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  Al-Nusra executed Lebanese soldier

  World | December 06, 2014 12:37 IST

  Damascus: The Al-Nusra Front, Al Qaeda's wing in Syria, has killed a Lebanese soldier and vowed to kill more in retaliation to the arrest of women by the Lebanese authorities.In an online video Friday by

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  Indian diaspora becoming vulnerable to terror attacks: Intelligence Bureau

  India | November 30, 2014 18:01 IST

  Guwahati: Describing ISIS and al-Qaeda as serious security challenges for India, Director of Intelligence Bureau Asif Ibrahim on Sunday said the Indian diaspora has become increasingly vulnerable to elements having allegiance to terror groups.Addressing a

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  15 killed, 14 injured in terror attack in China's Xinjiang

  World | November 29, 2014 16:25 IST

  Beijing: Fifteen people, including 11 “mobsters”, were killed and 14 others injured in a terrorist attack in China's restive Xinjiang province today.  The attack occurred Shache County in the northwestern province, state-run Xinhua news agency

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  State actors in Pakistan trying to destabilise India: Rajnath

  Politics | November 29, 2014 12:40 IST

  Guwahati: Blaming “state actors” in Pakistan for making attempts to destabilise India, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the neighbouring country has not abandoned its efforts to harm the country through “various tactics”.The Home Minister,

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  Al Qaeda-linked fighters target two Shia towns in Syria

  World | November 24, 2014 7:42 IST

  Damascus: The Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front and like-minded groups attacked two pro-government and predominantly Shia towns, in Syria's Aleppo province.The attack on the towns of Nubul and Zahra Sunday was apparently carried out by the

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  Government should take strategic view of activities in PoK: Doval

  India | November 23, 2014 7:24 IST

  New Delhi: Government needs to take strategic view and congnisance of the ongoing activities by China and Pakistan in the PoK and be prepared for possible consequences, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said today.According to

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  IS, Al-Qaeda come to agreement in Syria

  World | November 14, 2014 10:05 IST

  Istanbul: Militant leaders from the Islamic State group and al-Qaeda gathered at a farm house in northern Syria last week and agreed on a plan to stop fighting each other and work together against their

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  US-led air strikes in Syria hit Qaeda, Islamist rebels

  World | November 07, 2014 8:41 IST

  Beirut: US-led air strikes in Syria hit Al-Qaeda-linked militants and an Islamist rebel brigade in a rare expansion of weeks-long raids targeting the Islamic State group, a monitor said today.American media reported that 24-year-old French

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  Al Qaeda, IM teaming up to train terrorists: Intelligence officials

  India | November 06, 2014 14:24 IST

  New Delhi: Indian intelligence officials  have revealed that they have gathered evidences pointing towards growing ties between terror outfits al Qaeda and Indian Mujahideen.If intelligence reports are to be believed, they are giving training to

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  Hyderabad police seizes hard disks of Maharashtra SIMI operative

  India | November 06, 2014 7:06 IST

  Yavatmal: A Hyderabad police team has seized hard disks of two computers believed to have been used by Shah Mudassir alias Talha, a member of proscribed SIMI arrested along with an aide of the IM

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  Don't tarnish entire community: Maulana Mahmood Madani

  India | November 05, 2014 23:37 IST

  Kolkata: Accusing central agencies and Ministry of Home Affairs of being involved in witchhunting in the Burdwan blast case, Jamat-Ulama-e-Hind general secretary Maulana Mahmood Madani today alleged that a conspiracy is on to "tarnish" the

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  Islamic State militants now world's richest terror group: Experts

  World | October 24, 2014 15:12 IST

  Washington: The Islamic State has become the world's wealthiest terror group, generating tens of millions of dollars a month from black market oil sales, ransoms and extortion, officials said on Thursday.It earns US dollar 1

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  Maharashtra duo planning to join Al-Qaeda arrested in Hyderabad

  India | October 23, 2014 12:12 IST

  Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Police has arrested two persons for planning to leave for Afghanistan to get training from the Al-Qaeda.Police said that both the youngsters, hailing from Maharashtra, arrived here to meet their financier who

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  SIMI man among 2 on way to Afghanistan held in Secunderabad

  India | October 23, 2014 8:58 IST

  Hyderabad: A suspected SIMI operative and an aide of Indian Mujahideen media in-charge were arrested from Secunderabad today, with police saying they were allegedly planning to go to Afghanistan to get training from al-Qaeda for

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  Several gunshots fired near Canadian parliament in capital Ottawa

  World | October 22, 2014 22:09 IST

  Toronto:  Several gunshots were fired outside Canada's parliament in the capital Ottawa on Wednesday.The incident took place at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, just steps away from the nation's parliament.Witnesses reported seeing a man

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  NE, particularly Assam, facing threat from Al-Qaeda: Sonowal

  India | October 17, 2014 8:16 IST

  Tezpur (Assam): The northeast, particularly Assam is facing a serious threat from al-Qaeda and Jihadi militants, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal claimed here today."There is information that the al-Qaeda has base in most of the districts

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  'US-led air assault against IS to solve America's economic problem'

  World | October 17, 2014 6:56 IST

  New Delhi: The US-led air assault against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is just to "serve the US' own interest" and "solve America's economic problem", a Syrian official said here Thursday.A Syrian diplomat,

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  ISIS and Al Qaeda may join hands with Indian Mujahideen, says NSG DG Jayant Chaudhary

  India | October 16, 2014 19:05 IST

  New Delhi: The country's elite counter-terror force NSG on Thursday said global terror outfits like ISIS and al-Qaeda joining hands to launch and perpetrate a “multi-city multiple attack” on India “is more than a possibility”.The

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  US offers USD 45 mn bounty for eight terror leaders

  World | October 15, 2014 7:04 IST

  Washington:  The US said Tuesday it is offering rewards totalling up to 45 million dollars for information on eight key leaders of the Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) terrorist organisation.The US State Department

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  IS Jihadists Execute Iraqi Journalist, 12 Other People

  World | October 11, 2014 10:05 IST

  Samarra: Islamic State militants have executed an Iraqi news cameraman and 12 other people in several towns and villages north of Baghdad, officials, relatives and witnesses said.The jihadists yesterday shot dead Raad al-Azzawi, a 37-year-old