A series of attacks, attempted operations and counterterrorism raids across Iraq, Syria and Jordan has raised renewed concerns about the activities of Islamic State (ISIS) sleeper cells, with security authorities confronting an
by Nil Twenty-five years after the planes struck New York and Washington, the most unsettling argument in 25 Years After 9/11: The Future of the Global Jihadi Movement is not that al-Qaeda
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As reported on September 2, 2026, the Afghanistan United Front (AUF) killed a Taliban official, Qari Aghagol, from the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, in the 18th
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On August 26, 2026, the Special Task Force (STF) of the Assam Police, in a joint operation with the Hailakandi Police, arrested Fazal Islam Barbhuiyan (21), an alleged operative of the Pakistan-based
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The military trial of alleged 11 September mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and three other defendants is scheduled to begin at Guantánamo in 2028, nearly 27 years after the attacks that killed around
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Syria has been removed from the United States’ list of state sponsors of terrorism, marking another significant step in the Trump administration’s easing of sanctions against the country and potentially making it
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On August 16, 2026, Juel Bhuiyan, 26, a suspected associate of the Neo-Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (Neo-JMB) operative Nazmul Hasan Mamun, alias Bomaru Mamun, was arrested at Demra in Dhaka, in possession of two handmade
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On August 19, 2026, a Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorist, Abdullah, was killed during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Bajaur District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). On August 17, 2026, five Fitna-al-Khawarij (FaK, a state
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On the 20th of August, a woman named Manori Sallay wrote to the President of Sri Lanka for the second time to ask him not to let her husband die in his
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US prosecutors have charged a woman with allegedly plotting to bomb the New York State Capitol, kill lawmakers and then leave the country to join Islamic State, in a case that authorities
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For Yemen, the danger is not simply a return to fighting. The country has yet to recover from the devastating conflict of 2015-2022, which killed tens of thousands, displaced millions, contributed to
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Recent hostage releases across the Sahel have produced striking moments of diplomacy. Last week, the Tuareg-led Front de libération de l’Azawad (FLA) released 82 Malian Armed Forces soldiers it had held captive.
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The terrorist threat confronting Asia is becoming more complex even as some of the world’s most prominent extremist organisations face sustained pressure, according to a new United Nations assessment. The threat level
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Pakistan is experiencing one of its deadliest periods for terrorism in more than a decade, with violence in 2026 increasing in both frequency and lethality. July alone recorded more than 600 deaths,
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Prices for the busiest shipping routes through the Panama Canal have reached record levels as falling water levels linked to an intensifying El Niño and strong demand connected to the Iran war
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Over the past month, two modules of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) were neutralised in West Bengal-Jharkhand, and Gujarat-Madhya Pradesh, with 11 JeM operatives were arrested. In West Bengal-Jharkhand: On August 3, 2026, Special Task
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