Mumbai: Terming the arrested 13/7 accused Haroon Naik as "a very, very important member of Indian Mujahideen", Maharashtra ATS on Friday said he had undergone rigorous terror training in Pakistan and fought alongside al Qaeda in Afghanistan against "enemies" in the name of jihad. The Anti-Terrorism Squad was on Wednesday granted custody of jailed IM operative Naik in the blasts case as he was suspected of having participated in the...
07:26 PM, Feb 03, 2012
London: Four radical Islamists admitted in court on Wednesday plotting to bomb the London Stock Exchange as part of a campaign of al Qaeda-inspired attacks across the British capital in the run-up to Christmas 2010. The conspiracy included plans to post bombs to the United States Embassy and the home of London Mayor Boris Johnson. Police foiled the plot at an early stage before firm dates were agreed or explosive...
01:22 AM, Feb 02, 2012
London: Four British men pleaded guilty on Wednesday to involvement in an al Qaeda inspired plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange. The men were among nine defendants facing trial in London over an alleged plot to attack the exchange and several other high-profile targets in December 2010. All had initially pleaded not guilty to all the charges against them. But on Wednesday four of the defendants pleaded guilty at...
04:48 PM, Feb 01, 2012
Srinagar: A radical Kashmiri women's group on Friday held an anti-US protest against the imprisonment and alleged sexual assault on Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui, who is serving a prison term in an American jail. Dukhtaran-e-Millat members led by its leader Aasiya Andrabi raised anti-US slogans and burned an American flag to protest against the alleged sexual abuse of the Pakistani born scientist, who is serving 86 years prison-term in the...
07:03 PM, Jan 27, 2012
Baghdad: The US pulled its troops out of Iraq because its economy is collapsing and it needed to save money, an al Qaeda front group said in a message posted on its website on Wednesday, its first online comment since the US completed its pullout last month after nine years of war. Al Qaeda was one of the main US enemies in Iraq. It was behind some of the deadliest...
02:42 AM, Jan 26, 2012
Baghdad: Two bombs exploded near Shi'ite pilgrims travelling through Iraq's capital on Monday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 52 others, police and hospital sources said. Thousands of Shi'ites are making the annual pilgrimage to the holy city of Kerbala for the Arbain religious rite amid Iraq's worst political crisis in a year after the Shi'ite-led government moved against two prominent Sunni politicians. The crisis threatens to unravel Iraq's...
02:23 AM, Jan 10, 2012
Baghdad: A wave of bombings targeting Shiites in Iraq killed 72 people on Thursday, deepening sectarian tensions that exploded just after the last American troops left the country in mid-December. The coordinated attacks targeting Shiites bore the hallmarks of Sunni insurgents linked to al-Qaida, although there was no immediate claim of responsibility. The bombings began early in the morning when explosions struck two Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad, killing at least...
12:29 AM, Jan 06, 2012
Washington: The United States wants a good counter-terrorism relationship with Pakistan as it's in the interests of both the countries, a top American official said on Wednesday. "It is essential that we have a good counter-terrorism relationship with Pakistan and we believe it's in both of our nations' interests," Daniel Benjamin, Coordinator for Counter-terrorism, said at a special State Department briefing held to announce the creation of Bureau of Counter-terrorism....
08:22 AM, Jan 05, 2012
Dera Ismail Khan: Prominent al qaeda and Afghan Taliban fighters asked Pakistani militants in a pair of rare meetings to set aside their differences and step up support for the battle against US-led forces in Afghanistan, militant commanders said on Monday. The meetings were held in Pakistan's tribal region in November and December at the request of the Afghan Taliban's leadership council. They could indicate the militants are struggling in...
05:21 AM, Jan 03, 2012
On this special episode we look back at all the big stories of the year 2011. ...
10:07 PM, Dec 31, 2011
Baghdad: A wave of 16 bombings ripped across Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 69 people in the worst violence in Iraq for months. The apparently coordinated attacks struck days after the last American forces left the country and in the midst of a major government crisis between Shiite and Sunni politicians that has sent sectarian tensions soaring. The bombings may be linked more to the US withdrawal than the...
02:23 AM, Dec 23, 2011
Baghdad: A wave of at least 14 bombings ripped across Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing at least 60 people in the worst violence Iraq has seen for months. The apparently coordinated attacks struck days after the last American forces left Iraq and in the midst of a major government crisis between the country's top Shiite and Sunni political leaders that has sent sectarian tensions soaring. The bombings may be linked...
02:02 PM, Dec 22, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistan wants new rules of engagement with the US and an assurance of "no Abbottabad-like unilateral action in future", Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said. The prime minister was referring to the May 2 killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden by US commandos who carried out the daring raid by swooping into Abbottabad town without informing Pakistan. Gilani on Wednesday said that Pakistan wanted new rules...
12:41 PM, Dec 22, 2011
Dubai: US-born al Qaeda militant Anwar al-Awlaki, killed in a CIA drone strike in September, posthumously called on US Muslims to join the group in the Middle East in a video released on Tuesday. Awlaki, identified by US intelligence as "chief of external operations" for al Qaeda's Yemeni branch and a Web-savvy publicist for the Islamist cause, was killed in a remote Yemeni town by missiles fired from multiple CIA...
07:49 AM, Dec 21, 2011
Boston: A US man was convicted on Tuesday of conspiring to help al-Qaeda and plotting to kill US soldiers in Iraq. Tarek Mehanna faced four terror-related charges and three charges of lying to authorities. A federal jury in Massachusetts convicted him of all counts. Prosecutors said Mehanna and two friends conspired to go to Yemen so they could receive training at a terrorist camp with the intention of going to...
01:12 AM, Dec 21, 2011
Baghdad: US forces formally ended their nine-year war in Iraq on Thursday with a low key flag ceremony in Baghdad, while to the north flickering violence highlighted ethnic and sectarian strains threatening the country in years ahead. "After a lot of blood spilled by Iraqis and Americans, the mission of an Iraq that could govern and secure itself has become real," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said at the ceremony at...
03:47 AM, Dec 16, 2011
Washington: Strongly defending his record as US President during the nearly first three years of his tenure, Barack Obama has said he deserves to be re-elected as he has not only revived the nation's economy, but also secured the country. "Not only saving this country from a great depression, not only saving the auto industry, but putting in place a system in which we are going to start lowering health...
07:03 AM, Dec 13, 2011
Islamabad: Three of Osama bin Laden's widows, who were captured following the US raid that killed the al-Qaeda leader, are soon expected to leave Pakistan after seven months in custody. According to a media report, the three women " two Saudis and one Yemeni " were picked up by Pakistani security officials early on the morning of May 2 in Abbottabad, just minutes after US Navy SEALs killed bin Laden...
01:39 PM, Dec 10, 2011
London: After Taliban in Afghanistan, an Islamic terrorist group has opened a Twitter account as it bids to win a PR war in the bloody battle for control of Somalia. Al-Shabaab, which has links to al Qaeda, registered the account @HSMPress on September 16 but only delivered its first tweet on Thursday, The Daily Mail reported on Friday. The name of the account gives some idea of why it has...
05:59 PM, Dec 09, 2011
Dubai: Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of an American man in Pakistan and demanded the release of prisoners and an end to air strikes in Muslim countries in exchange for his freedom, according to an Internet statement. Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri also said in an audio recording issued on Islamist websites late on Thursday that a senior al Qaeda leader based in Pakistan known as Attiyatullah...
01:12 PM, Dec 02, 2011
