al-Qaeda

Lahore: At least 200 religious scholars in Pakistan have issued a fatwa terming suicide attacks as "un-Islamic" and said the Islamic governments are bound to crush rebel groups like the Taliban, ISIS and al-Qaeda. "Tehreek-i-Taliban…
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Dhaka: Suspected Islamists today hacked to death a secular blogger near his home in northeastern Bangladesh, the third such deadly attack since February in the Muslim-majority nation. Ananta Bijoy Das died instantly after a gang of masked…
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London: 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 passenger jet. The terror…
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Washington: Even as its 13-year-long war in Afghanistan comes to an end this month, America continues to face "security challenges" around the globe, in particular from the sudden rise of ISIS, President Barack Obama has said. "Even as our…
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Peshawar: The chief of al-Qaeda's global operations, wanted by the US over a 2009 plot to attack the New York subway system, was killed in a raid in Pakistan's restive tribal region, the country's military said today. Saudi-born Adnan…
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From Yoshita Singh New York, Sep 23 (PTI) Slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's son-in-law Sulaiman Abu Ghayth was today sentenced to life in prison for conspiring to kill US nationals and providing material support to…
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New Delhi/London :  Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has announced the creation of a South Asian branch of his group to "raise the flag of jihad" in the Indian sub-continent, causing concerns here. In a 55-minute video posted online,…
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Beijing : In a rare public admission of Pakistani links to militancy in China's Muslim-majority Xinjiang province, the official media here today said the co-founder of al-Qaeda linked East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) was…
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