Al Qaeda in Syria executes 14 `government forces`
Al-Qaeda`s Syrian affiliate Al-Nusra Front has executed 14 captured men it accused of fighting for President Bashar al-Assad, in retaliation for a regime advance near Damascus.
Jul 21, 2016, 18:04 PM IST
`Lone wolf` attacks rising, hard to track, warns Europol
The Islamic State group released a video purportedly featuring a 17-year-old migrant who went on an axe rampage on a train in southern Germany.
Jul 20, 2016, 16:49 PM IST
15 civilians dead in strikes on Syria Qaeda-held town: Monitor
A child was among at least 15 civilians killed in air strikes on an Al-Qaeda-held town in northwestern Syria on Friday, a monitoring group said.
Jul 08, 2016, 16:45 PM IST
Suspected jihadists seize airport army HQ in Yemen`s Aden
Suspected jihadists seized the headquarters of the military garrison at Aden airport on Wednesday after killing at least seven soldiers at the base in Yemen`s second city, military sources said.
Jul 06, 2016, 13:53 PM IST
At least 43, including several children, killed in Syria army shelling of rebel town
Fierce government bombardment of an opposition-controlled Syrian town has killed 43 people.
Jul 03, 2016, 11:44 AM IST
Al-Qaeda's Ayman al-Zawahiri warns US not to execute Boston bomber, others
The US will suffer the "gravest consequences" if Boston marathon bomber Dzokhar Tsarnaev or any other Muslim prisoners are executed, Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri warned in a video message circulated in social media on Friday.
Jul 01, 2016, 23:18 PM IST
Al-Qaeda wanted to swap PM's abducted son for Zawahiri's women
Pakistan's former premier Yusuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Haider Gilani claims to have been kidnapped by al-Qaeda to force the government to free some women family members of the terror group's chief Ayman al-Zawahiri.
Jun 28, 2016, 16:12 PM IST
Pakistan doesn't need F-16s, N-deals to fight terrorists: Afghanistan
Islamic State and al-Qaeda are trying to re-emerge in Afghanistan despite the recent "heavy blows", said Afghanistan`s Permanent Representative Mahmoud Saikal.
Jun 22, 2016, 13:43 PM IST
Groups like the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda want to make this war a war between Islam and America: Barack Obama
Groups like the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda want to make this war a war between Islam and America, or between Islam and the West.
Jun 15, 2016, 02:22 AM IST
Shabaab says it executed six 'spies' in Somalia
The United States has in recent years launched numerous drone strikes against Shabaab leaders, including the strike that killed its chief.
Jun 11, 2016, 17:36 PM IST
Islamic State terror group remains greatest global threat: Report
Along with IS, al-Qaeda and both groups' branches increased their focus on staging mass-casualty attacks.
Jun 03, 2016, 02:48 AM IST
Somalia forces end extremist siege of hotel, 15 killed
Officials say Somali security forces have ended a siege by extremist gunmen which killed least 15 people, including two members of parliament, at a hotel in the Somali capital after an all-night gunfight.
Jun 02, 2016, 15:05 PM IST
Taliban leader Mullah Mansour was living under ISI protection
The killing of Mullah Akhtar Mansour follows the similar elimination on Pakistani soil of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden (May 2, 2011).
May 27, 2016, 08:38 AM IST
Al-Qaeda country head killed in Pakistan
The country head of Al-Qaeda in Pakistan, Tayyab Nawaz alias Hafiz Abdul Mateen, was killed during an armed offensive by police in the country`s east Multan city.
May 21, 2016, 08:51 AM IST
120,000 Palestinian refugees flee Syria during war: UN
The Yarmouk camp is a large district in southern Damascus. It has recently become a stage of intense battles between the Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front and the Islamic State group.
May 13, 2016, 07:03 AM IST
Air strikes on Syria's Idlib kill 16 jihadists: Monitor
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said more than 60 air raids targeted the Abu Duhur military airport in Idlib province which Al-Nusra and allied Islamist fighters seized in September.
May 13, 2016, 03:29 AM IST
Algerian soldiers kill 7 Islamist extremists east of capital
The ministry said two men, identified as M. Ammar and R. Ali, had joined the armed insurgency in 1993 and 2001 respectively.
May 12, 2016, 02:38 AM IST
US sends troops to Yemen, steps up anti-Qaeda strikes
The Pentagon acknowledged for the first time Friday it has deployed US troops to Yemen since the country`s collapse last year to bolster government and Arab coalition forces battling Al-Qaeda.
May 07, 2016, 15:12 PM IST
US didn't trust Pakistan, so conducted Osama raid alone: Former CIA director Leon Panetta
Osama bin Laden was the founder of al Qaeda, the group that claimed responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
May 03, 2016, 11:04 AM IST
Funds from Gulf being used for radicalisation of youths in Kashmir: Officials
The flow of suspected hawala funds from Gulf countries is adding to the woes of security agencies in Kashmir Vallley as the illegal money is reported to be mainly used for creating infrastructure for radicalization of youths in a bid to wean them away from centuries old Sufi tradition.
Apr 24, 2016, 14:46 PM IST
