Paris attacks: Global economic cost of terrorism highest since September 11,...
In the wake of Friday's massacre in Paris, a new report says the world is paying the highest price for terrorism since the 2001 attack on New York's Twin Towers. In 2014, acts of terror cost the world...
View ArticleThe Global Economic Cost of Terrorism Is Now at Its Highest Since 9/11
In the wake of Friday's massacre in Paris, a new report says the world is paying the highest price for terrorism since the 2001 attack on New York's Twin Towers. In 2014, acts of terror cost the world...
View ArticleAfghan Official: Over 1,300 Foreign Fighters in Kunduz Battle
Ayaz Gul ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN— A top government official in Afghanistan revealed more than 1,300 foreign fighters linked to various regional and international terrorist groups had participated in the...
View ArticleG20 vows to choke terror funds, flow of foreign fighters
ANTALYA: With the Islamic State's terror strike on Paris overshadowing events, G20 leaders vowed to ramp up cooperation to tackle a growing flow of foreign fighters and choke financial channels for...
View Article'Unprecedented' rise in deaths from terrorism: study
LONDON: The number of people killed globally in terrorist attacks jumped 80 per cent last year to the highest level ever recorded, the Institute for Economics and Peace said Tuesday. The Global...
View Article30,000 foreign fighters went to Syria and Iraq in 2014 - report
Seven thousand arrived in first half of 2015 with a quarter from Europe and Turkey, says terrorism index...
View ArticlePolice in Pakistan abusing Afghans: rights group
New York, Nov 18 (IANS) Pakistan should take all necessary measures to end the rampant police harassment, threats and violence against Afghans living in the country, Human Rights Watch said on...
View ArticleJihadi outfit Ansar-ut Tawhid fi Bilad al-Hind starts online propaganda for...
NEW DELHI: Ansar-ut Tawhid fi Bilad al-Hind (AuT), an India-specific jihadi outfit that pledged allegiance to Islamic State (ISIS) in September 2014, has started online propaganda for ISIS in Bengali,...
View ArticleExplosion in Nigeria kills 32; Boko Haram blamed
A night-time suicide bombing blamed on Boko Haram extremists killed 32 people and wounded 80 Tuesday at a truck stop in north-eastern Nigeria, an emergency official said. Tuesday night’s blast breaks a...
View ArticleBoko Haram suspected of killing 32 in explosion
Dakar, Senegal: A blast in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Yola on Tuesday night tore through a marketplace, killing 32 people and wounding 80 others, according to local authorities and witnesses....
View ArticleThe new ‘war on terror’
THE wave of atrocities over the last two weeks — from the downing of a Russian passenger aircraft to a bloodbath in Beirut and now the massacre in Paris — reveals a new global terror war. The militant...
View ArticleNigeria blast: Yola suicide bombing blamed on Boko Haram kills 32 and wounds 80
A night-time suicide bombing blamed on Boko Haram extremists killed 32 people and wounded 80 Tuesday at a truck stop in northeastern Nigeria, an emergency official said. Tuesday night's blast breaks a...
View ArticleNigeria orders arrest of ex-adviser over $2bn arms deal
Nigeria's president has ordered the arrest of the former national security adviser for allegedly stealing more than $2bn meant to purchase weapons for the military to fight the armed group Boko Haram....
View ArticleDiscontent rife in Afghanistan: 40% of people keen to leave, survey says
Annual survey shows Afghans less optimistic about their country’s future than at any point during the past decade, shedding light on why so many flee to Europe...
View ArticleNigeria's president: Ex-officer stole billions in arms deals
Click photo to enlarge FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015 file photo, Nigeria's former national security adviser Sambo Dasuki attends a hearing to face charges of possessing weapons illegally, at...
View ArticleNigeria's Dasuki 'stole $2bn' from anti-Boko Haram fight
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the arrest of his predecessor's security adviser who allegedly stole more than $2bn...
View ArticleBuhari Orders Arrest Of Goodluck Jonathans Security Adviser
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the arrest of his predecessor's security adviser who allegedly stole more than $2bn ($1.31)....
View ArticleThe top 10 countries which suffer the most from terrorism - most of which are...
Iraq has been named as the country most severely impacted by acts of terrorism last year, according to a new study. The Global Terrorism Index 2015...
View ArticleHeavy casualties feared after Nigerian bomb explosion
Bomb explodes in town visited last week by president, Muhammadu Buhari, who declared that Boko Haram was close to defeat...
View ArticleISIS overtaken by Boko Haram as world's deadliest terror organisation
Boko Haram has overtaken ISIS as the world's most deadly terrorist organisation, according to a new report. The Nigerian-based terror group, also known as Islamic State's West's Africa province...
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