The western girls who travel to Iraq and Syria to marry Islamic State terrorists are described as White Widow.
'...but from those who control the narrative.' Powerful nations have mastered this art of narrative building. Those nations who aspire to become global powers must do so, observes Shanthie Mariet D'Souza.
A family of six, including two young girls, were responsible for the attacks, national police chief Tito Karnavian said.
Osama bin Laden's son-in-law Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, who was an Al Qaeda spokesman following the 9/11 attack, was convicted on Wednesday on charges of conspiring to kill Americans and providing material support to terrorists.
Ananya Agarwal, who led the Indian delegation to the UNESCO General Conference being held in Paris, told the panel that Pak is home to all shades of darkness; from extremist ideologies and darker powers of radicalisation to the darkest manifestations of terrorism.
Ali Soufan, the former FBI agent who was the bureau's lead investigator of Al Qaeda after the 9/11 attacks, told CBS News the letters reveal Hamza to be a young man who adores his father and wants to carry on his murderous ideology.
The 11-minute footage included a 'message' for United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron which is being read by a man in an English accent, threatening attacks in the UK.
The list, according to media reports, also features reducing ties with Iran and closing a Turkish military base.
Shah said the BJP-led government had only brought an amendment to the law which was enacted by thr Congress and whose provisions were later made stringent.
The United States has announced a bounty of $30 million for information leading to the location of five key leaders of the Haqqani militant network, held responsible for several attacks on civilians and NATO forces in Afghanistan.
The latest updates on the fallout of one of the most daring strikes carried out by the Indian Army, attacking terrorists across the Line of Control in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Sources in the poll panel said, prima facie, Adityanath has violated the EC's advisory of keeping armed forces away from political campaign.
Jamaat-ud-Dawaa chief Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the Mumbai terror attack, on Wednesday claimed that he has never known Ajmal Kasab, the lone terrorist arrested that night. "I never saw him. In fact, it was from the media in India that I discovered he was a Pakistani national," Saeed said in a rare interview to Qatar-based Al Jazeera news channel in Lahore."I have never met Kasab nor have I ever known him and I have said this on many occasions," he said.
Unless the Taliban goofs up in a big way, which seems highly unlikely, we are looking at a regime that will be around for quite a long while and present a level of governance that the puppets of the richest and most advanced countries failed to provide, predicts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Even after SC directions, the administration has not restored mobile internet services for Kashmir division. It said misuse of data services by anti-national elements has the potential to cause large-scale violence and disturb public order.
The move follows the EU's decision to ban the LTTE as a terrorist organisation last month.
'Under National Security Advisor Ajit Kumar Doval and now Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, India began to actively work on Pakistani internal faultlines with a possibility of the break-up of Pakistan as the only solution,' observes Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
"Features of the Bill are anti-people and anti-Constitution...it is a very dangerous act," the fiery TMC MP said.
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said everyone should have faith in the government and allow the force to take its own call.
After watching Uri: The Surgical Strike, Syed Firdaus Ashraf gets the feeling that Modi has added another tool to help him win the 2019 Lok Sabha election: Hindi cinema...
Islamic Research Foundation Educational Trust, promoted by controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, has been put under prior permission category, thus preventing it from receiving foreign funds without getting nod from the central government.
Police identified the suicide bomber as Adil Ahmed, who officials said joined the Jaish in 2018.
It claimed the officials were involved in 'espionage, subversion and supporting terrorist activities in Balochistan and Sindh'.
Pakistan Today quoting a source close to the JIT, said the JIT report concluded that the Indian authorities had prior information about the attackers
British extremists with links to the Islamic State are offering cash payments to teenagers in the United Kingdom to travel to join terrorists and fight for the militant group that has seized swathes of land in Iraq and Syria.
A 16-year-old Singaporean boy, a Protestant Christian of Indian ethnicity, was detained last month under the Internal Security Act (ISA) after planning to use a machete to attack Muslims at two mosques in March, on the anniversary of New Zealand's Christchurch attacks.
Saipov was charged with providing material support to the Islamic State group and violence and destruction of motor vehicles.
'Under the more strident Modi version of Hindutva, Nehru has almost become a contemporary political figure.' 'The ruling party knows that without total erasure and distortion of Nehru, their fantasies will always be wobbly.'
For the first time, China released videos showing how Islamic militants are using the internet to incite terror activities in the country that has witnessed a series of attacks, including one at the iconic Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
Pakistan on Thursday said Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's remarks that "terrorists have to be neutralised only through terrorists" should be a matter of concern for the region and beyond and warned of taking "appropriate measures" to safeguard its interests.
Iraqi PM said the destruction of the sites was 'an official declaration of defeat' from the jihadists.
United States President Barack Obama has warned that horrific mass shooting incidents like the recent one in Orlando will continue to occur unless tougher gun control laws are adopted.
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White House Down works because of Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx , writes Paloma Sharma.
'It is important to destroy, to undermine, to debunk the narrative of ISIS,' Olivier Roy -- one of the world's leading experts on radical Islam -- tells Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel in an exclusive interview.
Former Under Secretary, Internal Security, in the ministry of home affairs RVS Mani has alleged that he was abused and tortured by officers of the Special Investigation Team during the United Progressive Alliance government to sign on a contradictory affidavit
According to the order, all security and vehicles provided to the separatists will stand withdrawn by Sunday evening. No security forces or cover will be provided, under any pretext, to them or any other separatists. If they have any other facilities provided by the government, they are to be withdrawn forthwith.
The award committee recognised his contribution to the growth of Indian and global economies, crediting 'Modinomics' for reducing social and economic disparity between the rich and the poor.
The 15-member body called for enhanced actions, from closing financial system loopholes to stopping the abuse of charitable causes, as well as updating the existing IS and Al Qaeda sanctions list.
The new rules do not mention Islamic State or any other group by name
Violence against journalists took centre stage in 2014 with 66 reporters killed, says a report by Reporters Without Borders. While number of deaths may have fallen, violence against reporters has become more savage, and kidnappings have skyrocketed, the report says.
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