Putin proposes anti-terror centre in SCO
June 7th, 2012 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday proposed establishing an anti-terrorism centre within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).Speaking at a SCO meeting, Putin said all SCO member ... Read more...
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Fingerprints confirm that Kenyan fugitive is none other than Samantha Lewthwaite
March 6th, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Nairobi, Mar 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Kenyan officials have confirmed that 7/7 widow Samantha Lewthwaite, wanted for her role in the 2005 bombings in the United Kingdom, has indeed entered the country. Samantha ... Read more...
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Bin-Laden’s death comes as “double blow” to already ‘wounded’ al-Qaeda: Experts
May 3rd, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 3 (ANI): The death of Osama bin-Laden had has come as a severe blow to the al-Qaeda, leaving it "wounded" and disorganised, experts have claimed."It's not the death knell ... Read more...
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Ishrat Jahan killing: Probe team gets access to judicial report
March 10th, 2011 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, March 10 (IANS) In the 2004 Ishrat Jahan shootout case, the Gujarat High Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) was Thursday given access to a magisterial report which is ... Read more...
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Kin of New York victims file Mumbai terror attack civil suit against ISI, Laskar-e-Toiba
November 23rd, 2010 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Nov.23 (ANI): Relatives of two New Yorkers murdered at a Hasidic center during the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, have filed a civil suit against Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency ... Read more...
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“Who’s Who” of Muslims linked to terrorists attending Capitol Hill prayers since 9/11
November 12th, 2010 - 5:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 12 (ANI): An Al Qaeda leader, the head of a designated terror organization and a confessed jihadist-in-training are among a "Who's Who" of controversial figures who have participated in weekly ... Read more...
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‘American Al-Qaeda militants now pose biggest terror threat to US’
October 27th, 2010 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 27(ANI): American Al-Qaeda militants are even more dangerous than foreign fighters, as they know the United States' psyche and its soft targets, and its local recruits can often move about ... Read more...
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Pakistan-Afghanistan border is ‘epicentre of terrorism’: US
October 2nd, 2010 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 2 (IANS) The United States is focused on Afghanistan and Pakistan as their border area has become the "epicentre of terrorism in the world" with several terror groups developing ... Read more...
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US designates Pakistani Taliban as terror organization
September 1st, 2010 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 1 (DPA) The US formally designated the Pakistani Taliban as a terrorist organization Wednesday, slapping sanctions and travel bans on its leadership.
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said ... Read more...
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Israel says Hamas refuses to allow flotilla aid
June 2nd, 2010 - 11:15 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D. C. (BNO NEWS) – An Israel Defence Spokesperson (IDF) and the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories said Wednesday that Hamas is refusing to allow flotilla aid into the ... Read more...
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Al-Qaida No. 3, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, Liquidated In An American Missile Assault
June 2nd, 2010 - 7:48 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 2, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, the No.3 male in the hierarchy of Al-Qaida, has been liquidated in an American missile assault in Pakistan's tribal areas in the ... Read more...
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New York terror suspect pleads guilty for plotting subway attack
February 23rd, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Feb 23(ANI): An airport shuttle driver, accused of hatching a plot to detonate homemade bombs inside New York's subway system, has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges.Najibullah Zazi entered the guilty ... Read more...
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Dawood’s D-Company in cahoots with LeT, Al Qaeda : US report
January 6th, 2010 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Jan 6 (IANS) With its deep pockets, and its reported cooperation with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Al Qaeda terror networks, Dawood Ibrahim's D-Company presents a credible a threat to US ... Read more...
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US secretly conducts twin missile strikes on Al Qaeda targets in ‘politically sensitive’ Yemen
December 19th, 2009 - 1:03 pm ICT by ANI
Sanaa (Yemen), Dec. 19 (ANI): Signalling an expansion in the Obama administration's fight against the Al-Qaeda, the United States has launched two missile strikes against the terror organization in Yemen, two Pentagon ... Read more...
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International forces should continue remain in Afghanistan: Krishna
November 19th, 2009 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
By Ravi ShankarKabul, Nov 15 (ANI): Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said here on Thursday that international forces should continue to stay in Afghanistan to bring about a balance ... Read more...
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Talks with Naxals only after they put arms down: Chidambaram
October 23rd, 2009 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 23 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram said here on Friday that the Centre can advice state governments to initiate a dialogue with Maoists only after the ultras ... Read more...
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Nuclear scientist among Hizb-ut-Tahrir members arrested in Islamabad
October 20th, 2009 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct. 20 (ANI): A Pakistani nuclear scientist is among 32 members of banned terror organization Hizb- ut-Tahrir who were arrested from Islamabad on Sunday.Rizwan Aleem, a nuclear scientist and a PhD ... Read more...
