Al Qaeda

UK Gang Misused Billions Of Pounds To Fund Terror Networks In Pak: Report

World News | Press Trust of India | Monday April 1, 2019

A British Asian gang of fraudsters may have been involved in misusing billions of pounds of British tax-payers money to fund terrorist networks in Pakistan and Afghanistan, claims a UK media investigation based on police and intelligence files.

Saudi Arabia Revokes Osama Bin Laden's Son's Citizenship

World News | Reuters | Saturday March 2, 2019

Saudi Arabia has stripped citizenship from Hamza bin Laden, the son of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the interior ministry said in a statement published by the official gazette Umm Al Qura.

Those Supporting Elgar Parishad Similar To Al Qaeda: Shiv Sena

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 6, 2019

The Shiv Sena on Wednesday backed police action against activist and academician Anand Teltumbde, and sought to draw a parallel between those linked to the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune and terror outfit Al-Qaeda.

Key USS Cole Suspect Jamal al-Badawi Killed In US Airstrike, Says Trump

World News | Felicia Sonmez, The Washington Post | Monday January 7, 2019

Jamal al-Badawi, the Yemeni al-Qaida operative accused of organizing the 2000 attack on the USS Cole, has been killed in a US airstrike, President Donald Trump said Sunday.

Bomb Outside Shopping Centre Kills Two, Wounds 28 In Philippines

World News | Reuters | Monday December 31, 2018

A crude bomb, blamed by security forces on a small pro-ISIS terrorist group, killed two people and wounded dozens on Monday in the southern Philippines, an army commander said.

Video Shows Pervez Musharraf Seeking "Covert US Support" To Regain Power

World News | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 29, 2018

In an embarrassment to Pervez Musharraf, the former Pakistani dictator was seen in a series of video clips, seeking covert US support to regain power and telling American lawmakers that he was "ashamed" of Pakistan's spy agency ISI for being negligent about Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden's whereabouts.

In Signal Of US Frustration With Pak, Trump Cancels $1.66 Billion Aid

World News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 21, 2018

The US has suspended $1.66 billion in security assistance to Pakistan after President Donald Trump's directive, the Pentagon has said, in what experts believe is a strong signal of American frustration. The Pentagon's statement came days after Mr Trump said Pakistan does not do "a damn thing" for the US, alleging that its government had helped Al Q...

Pakistan Doesn't Do "A Damn Thing" For US, Says Donald Trump

World News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 18, 2018

President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his administration's decision to stop hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to Pakistan, saying the country does not do "a damn thing" for the US and its government had helped Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden hide near its garrison city.

"Very Concerned" Over Terror, US Says "Pak Certainly Needs To Do More"

World News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 15, 2018

Pakistan certainly needs to do more in its fight against terrorism and the Trump administration expects Islamabad to act against terror groups like the Haqqani network and Lashkar-e-Taiba in same way as it did against Al Qaeda after the 9/11 attacks, a top American official has said.

Japanese Journalist, Held Hostage In Syria, Heads Home After 40 Months

World News | Reuters | Thursday October 25, 2018

A Japanese journalist held hostage by Islamist terrorists for 40 months left for Japan from Turkey on Wednesday after being freed and said he was happy to be going home.

American Al Qaeda Recruit Recalls Health Risks, "Terrible Boredom"

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday September 19, 2018

The American man believed to have been the first to leave his country and join Al Qaeda after the 9/11 attacks, has written about his experience, describing jihadist training tactics and the "terrible boredom" of waiting for a mission.

Donald Trump In Pennsylvania On 9/11 To Honor Flight 93 Heroes

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday September 11, 2018

Seventeen years after the devastating 9/11 attacks, President Donald Trump heads to Pennsylvania on Tuesday to pay tribute, as his predecessors have done, to the men and women who died aboard hijacked Flight 93

Russia To Brief UN Security Council On Fate Of Syria's Idlib

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday September 11, 2018

Russia will brief the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday about the results of the Tehran summit it held with Iran and Turkey on the fate of Syria's Idlib province, diplomats said

In Viral Quiz Show Fail, Contestant Confuses Obama With Osama

Offbeat | Amrita Kohli | Thursday August 16, 2018

About a week ago, a contestant on the Turkish version of popular game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? went viral for using up two lifelines to answer where the Great Wall of China is located. Now, a similar game show fail has gone viral - this time because a constant confused former US President Barack Obama with Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden...

"I Probably Funded Al Qaeda": Indian-Origin Restaurateur Racially Abused

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 16, 2018

An Indian-origin restaurateur in the US has been racially targeted by a customer who referred to him and his family as "a tribe from India" and went on to comment that he "probably just funded Al-Qaeda" by eating at the hotel, according to a media report.