Search Results for: Al Qaeda

Taslima Nasreen tops hit list of Bangladeshi Islamist group that killed bloggers

Islamist militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team named 14 writers on the hit list.

Nov 3, 2015

Al Shabaab militants hack giraffe in 'tourism' video to call new recruits to join jihad in Kenya

The terror group promotes the 'tourism' of Kenya to entice Kenyans and foreigners to join the jihadist movement.

Nov 3, 2015

Isis plotting 'mass casualty attacks' in Britain: MI5 chief

More than 750 people from UK this year alone have travelled to Syria, Andrew Parker

Oct 29, 2015

Superspy Ajit Doval hopes to use Chhota Rajan to get Dawood Ibrahim

Indian govt will use every strategy to deport him, says Minister Kiren Rijiju

Oct 27, 2015

Britain's Blair admits 2003 Iraq invasion played a part in the rise of IS

Blair apologised for some mistakes in planning the war in an interview on Sunday.

Oct 25, 2015

Syria's Assad says ready to hold presidential elections, says RIA

Free Syrian Army rejects Moscow's idea of elections, calls it insincere.

Oct 25, 2015

Ashura: Millions gather across Iraq to commemorate slaying of Hussein

At mosques and shrines across Iraq, millions of Shiites, Iraqis and foreigners, commemorated the slaying of Prophet Mohammads grandson Hussein at the battle of Kerbala in 680 AD, an event that defines Shiism and its rift with Sunni Islam. Loudspeakers blared Ashura chants across the city of Kerbala, where hundreds of thousands of pilgrims dressed in black gathered outside the golden-domed Imam Hussein shrine.

Oct 24, 2015

Russia in Syria: 370, including civilians killed in Russian airstrikes, says SOHR

Russia is spending $4 million per day to keep Syrian ruler Assad in power.

Oct 21, 2015

Iraqi priest: Muslim neighbours turned against Christians after Isis captured Mosul

More than 100,000 Christians fled Mosul overnight after Isis captured the Iraqi city in June 2014.

Oct 20, 2015

Kerala: Anchal college magazine withdrawn over derogatory content on women, student editor suspended

Seasons 2015, the annual magazine of St Johns College in Anchal in Kollam has triggered controversy for insulting women.

Oct 16, 2015

US 2016 Elections: Hillary Clinton wins rival's backing over email scandal in Democratic debate

Clinton won unexpected support from chief rival Bernie Sanders on Tuesday .

Oct 14, 2015

Isis urges Muslim youths to join jihad against US, Russia

The message came just a day after the Al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front called for attacks against Russia.

Oct 14, 2015

Osama bin Laden was Pakistan's 'guest' when US forces killed him, reveals ex-defence minister Ahmed Mukhtar

The al-Qaeda founder was hunted down by the American forces at his fortress in military town Abbottabad and killed in a secret operation in May 2011.

Oct 13, 2015

Syria: Rockets hit Russian embassy in Damascus after Al-Nusra calls for attacks

The rocket attack comes after Al Nusra Front called for retaliation following Russian airstrikes in Syria.