ISI camp in PoK.According to the
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Jihadi cell dismantled in Spain, two arrested
World | Mar 11, 2015, 09:32 AM ISTMadrid: Two people have been arrested in a Spanish enclave as security forces dismantled a jihadi cell, according to media reports.The Spanish interior ministry revealed that rather than being a group dedicated to recruiting for
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Al Qaeda kills five soldiers in Yemen
World | Mar 09, 2015, 02:48 PM ISTSanaa: At least five soldiers were killed on Monday when Al Qaeda militants attacked key military positions in Yemen's Abyan province."Dozens of Al Qaeda militants attacked and invaded the headquarters of the 39th Armoured Brigade
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Nine militants killed in airstrikes in Syria
World | Mar 09, 2015, 07:27 AM ISTDamascus: At least nine militants of the Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front were killed Sunday when the US-led coalition struck their positions in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.The airstrikes
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US mall ups security after terror threat
World | Feb 24, 2015, 07:05 AM ISTWashington: The Mall of America in the US state of Minnesota has increased its security and is scheduled to maintain an "open-ended" alert after video threats made by the radical Somali Islamist Al Shabab movement,
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America 'not at war with Islam', says Obama
World | Feb 19, 2015, 05:40 PM ISTWashington: President Barack Obama has said that America is “not at war with Islam” but with people who have perverted the religion, asserting that terror groups like ISIS and al-Qaeda do not speak for a
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Islamic State militants find a foothold in chaotic Libya
World | Feb 19, 2015, 05:13 PM ISTCairo: Libya, virtually a failed state in recent years, has succeeded in one way: It's providing a perfect opportunity for the Islamic State group to expand from Syria and Iraq to establish a strategic foothold
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Osama bin Laden wanted to rebrand Al-Qaeda: White House
World | Feb 19, 2015, 11:32 AM ISTWashington: Frustrated over al-Qaeda's recognition as a global terror outfit, its chief Osama bin Laden wanted to change the name of the group to identify it more closely with Islam before he was killed by
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At war with people who have perverted Islam: Obama
World | Feb 19, 2015, 07:53 AM ISTWashington: President Barack Obama has said the US and its allies are not at war with Islam but with people who have perverted the religion, asserting that groups like ISIS and Al-Qaeda are desperate for
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Saudi princes gave support to al-Qaeda, reveals former operative
World | Feb 05, 2015, 04:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a shocking revelation which can send jitters in Saudi- US ties a former member of al-Qaeda has disclosed how the members from the Saudi royal family had aided the dreaded terrorist organization.