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World04:04 GMT 14.11.2020(updated 04:40 GMT 14.11.2020) Get short URLAbdullah Ahmed Abdullah, who was also known as Abu Muhammad al-Masri, was considered first in line to take over al-Qaeda* after its current leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri.The killing of al-Qaeda’s second-in-command, Abu Muhammad al-Masri, was kept in secret until now. He was ...

At least a dozen people have been killed in fighting between Pakistani and Indian forces at the disputed border in Kashmir, according to reports, in one of the deadliest encounters between the two militaries this year. Indian officials reported the death of six civilians, three soldiers and one border ...

Europe19:13 GMT 02.11.2020(updated 19:17 GMT 02.11.2020) Get short URLThe French president has recently come under attack in the Muslim world following his comments on controversial caricatures of the prophet Muhammad and allegations of his criticism of Islam. Several countries have called for a boycott of French products, while Turkish ...

ISLAMABAD - The United States has lost $19 billion in Afghanistan since 2002 due to “waste, fraud and abuse,” the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in a new report released Tuesday. SIGAR monitors all U.S. spending in the 19-year war in Afghanistan, America’s longest. The American ...

While the advent of big guns rendered battleships obsolete decades ago, according to military experts, there have been reports that the arrival of a new canon in the US arsenal might facilitate their comeback.The US Army is developing a new cannon it claims will have a range of more ...

The PSO fired a few rounds in the air as a precautionary measure. A security guard of a BJP leader fired a few rounds in the air after he reportedly spotted suspicious movement near the politician’s residence in Jammu and Kashmir’s Balakote sector along the Line of Control (LoC) ...

Chiang Mai , October 2 (ANI): China is trying to leverage the expanding health surveillance in Asia due to COVID-19 pandemic to gather information and using it to expand its power and influence in the strategic region, according to a report in Asia Times. "China is trying to tap ...

Asia & Pacific03:35 GMT 27.09.2020(updated 03:36 GMT 27.09.2020) Get short URLhttps://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.pngSputnik Internationalhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pngSputnikhttps://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.pnghttps://sputniknews.com/asia/202009271080584013-over-dozen-people-reportedly-killed-in-van-accident-in-pakistans-sindh-province/MOSCOW (Sputnik) - At least 13 people were killed in a road accident involving a passenger van in Pakistan’s Sindh province, the Dawn newspaper reports.The accident occurred on Saturday night, when a passenger van carrying at least 20 ...

The hearing into the extradition case of WikiLeaks whistleblower Julian Assange, who faces a possible maximum sentence of 175 years in prison in the US for criminal charges related to endangering national security by conspiring to obtain and disclose classified information, resumed in the UK on Monday. Julian Assange ...

TOPLINE Civil rights lawyers sent a letter to a Miami, Florida, detention facility run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement claiming that its Muslim detainees are being fed pork, a food prohibited by Islam, and have been given post-expiration-date meals that meet their dietary restrictions, but reportedly made them ill—and ...