New leader for Al-Qaeda’s infamous but struggling Yemen branch DUBAI: Saad al-Awlaki has taken the helm of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula after the death its former leader,... Published 29 Mar, 2024 04:45am
World ‘170 people executed’ in attacks on Burkina villages: prosecutor OUAGADOUGOU: Around 170 people were “executed” in attacks on three villages in northern Burkina Faso a week ago, a... Published 03 Mar, 2024 01:43pm
Editorials TTP and its Afghan hosts EDITORIAL: Speaking at an Asia Society event in New York on Wednesday, interim Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani... Published 24 Sep, 2023 03:21am
Editorials Afghan spillover EDITORIAL: Islamabad understands the UN’s (United Nation’s) concerns about TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) and... Published 01 Sep, 2023 05:41am
World US military mission in Niger in focus after coup WASHINGTON: Last month’s coup in Niger has raised questions over whether the United States can continue the... Published 10 Aug, 2023 10:15am
World Afghan Taliban say Biden 'acknowledged reality' about Al-Qaeda KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Saturday seized on an off-the-cuff remark by US President Joe Biden to... Updated 01 Jul, 2023 05:59pm
World Taliban kill IS ‘mastermind’ of Kabul airport attack: White House WASHINGTON: The Taliban government has killed the alleged mastermind of a devastating suicide bomb attack at the... Published 26 Apr, 2023 09:06am
Opinion The MbS reset The Arab press hasn’t buzzed like this since al Qaeda (AQ) hijacked the so-called Arab Spring in Libya and Syria,... Published 16 Mar, 2023 06:01am
Pakistan Punjab CTD arrests 12 alleged terrorists linked to TTP, Al-Qaeda The Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has arrested 12 alleged terrorists belonging to the outlawed... Updated 10 Mar, 2023 07:26pm
World Al-Qaeda confirms top figure killed in Yemen strike: monitor DUBAI: Al-Qaeda on Sunday confirmed the death of a senior figure in the militant network’s Yemen branch in a... Published 05 Mar, 2023 08:58pm
World Top Al-Qaeda figure killed in Yemen air strike: sources DUBAI: A senior Al-Qaeda figure was killed in a suspected US air strike in war-torn Yemen, security and local... Updated 05 Mar, 2023 08:58pm
World Nine killed in central Somalia car bombings MOGADISHU: At least nine people were killed and several others wounded in simultaneous car bomb attacks in a town in... Published 04 Jan, 2023 12:41pm
World US brands South Asian Al-Qaeda, TTP militants as global terrorists WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday announced it was designating South Asian Al-Qaeda and Tehreek-e-Taliban... Published 02 Dec, 2022 11:19am
World Four dead in hotel siege in Somali capital: security agency MOGADISHU: At least four people were killed in an ongoing attack by Al-Shabaab militants who laid siege to a popular... Published 28 Nov, 2022 12:36pm
Pakistan Oldest Guantanamo Bay prisoner released to Pakistan: foreign ministry Businessman Saif Ullah Paracha, like most detainees at Guantanamo, was never formally charged and had little legal power to challenge his detention Updated 29 Oct, 2022 03:00pm
World US says four jihadists killed in Somalia air strikes WASHINGTON: The US military said Wednesday it carried out three air strikes north of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu,... Published 11 Aug, 2022 04:35am
Print Taliban say were not aware al-Zawahiri in Kabul, warn US ISLAMABAD/KABUL: The Taliban on Thursday said the government had no information about al Qaeda leader Ayman... Published 05 Aug, 2022 06:27am
Editorials Ayman al-Zawahiri EDITORIAL: One of the world’s most hunted terrorists with a $25 million bounty on his head, Ayman al-Zawahiri, who... Published 04 Aug, 2022 06:44am
Print Tight-lipped Taliban leaders gather after Zawahiri killed KABUL: Top leaders of Afghanistan’s Taliban were holding discussions on Wednesday about how to respond to a US... Updated 04 Aug, 2022 09:44am
Print Ayman al Zawahiri killed in US drone strike in central Kabul KABUL/WASHINGTON: The United States killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri with a drone missile while he stood on ... Published 03 Aug, 2022 04:55am
World Afghan held in Guantanamo prison freed, say Taliban KABUL: One of the last Afghan detainees held inside the Guantanamo Bay US detention centre in Cuba has been freed... Published 24 Jun, 2022 03:34pm
World Ex-CIA analyst says she ‘got bloodied’ in tangled US war on Al Qaeda WASHINGTON: In the 2012 Hollywood hit “Zero Dark Thirty,” a red-haired Central Intelligence Agency analyst ... Published 21 Apr, 2022 05:26am
World Seven UN peacekeepers killed in central Mali explosion BAMAKO: An explosion on Wednesday in central Mali killed seven United Nations peacekeepers and seriously wounded... Published 08 Dec, 2021 09:33pm
World US says it will resume talks with Taliban next week WASHINGTON: The United States will resume talks with the Taliban next week in Qatar, addressing among other issues... Published 24 Nov, 2021 11:13am
World Two al Qaeda suspects among three killed in Yemen drone strike DUBAI: A suspected US drone strike on Sunday killed three people in central Yemen, including two alleged Al-Qaeda... Published 15 Nov, 2021 05:29am
World Senior al-Qaeda leader killed in US drone strike in Syria: Pentagon WASHINGTON: A senior al-Qaeda leader was killed in a US drone strike in Syria, the Pentagon said Friday. The strike... Updated 23 Oct, 2021 09:13am
World Russia says Taliban must meet expectations on rights Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expresses regret US officials did not take part in the talks that included China and Pakistan Updated 20 Oct, 2021 06:20pm
World US generals say they recommended keeping 2,500 troops in Afghanistan WASHINGTON: Top US generals said Tuesday that they advised President Joe Biden to keep American troops in ... Published 29 Sep, 2021 09:56am
World Blinken sees unity on Taliban after talks with Pakistan, China US secretary of state reiterates US priorities for the Taliban including allowing Afghans and foreigners to leave, respecting the rights of women, girls and minorities, and not letting Afghanistan be used again by extremists Updated 24 Sep, 2021 12:19pm
World US pays tribute to 9/11 dead on 20th anniversary of attacks NEW YORK: America marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11 Saturday with pleas for unity at solemn ceremonies given added... Published 12 Sep, 2021 03:56am
Attachment of bank accounts of taxpayers: FBR orders sales tax/FED recovery only after approval by field committees
