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Ex-Navy SEAL reveals Laden's head was put together for identification

In his book 'The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Bin Laden', the former Navy SEAL Team 6 shooter described Osama...

10 April 2017 8:53 AM IST

The US still has some 8,400 troops in Afghanistan. (Representational Photo: AFP)

US announces deployment of 1500 Alaska-based troops in Afghanistan

The announcement came days after the Pentagon said it would deploy some 300 US Marines to the southern province of...

8 April 2017 5:54 PM IST

The Pentagon has confirmed more than 70 air strikes on al-Qaeda targets in Yemen since February 28. (Photo: Representational/AP)

Al-Qaeda suspect killed in drone strike

The missile hit al-Qaeda's Ahmed Ali Saana as he was riding a motorbike in the town of Khabar al-Muraqasha in Abyan...

6 April 2017 4:12 PM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

A ban on the Brotherhood may extend to others

While many Trump advisers and supporters, have long opposed the Muslim Brotherhood, the new move has caused concern.

17 Feb 2017 4:48 AM IST

Last month, the Lok Sabha was informed that NIA and state security agencies have so far arrested 68 supporters of dreaded terror outfit ISIS in various parts of the country. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Orchestrating regime change: At what price?

Regime change, rooted in the nation's psyche, is a constant in US foreign policy regardless of who holds office.

19 Feb 2017 2:20 AM IST

Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was killed by US Navy Seals in a covert raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan in May 2011. (Photo: AFP)

'Osama moved to Afghanistan to oversee Benazir Bhutto's murder plot'

'Have taken revenge for our brothers and sisters of Jamia Hafsa, Lal Masjid,' letter found in bin Laden's home after...

28 Dec 2017 9:05 AM IST

Video grab of the recently released Al Qaeda video.

Mumbai police on alert after Al Qaeda video surfaces

Security sources said that such videos are propaganda tools of terror outfits to radicalise and recruit.

28 Dec 2017 6:18 AM IST

One of the other gang member Pradeep Babloo has come out of jail about a week ago and was in touch with the arrested accused. (Representational image)

US court jails Pak money changer, linked to terror groups, Dawood

Khanani was convicted on one count of conspiracy to commit laundering.

4 April 2017 4:34 PM IST

The inquiry, conducted last month, found that ISIS had used the weapon on civilians. (Photo: AP/File)

The road to impunity

The US President has given his forces expanded targeting authority against Al Qaeda and its local affiliate Al Shabaab...

4 April 2017 12:13 AM IST

Maharashtra-based ISIS suspect Mudbabir Shaik (Accused No. 3) also took part in the meeting, the chargesheet says. (Photo: AP)

Malaysia, Indonesia forces join Philippines to fight against ISIS...

The conflict in the city of Marawi has raised fears that the ISIS group's violent ideology is gaining a foothold in the...

13 Jun 2017 1:48 PM IST

ISIS has been turning its sights on targets outside its base in the Sinai, putting more pressure on the government and presenting extra challenges for security services. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Homegrown extremists bigger threat than ISIS fighters in US, Europe

Experts say that kind of self-radicalised attacker, completely unknown to authorities, is the main threat countries face...

17 Dec 2017 12:46 PM IST

The core of al Qaeda leadership is still in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the official pointed out. (File Photo) AP)

US air strikes in Yemen kills Al-Qaeda propaganda chief

Strikes came as Washington revealed that US forces have carried out more than 120 air strikes against jihadists in...

21 Dec 2017 8:03 PM IST