New Delhi: On August 7, 1998--the eighth anniversary of the deployment of U.S. troops to Saudi Arabia--two U.S. embassies in East Africa were bombed almost simultaneously by Al Qaeda. A massive truck bomb exploded outside
Washington, Aug 6: An intercepted secret message between al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri and his deputy in Yemen about plans for a major terror attack was the trigger that set off the current shutdown of many
Washington, Aug 5: U.S. diplomatic posts in 19 cities in the Muslim world will be closed at least through the end of this week, the State Department said on Sunday, citing “an abundance of caution.”State
Kabul, July 21: Afghanistan government said on Saturday that as many as 29 Taliban militants had been killed and 24 wounded in clashes and security operations since Friday morning.Twenty militants were killed during joint security
Paris, July 16: French national Philippe Verdon kidnapped and kept hostage by Al Qaeda-linked Islamists in 2011 in Mali has been killed, French President Francois Hollande said."The death of our compatriot Mr. Philippe Verdon is
Damascus, July 13: A member of the rebel Free Syrian Army's Supreme Military Council has been killed, allegedly by the Al Qaeda.The rebel command has also received many threats from the terror network.Mohammed Kamal al-Hamami
Boston, Apr 21: With one suspect dead and the other lying seriously wounded in a hospital, the FBI investigators are reviewing the suspected Boston Marathon bombers' motives and a visit made by one of them
Nairobi, Apr 19: A police chief says that a masked gunman believed to be a member of an al-Qaeda-linked Somalia militant group stormed a hotel in a Kenyan city near the border with Somalia and
Berlin, Apr 2: Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai wants the elusive Taliban chief Mullah Omar to run for President in next year's election so that people could “vote for or against him“.Mr. Karzai, in an interview
Manila,Philippines,Feb 3: Abu Sayyaf gunmen have freed two Filipino members of a Jordanian TV journalist's crew who were kidnapped by the al-Qaeda-linked militants last year as they set out to interview the extremists in their
London, Feb 1: The Al Qaeda has vowed a series of terror strikes against Britain over London's involvement in a French-led operation against Islamist rebels in Mali.The Sun said it was the first direct threat
Wahington,Jan 7 : Much before the US carried out the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden without informing Pakistan, the Bill Clinton administration had little faith in Islamabad when it came to sharing important
New Delhi, Oct 4: Ayman al-Zawahiri, who succeeded Osama bin Laden as the new chief of Al Qaeda, may be in Pakistan, says a new book.Zawahiri, an Egyptian cleric, became the new Al Qaeda chief
Moscow, Oct 3: Al Qaeda is responsible for the recent spate of forest fires in Europe, Russian security service chief Alexander Bortnikov claimed Wednesday.”Forest fires in European Union countries should be considered one of the
Dubai, Sept 27: Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has said in a latest video posted on a jihadist forum that his predecessor Osama bin Laden was blind in one eye.In the hour-long video, al-Zawahiri, dressed in
Washington, Sep 16: The US today ordered non-essential staff from its missions in Sudan and Tunisia to leave, as al-Qaeda called for fresh attacks on American embassies in the Arab world and West to avenge
Sanaa (Yemen), Sep 13: Yemen's defense minister narrowly escaped assassination Tuesday when a powerful car bomb ripped through his motorcade as it traveled in the nation's capital, killing at least 13 people in an attack
Cairo, Jul 23 :A man identifying himself as the leader of Al Qaeda's affiliate in Iraq says his fighters are planning new operations to free imprisoned members and claims they're returning to areas of the
Geneva, Jul 6: A U.N. agency says it's gravely concerned about rising violence against children in northern Mali, since the area was seized by al-Qaida-linked Islamist fighters and Tuareg rebels following a March coup.UNICEF says
Baghdad, Jul 5: Iraq's foreign minister says the government has "solid information and intelligence" about al-Qaida militants infiltrating Syria from Iraq to carry out attacks. Hoshyar Zebari told reporters Thursday that authorities are worried about
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