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Al-Qaeda threatens suicide attacks in India over remarks on Prophet

Intelligence agencies have asked all the states to be on high alert after terror outfit Al-Qaeda issued a letter threatening suicide attacks in India

Relationship between Taliban, Al Qaeda remains close: UNSC report

The report estimated that an approximate presence of "180 to 400 fighters affiliated with Al Qaeda" from "Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Pakistan" are settled in Afghanistan

Clash within civilisations

The world has changed in a manner nobody had imagined. Definitely not those who imagined that people need to be divided by religion, culture, civilisational differences to go to war with each other

Al Qaeda, Islamic State reconstituting in Afghanistan: US official

A top US official has claimed that the Al Qaeda and Islamic State (IS) terror groups were "reconstituting" in Afghanistan.

Standoff ends safely at Texas synagogue, man demanded Pak convict's release

'Prayers answered. All hostages are out alive and safe,' says Texas governor.

Al-Qaeda group in Afghanistan has grown 'slightly': Top US commander

The al-Qaida extremist group has grown slightly inside Afghanistan since US forces left in late August, the top US commander in the region said

5 killed in blast claimed by al-Qaeda-linked group in Mogadishu

Witnesses say a large explosion has occurred in a busy part of Somalia's capital during the morning rush hour, killing at least five people and wounding others

Frontier of warfare? Wrong to securitise civil society discourse

Creating suspicion about civil society undermines its robustness and contribution to nation building

Taliban failed to honour Doha accord, never renounced Al-Qaeda: US general

General Mark Milley said it is clear the war in Afghanistan did not end on the terms the United States wanted, with the Taliban now in power in Kabul.

Afghanistan crisis: Taliban 'conundrum' is forcing strange bedfellows

Now that unlikely group of geopolitical rivals find their interests aligned once more, only this time to see those same Taliban leaders restore order in a nation of 38 million

How 9/11 attacks turned America into a debased, half-crazed, fading power

America launched a bad-faith global crusade to instill democracy in the Muslim world and ended up with its own democracy in tatters.

Taliban escalated terror attacks, protected Al-Qaeda, says Pentagon

Taliban escalated its own terror attacks across Afghanistan, including female government officials, aid and healthcare workers and protected al-Qaeda even while it was negotiating with the US govt

Al Qaeda will probably come back to Afghanistan: UK Defence Secy

Al Qaeda "will probably come back" as the situation in Afghanistan deteriorates, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said.

Alleged al-Qaeda linked terrorists sent to custody for two weeks in UP

An NIA/ATS court on Monday sent the two alleged terrorists of the Al-Qaeda-supported Ansar Ghazwatul Hind arrested from the outskirts of Lucknow to 14-day police custody

After UP Police arrests 2 Al Qaeda terrorists, Bihar Police issues alert

The Bihar State Police Headquarters on Sunday issued an alert in all districts and railway stations after two terrorists linked with Al Qaeda were arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow

UN report claims Taliban and Al-Qaeda remain closely aligned, no changes

A report by the UN Monitoring Team has said that the Taliban still maintains close ties with Al Qaeda.The 18-member States report released on Wednesday said, "the Taliban and Al-Qaeda remain closely aligned and show no indication of breaking ties. No material changes to this relationship, which has grown deeper as a consequence of personal bonds of marriage and shared partnership in struggle, now cemented through second generational ties," reported Tolo News.The report comes amid US troops withdrawal from Afghanistan and plan to leave completely by September 11.As part of last year's agreement between the preceding Trump administration and the Taliban, the group promised to instruct its members "not to cooperate with groups or individuals", reported Tolo News."While the Doha agreement has set some expectations for a break in the longstanding relationship between the Taliban and Al Qaeda, the publicly available text of the agreement does not define expectations, and its annexes remain .

Russia denies Mike Pompeo's allegation of links between Iran, al-Qaeda

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that there is no evidence of Iran's ties with terrorist group al-Qaeda, after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made such an accusation.

Pompeo says Iran sheltering al-Qaeda; confirms death of group's 2nd-in-line

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo accused Iran of sheltering al-Qaeda asserting that the middle eastern country has become a new "home base" for the terror outfit

Mike Pompeo says al Qaeda has new home in Iran, gives no hard evidence

Pompeo told a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington that he was announcing publicly for the first time that al-Masri died on Aug. 7 last year.

United States says it won't allow Daniel Pearl's killer to evade justice

The US has said it is ready to take custody of British-born al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh