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Houthi authorities order US, British nationals to leave Yemen in one month

The letter also ordered foreign organisations to not hire American and British citizens for Yemen's operations

Pak strikes terrorist hideouts in Iran's Siestan-o-Balochistan province

Pakistan on Thursday said that the country's air force struck terrorist hideouts in Iran's Siestan-Balochistan province, a day after Islamabad recalled its ambassador from Tehran in the wake of Iranian missile and drone strikes in Balochistan. "This morning Pakistan undertook a series of highly coordinated and specifically targeted precision military strikes against terrorist hideouts in Siestan-o-Baluchistan province of Iran," the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Thursday. It said a number of terrorists were killed during the intelligence-based operation codenamed "Marg Bar Sarmachar". Pakistan on Wednesday recalled its ambassador to Iran and suspended all planned high-level bilateral visits, hours after Tehran launched an unprecedented missile and drone strikes on what it said were directed at the bases of a terrorist group in the restive Balochistan province. Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Baloch in a terse statement read out to the media on Wednesday said

UK govt says lslamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir antisemitic, moves to ban it

The UK government said on Monday that the Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir is antisemitic and should be banned as a terrorist organisation. Parliament will debate this week a proposal to make joining the group illegal in the UK under terrorism laws, the Home Office said. If approved, the ban will take effect on Friday. The group, which is based in Lebanon but which operates in more than 30 countries including the US and Canada, has organised rallies in London alongside pro-Palestinian marches in recent weeks, following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. Police said that one member was seen chanting "jihad", or holy war, in a video from an October march, though officers reviewing the evidence decided at the time that no offenses were committed. Hizb ut-Tahrir is an antisemitic organization that actively promotes and encourages terrorism, including praising and celebrating the appalling October 7 attacks," Home Secretary James Cleverly said. Security Minister Tom Tugendhat said the

Iran suspects suicide bombers launched attack as IS claim circulates

Investigators believe suicide bombers likely carried out an attack on a commemoration for an Iranian general slain in a 2020 US drone strike, state media reported on Thursday, as Iran grappled with its worst mass-casualty attack in decades and as the wider Mideast remains on edge. A purported claim of responsibility circulated online attributed the attack to the Islamic State group, though it could not be immediately verified by The Associated Press. Wednesday's attack in Kerman killed at least 84 people and wounded another 284. It targeted a ceremony honouring Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, held as an icon by supporters of the country's theocracy and viewed by the US military as a deadly foe who aided militants who killed American troops in Iraq. A report by the state-run IRNA news agency, later aired by state television, quoted an unnamed informed source" for the suicide bombing information. The outlets quoted the official as saying that surveillance footage from the

Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist wanted for attacks in J&K arrested in Delhi

The terrorist, identified as Javed Ahmed Mattoo, is accused of carrying out many terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir

Pakistan police arrest 21 members of Taliban linked to deadly attacks

Pakistan's counterterrorism police said on Monday they arrested 21 members of outlawed militant group the Pakistani Taliban, which has been behind several deadly attacks across the country. Acting on intelligence information, the arrests were made in the eastern Punjab province over the past two weeks, the provincial Counterterrorism Department said in a statement. The Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is a separate group but allied with the Afghan Taliban, who seized power in Afghanistan in 2021 as US and NATO troops were in the final stages of their pullout from the country after 20 years of war. The Counterterrorism Department provided a list of the suspects, the cases against them and their alleged affiliation. But the list did not give details about the attacks the militants were allegedly involved in, including the number of casualties. The statement said that Mohammad Arshad, an alleged chief commander of the banned Baluch Nationalist Army which ..

Home Ministry declares Canada-based gangster Lakhbir Landa as terrorist

34-year-old Landa, son of Niranjan Singh and Parminder Kaur, has a permanent residence at VP0 Harike in the Tarn Taran district of Punjab, bordering Pakistan

Indictment against Hezbollah figure says he helped plan Argentina bombing

A high-ranking member of Hezbollah's Islamic Jihad Organisation was charged with terrorism offences, including the bombing of a building in Argentina in 1994 that killed 85 people, in an indictment unsealed Wednesday in Manhattan federal court. Samuel Salman El Reda, 58, who remains at large and is believed to be in Lebanon, was described by federal authorities as the leader of terrorist activity carried out by Hezbollah since at least 1993. From 1993 to 2015, he conspired to support terrorists in Lebanon, Argentina, Panama, Thailand and elsewhere, the indictment said as it listed six aliases for El Reda, including Salman Ramal, Sulayman Rammal, Salman Raouf Salman and Hajj. He faces conspiracy charges and a count alleging he provided material support to a terrorist organisation. Assistant Attorney General Matthew G Olsen said in a release that El Reda nearly three decades ago helped plan and execute the heinous attack on a Buenos Aires Jewish community centre that murdered 85 ...

Dawood Ibrahim hospitalised in Pakistan after being poisoned: Reports

Several reports suggest that the fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim was likely poisoned but there is no official confirmation on the same

India calls for zero tolerance for terror actors and their sponsors at UN

While speaking at the UNSC Open Debate on Small Arms, she highlighted that India has suffered from cross-border terrorism and violence carried by terrorist groups using illicit weapons

At least 6 policemen killed, 16 injured in terror attack in Pakistan

At least four security personnel were killed and 16 injured on Tuesday when terrorists attacked a police station in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to the police. Terrorists attacked the Daraban police station in a remote part of the unruly Dera Ismail Khan district bordering the South Waziristan tribal district. The terrorists rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the building of the police station, which was followed by a mortar attack. In an exchange of fire between the security forces and the attackers which followed the attack, at least four security personnel were killed and 16 injured, police said. Police also gunned down two terrorists during the gunfight, according to ARY News channel. Following the attack, fresh contingents of police were rushed to the site, according to the police. An emergency was declared in district hospitals while all schools and colleges were closed due to the attack.