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No hand in Goa blast: Sanatan Sanstha
October 19th, 2009 - 6:34 pm ICT by IANS
Panvel (Maharashtra), Oct 19 (IANS) The Sanatan Sanstha, a Hindu right-wing group, Monday categorically denied any involvement in last Friday's Goa blast in which two people were killed and claimed it was ... Read more...
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Islamabad police arrests 35 highly educated activists of banned outfit
October 18th, 2009 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct.18 (ANI): The Islamabad police on Sunday arrested 35 people belonging to a banned terror organization Hizb- ut-Tahrir, including their key leaders.The activists of the banned organization, which included highly qualified ... Read more...
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Israeli travel advisory says India under terror threat
October 16th, 2009 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Oct. 16 (ANI): Israel has issued a new travel advisory asking its citizens to be wary about travelling to India.The warning issued by the country's Counter-Terrorism Bureau states that there is ... Read more...
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Taliban top leadership in Quetta, Pak must strike before it’s too late: US
October 15th, 2009 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct.15 (ANI): The United States has reiterated that the Taliban's top leadership is currently hiding in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, and that it was very important to dismantle it ... Read more...
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Physicist for Large Hadron Collider arrested for terror links
October 9th, 2009 - 11:04 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Geneva, Oct 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A physicist who was employed with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland has been arrested on suspicion of terror links ... Read more...
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Qaeda-backed LeT set for series of terror attacks in India, warns Israel’s NSC
September 18th, 2009 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
Tel Aviv, Sep.18 (ANI): Israel's National Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Bureau has issued a terror warning for India, saying a Pakistani terror group, having close links with Al-Qaeda, is planning to carry out ... Read more...
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US drone strikes slowly but surely breaking Pak Taliban’s back: Expert
September 17th, 2009 - 6:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep.17 (ANI): Experts believe that the US drones have successfully targeted Al-Qaeda and Taliban hideouts in Pakistan killing several top and most wanted extremist commanders.Analysts believe that elimination of tier ... Read more...
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Peres: U.N. report on Gaza war is “a mockery of history”
September 16th, 2009 - 8:21 pm ICT by BNO News
JERUSALEM (BNO NEWS) -- Israeli President Shimon Peres called the report by the United Nations' Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, headed by South African jurist Richard Goldstone, "a mockery of ... Read more...
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Israel says Goldstone Report supports terror
September 16th, 2009 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Sep.16 (ANI): Israel has described the Goldstone Commission Report as biased and nauseating, and added that it has created an unjust "equivalence of a democratic state with a terror organization".The commission, ... Read more...
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Runaway Ohio Muslim teen’s attorney says she’s in danger if she rejoins parents
September 1st, 2009 - 1:04 pm ICT by ANI
Ohio (US), Sep.1 (ANI): A 17-year-old girl who fled to Florida after converting from Islam to Christianity will be in "clear and present danger" if returned to Ohio due to her parent's ... Read more...
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Israel should back US plan for Mi-East peace, says its Defense Minister
August 5th, 2009 - 6:13 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Aug 5 (ANI): Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak has said that his country should back a US plan for peace in the Middle East."In the coming weeks, the Americans will conclude ... Read more...
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Mullen says Pak’s ISI fomented chaos in neighbouring countries
July 24th, 2009 - 9:10 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 24 (ANI): US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen has said that Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI is "fomenting chaos in its border countries". Admiral Mullen also ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda’s ‘deathly fear’ from US forces reflected in new book: Experts
July 10th, 2009 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 10 (ANI): A new book published by the Al Queda reveals that the terror organization is under immense pressure from the US-driven war on terror in Pakistan.Written by a senior ... Read more...
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Taliban could spread its wings in India too: Qureshi
June 15th, 2009 - 5:47 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, June 15 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has raised fears over the Taliban's expanding writ in the country saying that the outlawed terror organization could spread its nefarious ... Read more...
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Pak has ‘enough material’ against JuD, but could not produce it in court
May 28th, 2009 - 12:37 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, May 28 (ANI): The Pakistan government has 'enough material' against the Jamaat-ud- Dawa (JuD) leaders to prove that they have been involved in terror activities, but it could not produce it ... Read more...
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US unhappy with UK decision to reach out to Hizbullah
March 14th, 2009 - 2:51 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Mar 14 (ANI): A senior US official has expressed strong disagreement with the British decision to begin contacts with Lebanese terror group Hizbullah.The British Government hold an opposing view of ... Read more...
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Paks JuD clampdown result of incessant India, international pressure
January 16th, 2009 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 16 (ANI): The Pakistan Government announced that it had widened its crackdown on banned terror organization Lashkar-e-Toibas frontal outfit, Jammat-ud-Daawa, under consistent pressure from India and West to act ... Read more...
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Somalian terror outfit has close links to al Qaeda
November 26th, 2008 - 7:50 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Nov.26 (ANI): A Somalian terror outfit going by the name of Shabaab al Mujahideen, is reported to have close ties to Al Qaeda.
The Shabaab''s ultimate goal is to throw ... Read more...
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