Al Qaeda
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Watch out Taliban! People of Pakistan are no more scared of you!
Life | Jan 31, 2015, 11:53 AM ISTIt's high time that those who instill terror in the hearts of innocent, should get a taste of their own medicine!As world stands united against terrorism across the globe, there are some who want their
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Seven Houthis killed in suspected Al Qaeda attack in Yemen
World | Jan 29, 2015, 07:18 AM ISTAden: At least seven Shia Houthi fighters were killed and five others injured in a suspected Al Qaeda attack in Yemen Wednesday, an official told Xinhua."Unknown gunmen believed to be Al Qaeda operatives attacked the
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Yemen president resigns under pressure from rebels
World | Jan 23, 2015, 07:03 AM ISTSanaa: Yemen's president today resigned under pressure from Shiite rebels who seized the capital in September and have confined the embattled leader to his home for the past two days.Presidential officials said Abed Rabbo Mansour
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26 bodies found in Iraq
World | Jan 21, 2015, 06:59 AM ISTBaghdad: Twenty-six bodies, including 15 civilians and 11 members of Kurdish security forces, were found in northern Iraq, an official said Tuesday.Search teams from the Kurdistan regional government and Iraqi human rights ministry found these
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Four killed in US drone strike in Pakistan
World | Jan 19, 2015, 01:52 PM ISTIslamabad: At least four people were killed Monday in a drone strike in northwestern Pakistan's tribal region, media reported.More casualties were feared in the attack that targetted a compound in the Shahi Khel area of
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Al-Qaeda video on Paris attacks authentic: US
World | Jan 15, 2015, 12:20 PM ISTWashington: An Al-Qaeda video claiming responsibility for the last week's bloodshed at the French satirical newspaper was "authentic", but US officials were cautious about holding the terrorist organisation responsible for the attack, a State Department
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Yemen's al Qaeda claims Paris attack, vows more violence
World | Jan 15, 2015, 08:58 AM ISTCairo: Yemen's al Qaeda branch on Wednesday confirmed it carried out last week's deadly assault on a French satirical newspaper to avenge cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, as it called for unity among jihadi ranks
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Al Qaeda praises Charlie Hebdo carnage as 'Blessed Battle of Paris'
World | Jan 14, 2015, 05:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, based in Yemen, has taken responsibility for the carnage carried out at the office of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo last week, in which 12 people, including
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Mullah Fazlullah, Taliban Chief who scripted Pakistan school massacre, branded global terrorist by US
World | Jan 14, 2015, 11:03 AM ISTWashington: The US designated Maulana Fazlullah, the chief of the Pakistani Taliban, as a global terrorist and slapped sanctions against him.Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had claimed responsibility for the December 16, 2014 attack on an army
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Al Qaeda magazine posts 'bomb recipe' to blow up passenger jets
World | Jan 12, 2015, 12:21 PM ISTLondon: Al Qaeda has provided its followers with a new "bomb recipe" with which an explosive device can be made using household goods avoiding metal components intended to evade airport security and blow up a
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London lights up in French tricolour to mark terror deaths
World | Jan 12, 2015, 10:08 AM ISTLondon: London's famous landmarks were lit up in the colours of the French national flag in tribute to the 17 people killed in the Paris terror attacks on Sunday night.The Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square and
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France hunts suspect, prepares for mass anti-terror rally
World | Jan 11, 2015, 04:54 PM ISTParis: France vowed to combat terrorism with "a cry for freedom" in a giant rally for unity today after three days of bloodshed that horrified the world.Police searched for a woman linked to the three
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France works to avert new terror attacks, suspect hunted
World | Jan 10, 2015, 10:25 PM ISTParis: France today deployed thousands of security forces to thwart new attacks and hunt down a suspected accomplice in a rampage by terrorists linked to al-Qaeda in Yemen that scarred the nation after the killing
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Charlie Hebdo attack: Yemeni Al Qaeda claims responsibility for shooting
World | Jan 10, 2015, 03:18 PM ISTParis: Al Qaeda's Yemeni arm has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, saying the shooting was an operation to teach the French the limits of freedom of expression,
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British cleric sentenced to life in prison on terror charges
World | Jan 10, 2015, 01:09 PM ISTNew York: A 56-year old British cleric has been sentenced to life in prison by a court here after being convicted of 11 terror-related charges, including providing material support to Al Qaeda and conspiring to
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India reacts sharply to US certification to Pakistan
India | Jan 05, 2015, 07:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: Reacting strongly to the US certification that Pakistan has curbed terror leading to more aid to Islamabad, India today asserted that its neighbour was not showing “sustained commitment” or “ceasing support” or dismantling
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Stop terrorists benefiting from transnational organised crime: UNSC
World | Dec 20, 2014, 07:47 AM ISTUnited Nations: The UN Security Council (UNSC) has called for global and regional cooperation and strategies to stop terrorists from reaping the benefits of transnational organised crime.In a resolution, the UNSC expressed its concern that
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CIA interrogators are heroes not torturers: Cheney
World | Dec 15, 2014, 08:02 AM ISTWashington: Former US vice president Dick Cheney Sunday defended America's now-banned program that tortured Al-Qaeda suspects, praising the CIA operatives who ran it as heroes."I'm perfectly comfortable that they should be praised, they should be
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Pakistan police arrest 5 militants working for al-Qaeda India
World | Dec 12, 2014, 07:17 PM ISTKarachi: For the first time, Pakistani police have arrested five militants, including a top commander of the newly formed al-Qaeda India (AQI) group, which had carried out the deadly terror attack on the country's strategic
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CIA's interrogations were brutal post 9/11, says US Senate report
World | Dec 10, 2014, 09:53 AM ISTWashington: The CIA's harsh interrogations of terrorist detainees during the Bush era were far more brutal than previously acknowledged and delivered no “ticking time bomb” information that prevented an attack, a long-delayed US Senate report