Terror Groups

Paul Rusesabagina, the "Hotel Rwanda" hero turned government critic, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Monday after being convicted of terrorism in a trial that supporters say was politically motivated.

The leader of an ISIS-linked terrorist network in Indonesia, Ali Kalora, was killed in a shootout with security forces, police said Sunday.

A woman who lost her British citizenship after joining the Islamic State group said Wednesday she would be prepared to return to face terror charges so she can prove her innocence.

The BRICS countries have agreed not to recognise the Taliban government in Afghanistan until they receive assurances that the terror group will comply with the prescripts of international law, South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said Friday.

Terming the situation in Afghanistan as "very fragile", India has said it is important that the Taliban adheres to its commitment to not allow the use of the Afghan soil for terrorism, including from terror groups designated under Security Council re

The five-nation grouping of BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) has adopted a "Counter Terrorism Action Plan" and "we have to ensure that BRICS is more productive in next 15 years," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in address to the virtu

The Taliban drew from its inner high echelons to fill top posts in Afghanistan's new government on Tuesday, including an associate of the Islamist militant group's founder as premier and a wanted man on a U.S. terrorism list as interior minister.

The Biden administration is quietly pressing Pakistan to cooperate on combating terrorist groups such as the ISIS-K and Al Qaeda following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, according to a set of leaked documents and diplomatic cables to a

The European Union is ready to engage with the new Taliban government in Kabul but the Islamist group must respect human rights, including those of women, and not let Afghanistan become a base for terrorism, the EU foreign policy chief said on Friday

Three Taliban sources said the terror group had on Friday seized the Panjshir valley north of Kabul, the last province of Afghanistan holding out against it, although a resistance leader denied it had fallen.

An attacker inspired by the Islamic State group stabbed six people at a New Zealand supermarket on Friday before police who had the man under surveillance shot him dead, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.

Amid India's concern that Afghanistan territory might be used for anti-India activity under the Taliban regime, the terror group has said that it has the right to raise its voice for Muslims anywhere including in Kashmir.

After the last American soldier left Afghanistan on August 31 midnight, the terror outfit Al Qaeda released a statement in which it called for "global jihad" to liberate "Islamic lands", and mentioned Kashmir.

Omar Abdullah, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, said if India doesn't consider the Taliban a terror organisation, then it must get them de-listed from the UN's list of such groups. If not, then there ought to be no such talks, he said.

Chief Minister Amarinder Singh warned, "Nobody will be allowed to disturb the hard-earned peace of Punjab and again plunge our people into the dark abyss of the terrorism days, which took thousands of innocent lives."

Paul Rusesabagina, the "Hotel Rwanda" hero turned government critic, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Monday after being convicted of terrorism in a trial that supporters say was politically motivated.

The leader of an ISIS-linked terrorist network in Indonesia, Ali Kalora, was killed in a shootout with security forces, police said Sunday.

A woman who lost her British citizenship after joining the Islamic State group said Wednesday she would be prepared to return to face terror charges so she can prove her innocence.

The BRICS countries have agreed not to recognise the Taliban government in Afghanistan until they receive assurances that the terror group will comply with the prescripts of international law, South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said Friday.

Terming the situation in Afghanistan as "very fragile", India has said it is important that the Taliban adheres to its commitment to not allow the use of the Afghan soil for terrorism, including from terror groups designated under Security Council re

The five-nation grouping of BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) has adopted a "Counter Terrorism Action Plan" and "we have to ensure that BRICS is more productive in next 15 years," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in address to the virtu

The Taliban drew from its inner high echelons to fill top posts in Afghanistan's new government on Tuesday, including an associate of the Islamist militant group's founder as premier and a wanted man on a U.S. terrorism list as interior minister.

The Biden administration is quietly pressing Pakistan to cooperate on combating terrorist groups such as the ISIS-K and Al Qaeda following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, according to a set of leaked documents and diplomatic cables to a

The European Union is ready to engage with the new Taliban government in Kabul but the Islamist group must respect human rights, including those of women, and not let Afghanistan become a base for terrorism, the EU foreign policy chief said on Friday

Three Taliban sources said the terror group had on Friday seized the Panjshir valley north of Kabul, the last province of Afghanistan holding out against it, although a resistance leader denied it had fallen.

An attacker inspired by the Islamic State group stabbed six people at a New Zealand supermarket on Friday before police who had the man under surveillance shot him dead, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.

Amid India's concern that Afghanistan territory might be used for anti-India activity under the Taliban regime, the terror group has said that it has the right to raise its voice for Muslims anywhere including in Kashmir.

After the last American soldier left Afghanistan on August 31 midnight, the terror outfit Al Qaeda released a statement in which it called for "global jihad" to liberate "Islamic lands", and mentioned Kashmir.

Omar Abdullah, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, said if India doesn't consider the Taliban a terror organisation, then it must get them de-listed from the UN's list of such groups. If not, then there ought to be no such talks, he said.

Chief Minister Amarinder Singh warned, "Nobody will be allowed to disturb the hard-earned peace of Punjab and again plunge our people into the dark abyss of the terrorism days, which took thousands of innocent lives."