- Hamas, Israel, Israel-Hamas war, Middle East and North Africa, Palestinian territories, Thailand, World news
Israel says 54 Thai nationals being held hostage by Hamas
Bangkok says figure may include those dead and missing, of which Thais make up largest non-Israeli groupIsrael…
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Imran Khan shooting is latest incident in Pakistan’s violent political history
From the assassination of its first PM in 1951, the country has suffered waves of brutal sectarian conflict an…
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Imran Khan: what do terrorism charges signify for former Pakistan PM?
Charges over allegations made in rally speech unlikely to spell end of political career, say experts• Court gr…
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Al-Qaida chief’s killing comes as group gains ground in African conflict zones
UN says terror organisation, whose affiliate recently attacked Mali’s most important military base, ‘is once a…
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Zawahiri’s killing unlikely to weaken al-Qaida significantly
Analysis: The terrorist leader had been ill and key tasks are likely to have been handled by others for severa…
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How the Rajapaksa family fell after 15 years at the top in Sri Lanka
Analysis: Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s authoritarianism and incompetence ended the family’s political reignFor weeks p…
- Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahiri, South and Central Asia, Taliban, United Nations, World news
Al-Qaida enjoying a haven in Afghanistan under Taliban, UN warns
Intelligence report raises fears country could again become base for international terroristsAl-Qaida has a ha…
- Africa, Asia Pacific, China, Cold war, Communism, Egypt, Espionage, Ghana, Indonesia, Israel, Middle East and North Africa, Politics, Russia, UK news, World news
Secret British ‘black propaganda’ campaign targeted cold war enemies
Britain stirred up tensions, chaos and violence in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, according to declassified…
- Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Iraq, Islamic State, Middle East and North Africa, Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabia, September 11 2001, World news
Al-Qaida: the terror group that learned the secret of longevity
Twenty years after 9/11, 33 years after it was first conceived, and against all the odds, the terrorist group …
- Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, Islamic State, Joe Biden, September 11 2001, South and Central Asia, US news, World news
I watched the bombs fall to unleash the 9/11 wars. Two decades later, they grind on | Jason Burke
Listening to Joe Biden’s words as the US left Afghanistan was to hear echoes of George W Bush from 2001. Is th…
- Afghanistan, Islamic State, South and Central Asia, Taliban, US foreign policy, US military, US news, World news
Afghanistan drone strike targeted Islamic State ‘planner’ in car, US says
US says there were no known civilian casualties but community elder claims women and children among victimsAfg…
- Afghanistan, CIA, Islamic State, Joe Biden, South and Central Asia, US foreign policy, US news, World news
‘Bad options all around’: Biden’s vow to avenge Kabul attack could take years
Joe Biden’s options are limited in short-term as US troops withdraw from Afghanistan in daysAfghanistan: live …
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The west has to ask itself: if IS is the enemy, does that make the Taliban our friends? | Jason Burke
Afghanistan’s new rulers are far better equipped than the US and its allies to take the fight to the Kabul air…
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Why not all Islamist extremists are buoyed by the Taliban’s victory
Analysis: deep fault lines, especially with Isis, may counter Afghanistan’s propaganda advantage for jihadists…
- Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, Biden administration, South and Central Asia, Taliban, US foreign policy, US news, World news
Biden’s ‘over the horizon’ counter-terrorism strategy comes with new risks
Analysis: US efforts to neutralise the threat posed by extremist groups in Afghanistan targeting the west will…