NIA raids 8 locations in Jammu and Kashmir in terror funding case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday carried out searches at several places in five districts of Kashmir valley as part of a probe into an anti-terror case, officials said here. The raids were carried out by the NIA sleuths in Baramulla, Ganderbal, Kupwara, Pulwama and Shopian districts of the valley, they said. Further details are awaited.

4 army men killed, 2 injured in encounter with terrorists in J-K's Rajouri

Two Army personnel were killed during an encounter between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Wednesday, officials said. The fierce gunfight was underway as two terrorists were trapped at the site, they said. The encounter broke out between terrorists and joint forces of the Army and the Jammu and Kashmir Police in the Bajimaal area of Dharmsal following a cordon-and-search operation, the police said. In the gunbattle, one officer and a soldier lost their lives and another sustained injuries, officials said. The injured has been shifted to a hospital.

J&K Police head constable shot dead in 3rd targeted killing in last 72 hrs

A policeman was shot dead by terrorists on Tuesday in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Head Constable Ghulam Mohammad Dar was shot at by the terrorists outside his residence at Kralpora in Pattan area of the district, the officials said. They said Dar was rushed to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to injuries. This is the third such terrorist attack in as many days in Kashmir valley. While a police officer was critically injured in firing by terrorists on Sunday in Srinagar, a labourer from Uttar Pradesh was shot dead in Pulwama district the next day.

Migrant labourer from UP shot dead by terrorists in J-K's Pulwama district

According to the Jammu and Kashmir police, the deceased has been identified as Mukesh who hailed from Uttar Pradesh

10 terrorists gunned down by soldiers in Pakistan's Khyber: Official

At least 10 terrorists were killed during an operation by the Pakistani soldiers in the country's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, an official statement said on Tuesday. The intelligence-based operations were conducted by the Pakistani soldiers after receiving information on the movement of the militants in the province's Tank district. "The security forces on Monday shot dead ten terrorists during an intelligence-based operation on the reported presence of terrorists in the restive district bordering Afghanistan," ISPR, the media wing of the Pakistani Army, said. During the operations, intense fire exchange took place between the troops and terrorists which resulted in the death of ten terrorists. The slain terrorists remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities against security forces as well as extortion & killing of innocent civilians. A large cache of arms, ammunition and explosives was also recovered during the operation, the statement said.

At least 50 people killed, over 50 injured in suicide blast in Pakistan

At least 13 people were killed and 70 others injured on Friday when a powerful bomb exploded near a mosque when people were gathering for a rally to celebrate the birthday of Prophet Muhammad in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, according to media reports. The explosion occurred in the Mastung district, Geo News reported. An official said that the explosion took place near the mosque where people were gathering to mark Eid Miladun Nabi, the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad. Mastung Assistant Commissioner Atta Ul Munim said that the explosion, which seems to be of a "massive" nature, took place near Madina Mosque. At least 13 people were killed and 70 others injured in the blast, the Dawn newspaper reported. Station House Officer (SHO) Javed Lehri said that the wounded are being shifted to a medical facility while an emergency has been imposed in the hospitals. "Some of the injured are in critical condition," the administration added.

8 labourers injured in explosion in Anantnag, police rules out terror angle

Eight people were injured in an explosion in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on Wednesday, police said. However, police ruled out any terror angle, saying the blast occurred in a "load carrier" vehicle carrying a concrete vibration machine, a portable generator and a can of oil. "An explosion occurred in the cement mix settling vibration machine, adjacent portable generator and tin can of oil being carried with labourers in a load carrier at Larkipora Anantnag, Kashmir Zone Police said in a post on X. Eight labourers sustained burn injuries and they are being treated at a hospital, police said. "All stable. No terrorist angle observed. Investigation started," police said in the post.

India-Canada row: Hardeep Singh Nijjar not religious figure but terrorist

Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, whose killing led to a row between India and Canada, was not a religious and social figure but a terrorist who was involved in running terrorist training camps and funding terror acts, sources have said. Nijjar was a close associate of Gurdeep Singh alias Deepa Heranwala, who was involved in the killing of around 200 people in Punjab during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Heranwala belonged to the banned Khalistan Commando Force. Nijjar, who was killed by unidentified assailants on June 18 at a parking lot of a Sikh gurdwara in British Columbia, had escaped to Canada in 1996 fearing arrest by police here and indulged in illegal activities like drug smuggling and extortion in Canada to arrange funding for terrorist activities, sources said. Nijjar was also involved in training youths at a terror camp in British Columbia to carry out attacks in India, they said. Over the years, Nijjar assumed the role of 'Operation Chief' of Khalistan Tige

Anantnag gunfight over, LeT commander among 2 terrorists killed: Police

Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Uzair Khan was among the two terrorists killed in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district that ended after seven days, Additional Director General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said on Tuesday. Four security personnel, including two army officers and a police officer, lost their lives in the gunfight, which Kumar said is over. "Till now, LeT commander Uzair Khan's body has been recovered. The dead body of another terrorist is visible, but it has not been possible to retrieve it yet," the ADGP told reporters in Anantnag. He said the gunfight, which began in the Gadole forest area of the south Kashmir district on Wednesday last week, is over, but the search operation will continue. "There is a huge area that remains to be searched. There can be a lot of unexploded shells which will be recovered and destroyed. We appeal to the people not to go to the area," he added. The ADGP said security forces had reports that two to three terrorists w