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Pakistan 'war on terror' has cost $118bn: state bank INTERNATIONAL

Pakistan 'war on terror' has cost $118bn: state bank

Pakistan's "war on terror" has cost the developing country a whopping $118bn so far, a new central bank report has said, an amount equivalent to well over one third of its gross domestic product.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Prominent Egyptian al Qaeda figure killed in Syria ASIA

Prominent Egyptian al Qaeda figure killed in Syria

A leading Egyptian al Qaeda figure who joined its Syrian offshoot the Nusra Front and became a prominent figure in the militant group was killed in a drone attack in rebel-held Idlib province, two jihadist sources said on Monday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US drone strike in Yemen 'kills two Qaeda men' ASIA

US drone strike in Yemen 'kills two Qaeda men'

A US drone attack in Yemen killed two suspected Al-Qaeda members in their vehicle on Saturday in Marib province east of the capital Sanaa, a local official said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Al Qaeda leader pledges allegiance to new Taliban leader ASIA

Al Qaeda leader pledges allegiance to new Taliban leader

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, in an online audio message, pledged allegiance to the new head of the Afghan Taliban, who was appointed last month after his predecessor was killed in a US drone strike.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Thirteen militants killed in southern Yemen raid ASIA

Thirteen militants killed in southern Yemen raid

Yemeni troops killed 13 militants in a raid on a house outside the southern city of Mukalla on Sunday in which two soldiers also died, the army said ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bangladesh arrests Islamist militant over killing of professor INTERNATIONAL

Bangladesh arrests Islamist militant over killing of professor

Bangladesh police have arrested an Islamist militant charged with the murder of a professor amid a surge in deadly attacks against liberal activists and other minorities, a senior officer said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bombs kill 37 Yemen police in former Qaeda bastion ASIA

Bombs kill 37 Yemen police in former Qaeda bastion

A suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group and a second attack killed 37 police on Sunday in the Yemeni port of Mukalla where a year of Al Qaeda rule was ended just last month, medics said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Three journalists return to Spain after Syria kidnapping ASIA

Three journalists return to Spain after Syria kidnapping

Three Spanish journalists who had been held hostage in Syria by an Al Qaeda-linked group returned on Sunday to Madrid where they were welcomed by overjoyed family members after nearly a year in captivity.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Singapore detains eight for planning terror attacks in Bangladesh INTERNATIONAL

Singapore detains eight for planning terror attacks in Bangladesh

Singapore has detained eight Bangladeshi men planning to stage terror attacks in their home country, the city state said, the second group of Bangladeshis investigated in the past six months.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US drone strike kills local Qaeda leader in South Yemen ASIA

US drone strike kills local Qaeda leader in South Yemen

A suspected US drone strike killed a local leader in Al Qaeda and five of his aides in southern Yemen, as Yemeni and Emirati troops pressed their offensive against the militant group.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Yemeni forces seize main oil terminal from al Qaeda ASIA

Yemeni forces seize main oil terminal from al Qaeda

Yemeni government forces and their Emirati allies took back control of the country's largest oil export terminal from al Qaeda on Monday, a day after routing the militants from their nearby stronghold.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Yemeni, UAE troops enter Qaeda-held city - residents ASIA

Yemeni, UAE troops enter Qaeda-held city - residents

Yemeni and Emirati troops advanced into the southern port city of Mukalla on Sunday, officials and residents said, entering a stronghold of al Qaeda's Yemeni wing for the first time in over a year of war.

4:45 AM November 25 2016