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Russia denies Mike Pompeo's allegation of links between Iran, al-Qaeda

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that there is no evidence of Iran's ties with terrorist group al-Qaeda, after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made such an accusation.

Pompeo says Iran sheltering al-Qaeda; confirms death of group's 2nd-in-line

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo accused Iran of sheltering al-Qaeda asserting that the middle eastern country has become a new "home base" for the terror outfit

Mike Pompeo says al Qaeda has new home in Iran, gives no hard evidence

Pompeo told a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington that he was announcing publicly for the first time that al-Masri died on Aug. 7 last year.

United States says it won't allow Daniel Pearl's killer to evade justice

The US has said it is ready to take custody of British-born al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh

Afghan military airstrikes kill 11 Al-Qaeda, 2 Taliban terrorists

Afghan Air Force (AAF) strikes launched in Helmand province's Nawa district have left 11 members of Al-Qaeda and two Taliban terrorists dead, the Afghan Ministry of Defence said on Sunday

Daniel Pearl murder: Sindh govt halts release of Omar Sheikh, 3 others

Pakistan's Sindh province government has decided not to release British-born al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and his three aides, accused of kidnapping and murdering US journalist Daniel Pearl, in view of a Supreme Court order, according to a media report. In a surprise move, a two-judge bench of the Sindh High Court on Thursday directed security agencies not to keep Sheikh and other accused under "any sort of detention" and declared all notifications of the Sindh government related to their detention "null and void". The court observed that the four men's detention was "illegal". The court, however, had clarified that the accused should not be released if there is a Supreme Court restraining order regarding their detention. Citing its sources, the Express Tribune newspaper said that the provincial government will not release these men in view of the Supreme Court's September 28 order. The Pakistan People's Party-led Sindh government believes that the apex court's September

US concerned over Pak court's order to release accused in Daniel Pearl case

The US on Friday expressed "deep concern" over a Pakistani court's order to release British-born al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh

Elements inside Pakistan army had links to Al-Qaeda: Barack Obama

In his latest book, America's first Black president described the various options of killing Bin Laden once it became increasingly clear that the elusive Al Qaeda chief was living in Pakistan

Al-Qaeda mastermind Mohsen Almisri killed by Afghan forces in Andar

Al-Qaeda mastermind Mohsen Almisri was killed in an operation conducted by Afghan forces in Andar district in Ghazni province, the National Directorate of Security said on Saturday

Al-Qaeda still close to Taliban despite assurance to cut ties: UN official

According to the UN official, the Taliban consulted on regular basis with al-Qaeda during the peace negotiations with the US

Al-Qaeda in Indian subcontinent capable of small-scale attacks: US official

AQIS was set up by al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in 2014 to expand the terror group's influence in the region

Delhi court sends 6 alleged Al-Qaeda terrorists to 4-day NIA custody

Six out of nine accused were produced before Additional Sessions Judge Parveen Singh, who sent them to NIA custody after the agency sought the same

More people in West Bengal working for al-Qaeda, NIA official warns

On interrogating the six arrested from Murshidabad on Saturday, the NIA sleuths have unearthed the identities of two persons from Malda working in tandem with them

Fully prepared to deal with any form of terror threat: Security officials

The city of Kochi is prepared to deal with any form of terror threat, top security officials said on Saturday, hours after the NIA arrested nine al-Qaeda cadres during raids here and in West Bengal

NIA arrests nine Al Qaeda terrorists planning attacks in Delhi-NCR

Following raids in West Bengal and Kerala, NIA arrested nine militants linked with the Al Qaeda terror group, who were planning attacks at several key installations in Delhi-NCR

19 years of 9/11 attacks: Some lesser known facts

The ultimate target of Flight 93 remains one of the biggest mysteries of 9/11

Pakistanis lead al-Qaida faction, other terrorist groups in Asia: UN report

Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent operates under the Taliban umbrella it is led by Pakistan-born Osama Mahmood, say UN monitors

French troops kill head of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in Mali

French Defence Minister Florence Parly said Abdelmalek Droukdel had led all the AQMI operations in northern Africa and the region of Sahel

Pak SC to hear appeal against acquittal of accused in Daniel Pearl's murder

Pearl, the 38-year-old South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, was abducted and beheaded while he was in Pakistan investigating Al-Qaeda-ISI link in 2002

Toward a coherent strategy for Covid-19

Having a strategy is essential. But equally important is that the strategy accurately describe the economic problem at hand