After having boasted that Obama personally orders the drone strikes, the government is now refusing even to confirm whether any documents on the subject exist, says B Raman.
The United States is probing whether the deadly attack on its mission in Libya was a well-planned assault by Islamists rather than a rampage by a frenzied mob, officials said on Thursday, as fresh riots broke out in Egypt and Yemen over a controversial film deemed offensive to Islam.
"Yes, we met Shipping Minister G K Vasan, and he assured us that he would do something. Pirates have threatened to kill our children if nothing is done till November 3O. So, we have decided that till they (government) decide to get them released, we will not go from here," mother of Mehtab, one of the hostages, said.
The Unites States has initiated a cyber warfare to checkmate Al Qaeda's anti-American propaganda, with its experts targeting the terror network's ads on Yemeni websites to replace them with alternate versions of events.
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Al Qaeda's English online mouthpiece Inspire has returned proclaiming that it is "still publishing America's worst nightmare" despite the killing of its two top editors in a United States drone strike.
Afghanistan and Pakistan remains a number-one area as the launch point for strategic attacks from Al Qaeda terror network, a top Pentagon official said on Wednesday.
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The body of a British employee of the International Committee of the Red Cross, who was kidnapped in January, was found by police in Quetta city of southwest Pakistan on Sunday.
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The protest outside the NRG stadium against Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi's visit at the NRG Stadium was seemingly irrepressible, displaying signs saying 'Free Kashmir', '8 million people caged', 'Go back Modi' -- and worse.
Going beyond their call of duty, crew members of warship INS Sumitra ensured that the 306 Indians evacuated from Yemen have a comfortable journey back home after their ordeal in the war-ravaged country.
"It's working out very nicely. You see it in the airports, you see it all over. It's working out very nicely," Trump said.
Dronacharya awardee coach Syed Nayeemuddin led a bunch of former football stars in lashing out against just-retired Bhaichung Bhutia, accusing him of conspiracy during the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers in 2006.
Hamza bin Laden promised to continue the global militant group's fight against the United States.
East Bengal's chances of progressing to the next round of the AFC Cup tournament received a further jolt when they were blanked 0-2 by Iraqi outfit Arbil SC in a Group B match in Kolkta on Wednesday. The Kolkata giants suffered their third successive defeat in the tournament having been beaten 0-1 by Al Orouba of Yemen and 0-3 by Kazma of Kuwait in their earlier group matches.
The reversal of Trump's policy with regard to Iran, like the withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, may not be a matter of just turning the clock back, but one of patient negotiations, with uncertain consequences in the post-COVID-19 world, observes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
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.
'Here I am, at a forum where perhaps I do not have many whose thought process is similar to mine but there are enough thinking people whose constructive criticism is something I greatly look forward to'
The ban restricts entry of people from Iran, North Korea, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Venezuela.
Federal prosecutors on Friday charged a US soldier accused of planning to attack troops near a Texas military base with possession of an unregistered destructive device.
'Modi has visited all these three countries (the UAE more than once, inexplicably) but has left out Kuwait and Oman, the two Gulf countries that are closest to India in their political, cultural and civilisational ethos,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
America's remote controlled kill machines, the Predator and Reaper drones which fly hunt missions over Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen, have been hit by a computer virus and network specialist can't seem to get rid of it. The virus has infected Creech Air Force base in Nevada from where the robotic machines fly globally, Los Angeles Times reported.
A majority of judges on the appeals court, in a 10-3 decision, said they were "unconvinced" the travel order had more to do with national security concerns than a "Muslim ban."
United States President Barack Obama has said there is a 'credible terrorist threat' against America after two suspicious packages, containing explosives material, were found in cargo jets originating in Yemen with two Jewish centers in Chicago-area being their destinations. There has been a 'credible terrorist threat against our country' Obama told reporters at a hurriedly convened White House press conference after he was briefed by his top intelligence officials.
India needs to be concerned about the implication of restive people wanting to change regime after regime, says Mahesh Vijapurkar.
India qualified as one of the six best second-placed teams from the group matches of qualifying round. All the matches of each of the 10 groups were played in a single venue.
There are 37 Indian cities among the world's 300 fastest growing urban centres, according to a survey conducted by the City Mayors Foundation, an global think tank on urban affairs.
The echo of street protests in Tunisia has reverberated across other nations, triggering anti-government demonstrations in Yemen, Lebanon and Egypt. Rediff.com tells you why the Arab world is witnessing a winter of discontent.
Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden had planned to hijack American planes traveling across Southeast Asia and crash them into United States military facilities in the region in coordination with 9/11 attacks, according to a secret interrogation report of one of his bodyguards.
Experienced Englishman Bob Houghton's tumultuous yet productive five-year stint as Indian football coach came to an end on Saturday in controversial circumstances after a bitter stand-off with the AIFF, which had charged him for racially abusing an Indian referee.
Reliance Industries has divested its 30 per cent stake in an oil and gas block in Peru to Australia's Woodside Petroleum and Pluspetrol of Argentina to trim its overseas properties.
Donald Trump called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States.
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Saturday announced that he was ready to step down after incessant protests against his regime rocked the country for over eight months. "I don't want power and I will give it up in the coming days," he said. But Saleh refused to clarify who he will hand over the power to.
India has performed poorly in removing gender-based disparities, ranking 114 out of 142 countries in World Economic Forum's 2014 gender gap index, scoring below average on parameters like economic participation, educational attainment and health and survival.
Officials said the addition shows the measure was set on the basis of security and was not a 'Muslim ban'.
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 world will welcome the lofty ideas that have figured in Obama's Arab Spring speech, but the credibility deficit will remain till the US conduct on the ground matches the President's golden vocabulary, says TP Sreenivasan.
India football captain Bhaichung Bhutia threw his weight behind national coach Bob Houghton, saying the Briton did not make any racist comment against referee Dinesh Nair and his allegation was "false".
It is important for Indian security agencies to pay attention to likely threats from Al Qaeda elements outside the Af-Pak region, cautions B Raman.
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