Musharraf hints Dawood Ibrahim in Karachi, asks 'Why should we help India?'
Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has hinted that fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, the key accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, is in Karachi.
Aug 31, 2017, 11:22 AM IST
Lebanon army declares pause in offensive against Islamic State on Syria border
"The army command announces a ceasefire beginning at 7:00 am to make way for the last phase of negotiations linked to the fate of the kidnapped soldiers," it said in a statement on Sunday.
Aug 27, 2017, 13:08 PM IST
Presence of Zakir Musa-led militant group not large in J&K: Army
Musa, who was earlier heading the Hizbul Mujahideen, quit the militant outfit in May and was later appointed the head of the al-Qaeda cell Ansar Ghazwat-Ul-Hind.
Aug 26, 2017, 16:41 PM IST
Nine killed in Philippines militant attack: Police
President Rodrigo Duterte has imposed martial law across the southern third of the Philippines, including Basilan, to quell the militant threat.
Aug 21, 2017, 13:52 PM IST
Al Qaeda Kashmir chief Zakir Musa trapped, search ops underway
According to ANI, a search operation is currently underway in Norpora village in Tral.
Aug 11, 2017, 19:57 PM IST
Suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist sent to 14-day police custody
Suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist Zeeshan Ali, deported to India from Saudi Arabia last evening, was on Thursday sent to police custody for two weeks in a case of alleged conspiracy, making provocative speeches to recruit Indian youths and establishing a base for the terror outfit.
Aug 10, 2017, 18:03 PM IST
'Qaeda' suicide bomber kills three Yemen soldiers
A suspected Al-Qaeda suicide bomber killed three Yemeni soldiers and wounded nine others in an attack Tuesday on an army position in the country`s south, military officials said.
Aug 08, 2017, 18:42 PM IST
Al-Qaeda sets up new outfit in Kashmir under Zakir Musa's aegis; govt ups vigil
The Union home ministry is keeping a close watch on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir following the announcement by terror organisation Al-Qaeda on setting up of a new outfit in Kashmir under the aegis of known militant Zakir Musa, an official said on Friday.
Jul 28, 2017, 21:24 PM IST
German military helicopter crashes in northern Mali: UN spokesman
A UN helicopter crashed in northern Mali on Wednesday in an apparent accident while serving with the 12,000-strong peacekeeping force in the country, a UN source told AFP.
Jul 26, 2017, 22:06 PM IST
Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen kill 3 Yemeni soldiers: Army
Three Yemeni soldiers have died in an attack by suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen on a local security chief in the southeastern Hadramawt province, the army said on Wednesday.
Jul 26, 2017, 19:47 PM IST
Militant video purports to show westerners held in Mali
President Emmanuel Macron said France and its African partners must work together to wipe out Islamist militants, at the opening of the summit in Mali's capital Bamako.
Jul 02, 2017, 20:27 PM IST
French President Emmanuel Macron in Mali for diplomatic push on Sahel anti-jihad force
The so-called "G5 Sahel" countries just south of the Sahara -- Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger -- have pledged to fight jihadists on their own soil with instability and Islamist attacks on the rise.
Jul 02, 2017, 11:27 AM IST
Al Qaeda in Mali releases video showing six foreign hostages alive
Al Qaeda`s Mali branch has released a proof-of-life video of six foreign hostages, including elderly Australian surgeon Arthur Kenneth Elliott and Frenchwoman Sophie Petronin, US-based monitoring group SITE said.
Jul 02, 2017, 10:05 AM IST
Pakistan officials concerned about militants returning from Syria
Pakistan's counter-terrorism officials are concerned about the battle-hardened and well- trained militants returning from Syria and fear that they could launch major terrorist attacks in the country.
Jul 01, 2017, 20:08 PM IST
Pakistan bans JuD front amid international pressure to curb terror funding
Pakistan has quietly banned Tehreek-e-Azaadi Jammu and Kashmir, a new front for Hafiz Saeed's Jamaat-ud-Dawa, as international pressure on the country grew, including from a global watchdog, to combat terror and its funding.
Jul 01, 2017, 14:17 PM IST
Qatar dismisses Gulf demands but says open for dialogue
Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Thursday that Doha was interested in negotiating legitimate issues concerning fellow Gulf states.
Jun 29, 2017, 15:44 PM IST
World hasn't done enough to destroy LeT, JeM safe havens: India at UN
Akbaruddin made the remarks during a UN debate themed “The situation in Afghanistan”.
Jun 23, 2017, 22:07 PM IST
US interrogates detainees in Yemen prisons rife with torture
Lawyers and families say nearly 2,000 men have disappeared into the clandestine prisons, a number so high that it has triggered near-weekly protests among families seeking information about missing sons, brothers and fathers.
Jun 22, 2017, 12:40 PM IST
Jihadists kill two, kidnap others in Mali army camp attack
MINUSMA began operations in 2013, providing security to and assisting Malian troops in a region which fell to jihadist groups linked to Al-Qaeda in March 2012.
Jun 17, 2017, 17:03 PM IST
Drone strike kills 3 Qaeda suspects in Yemen
For more than two years, Yemen has been locked in a devastating civil war between the Saudi-backed government and Shiite rebels who control the capital.
Jun 17, 2017, 16:56 PM IST
