Tag: Al-Qaeda
Afghanistan Earthquakes Kill Nearly 200, Officials Say
The World Health Organization sent 12 ambulances to hard-hit districts in Herat Province to help evacuate casualties, it said, cautioning that the areas were remote,…
Pakistan to send back 1.1 million illegal Afghan refugees
In a big move, the federal government has decided to send back 1.1 million refugees illegally settled in Pakistan back to Afghanistan, according to media…
Two Years After Afghanistan Exit, Biden Resists Calls for More Taliban Contact
When the last American soldier flew out of Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021, leaving the country to Taliban rule, the world braced for a human…
Syria’s Assad’s ruling party office shut by protests in rebellious Druze city
AZAZ, Syria: Three members of the US Congress made a rare visit on Sunday to opposition-held territory in northern Syria controlled by pro-Turkish factions, an…
9/11 Victims’ Families Split Over Proposal to Spare Suspects’ Lives
Suspects have been held for more than 16 years at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay. New York: A proposal to allow alleged perpetrators…
Punjab CTD arrests eight suspected terrorists
The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab on Saturday claimed to have arrested eight suspected terrorists allegedly belonging to banned organisations. According to CTD spokesperson, the arrested…
Militants using jails to recruit operatives
Kashimpur High Security Central Jail. Star file photo “> Kashimpur High Security Central Jail. Star file photo Taking advantage of gaps in surveillance, incarcerated militant…
Tunisia will not be Europe’s border guard, president says
‘We were really hoping Sudan would have a chance to stabilize and prosper,’ EU envoy for the Sahel tells Arab News RIYADH: Although the conflict in…
‘We were really hoping Sudan would have a chance to stabilize and prosper,’ EU envoy for the Sahel tells Arab News
RIYADH: Although the conflict in Sudan is viewed by many in the international development sphere as a major setback, the EU’s special representative for the Sahel…
Al-Shabab raid African Union army base in Somalia
MOGADISHU: Islamist Al-Shabab fighters attacked an African Union military base in Somalia on Friday, the AU force said, without specifying if there were any casualties….
