The original Al Qaeda, based out of the tribal regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan, is a shadow of its past in terms of its capabilities to strike against the United States, but many of its affiliates across the globe, in particular the Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula, have gained strength and now pose more threat to America, officials said.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) reports that ash clouds from volcanic activity in Ethiopia, which impacted flight operations in India, are drifting towards China and will move away from India by 7.30 pm on Tuesday.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued stop-work notices to 53 construction sites for contributing to air pollution in Mumbai. The civic body has also directed strict adherence to air pollution guidelines, including the use of AQI monitoring sensors. The Bombay High Court has also addressed the issue of air pollution in the city.
The United States has designated Yemen-based Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula as a terrorist organisation and slapped sanctions on its leaders.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the militant group's Yemen-based branch, criticised Qatar for "bringing immoral people, homosexuals, sowers of corruption and atheism into the Arabian Peninsula".
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted above-normal rainfall for most parts of India during the post-monsoon season (October to December), except for some areas in the northwest. The southwest monsoon season ended with the country recording eight per cent above normal rainfall.
US strikes on Iran's three main nuclear facilities have once again raised concerns that Tehran might shut down the Strait of Hormuz - one of the world's most critical chokepoints, through which a fifth of global oil and gas supply flows.
The last time the southwest monsoon arrived earlier than in 2025 -- that is, back in 2009 -- the rains lost steam after the early onset and ended the season with almost 23 per cent deficient rainfall, which was the lowest recorded average rainfall in several decades over India.
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The death Anwar al-Awlaki, leader of Al Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula, is not only a major blow to the terrorist outfit, but also marks another significant milestone in the effort to defeat the organization and its affiliates, United States President Barack Obama said on Friday.
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After the United States intercepted Al Qaeda's most serious threat in recent years to target its embassies, country's Special Forces have been put on high alert to hit potential targets of the outfit in the Middle East, a media report has said.
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'The intensity and frequency of heatwaves will be much higher than in previous years over Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha.'
The Al Qaeda has claimed its role in the failed attempt to blow up a US-bound plane, carrying 278 passengers from Amsterdam to Detroit, on Christmas, American monitors have said.
Amid growing anti-United States protests, the Al Qaeda has called for fresh attacks on American missions and personnel in the Arab world and the West, as Washington faced resistance from Gulf nations in sending marines to reinforce security of its embassies there and ordered non-essential staff in Sudan and Tunisia to leave.
Unable to do so in tribal tracts in Pakistan, US and Saudi intelligence agencies have successfully penetrated Al Qaeda network in the Arabian Peninsula and this helped American agencies to disrupt three major terror plots to explode passenger planes.
United States spy agency Central Investigation Agency has been operating a secret drone-base from Saudi Arabia for the last two years to conduct lethal strikes against the Yemen-based terror outfit -- Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
American intelligence officials had intercepted suspicious parcels containing books, papers and compact discs from Yemen to Chicago in September, and they now suspect those packages could have been a dry run for planning the route for the mail bombs last week.
The warning of a potential attack by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was received 'in the last few hours', the French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux told a European television network.
Al Qaeda's top spiritual leader Anwar al-Awlaki's killing in a drone strike in Yemen could provide motivation for anti-American attacks globally by those seeking to avenge his death, the State Department has said, issuing a worldwide travel alert for its citizens.
Establishing dialogue with the Quetta Shura must be recognised as a key strategic requirement. This would allow India to catalyse a favourable settlement in post-2014 Afghanistan, says Ajai Shukla
The image of the iconic Sydney Opera House in an Al-Qaeda magazine on terrorism and bomb-making has raised concerns about Australian links to the terror organisation.
A non-metallic explosive device that could have passed through airport security unnoticed like the one used in the failed attempt to bomb a Detroit-bound jet in 2009 by underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was recovered, the official said.
Iran has lashed out at search engine giant Google for leaving the body of water separating it from the Arabian Peninsula nameless on its online map service.
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Al Qaeda's first comment on the commando-style attack on the United states consulate in Benghazi in Libya has not come from its command and control in North Waziristan in Pakistan headed by its Amir Ayman al-Zawahiri, but from its Yemen branch called Ai Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, also referred to as Ansar al-Sharia (Supporters of Sharia).
After the Afghan and Pakistani Talibans, the LeT and the LeJ, the most capable and lethal terrorist organisation today is the Al Qaeda of Arabian Peninsula, says B Raman
"We confirm to the jihadi Ummah that is uprising against oppression, the martyrdom of the mujahid heroic sheikh Abu Abdul Rahman Anwar bin Nasser al-Awlaki," the US-based monitoring group SITE Intelligence quoted an Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula statement issued on jihadist websites as saying.
Anwar al-Awlaki, the public face of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, has been killed, the Yemeni defence ministry announced on Friday, signalling another major setback to the terror network after the death of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.
Noting that there was sufficient information to uncover the December 25 plot, US President Barack Obama has said that the intelligence community failed to connect the dots and added that this would not be tolerated.
Terror outfit Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which claimed responsibility for the failed attempts to send two parcel bombs to Chicago by courier planes of the FedExpress and the UPS on October 29, has come out with a detailed account of its operation code named Operation Haemorrhage in its online magazine titled Inspire.
United States has frozen a record $ 1 billion (about Rs 4,500 crore) assistance package to Yemen marking a sharp about-face in the American policy towards its anti-terror ally, as Saana said that it was studying a proposal by Gulf states to end months long strife in the country.
Nasir Al-Wuhayshi, 32, was a key member of the Al Qaeda. He received jihadi training directly from Al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan.
"Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is an extension of Al Qaeda core coming out of Pakistan. And, in my view, it is one of the most lethal and one of the most concerning of it," John Brennan, assistant to the US President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, told media persons at a White House briefing.
Al Khansaa, launched last month, aims to show women how to reconcile the contradiction of fighting jihad while maintaining family life.
The United States has increased security at all its major airports and railway stations, and has taken a number of measures, that include temporary closure of its 22 diplomatic missions, following a "very specific" Al Qaeda threat emanating from the Arabian Peninsula.
The gunmen claim responsibility in a call to Saudi authorities shortly after attacking the US consulate.
The United States on Tuesday evacuated nearly 90 Americans from Yemen, while the Britain has withdrawn all diplomatic staff in the country amid a worldwide terror alert linked to electronic intercepts from Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, ordering a major attack since 9/11.
Cyclone 'Biparjoy', the first storm brewing in the Arabian Sea this year, has rapidly intensified into a severe cyclonic storm, with meteorologists predicting a 'mild' monsoon onset over Kerala and 'weak' progress beyond southern peninsular under its influence.
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