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Bangkok says figure may include those dead and missing, of which Thais make up largest non-Israeli groupIsrael and Hamas at war – live updatesFifty-four Thai nationals are among the 220 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, according to new figures released …
Read MoreFrom the assassination of its first PM in 1951, the country has suffered waves of brutal sectarian conflict and murders Last month, Pakistan summoned the US ambassador in Islamabad for a dressing down after President Joe Biden described the south Asian…
Read MoreCharges over allegations made in rally speech unlikely to spell end of political career, say experts• Court grants Khan extended bail in terrorism caseEven in a region with plenty of colourful political characters, Imran Khan stands out. A tenacious po…
Read MoreUN says terror organisation, whose affiliate recently attacked Mali’s most important military base, ‘is once again the leader of global jihad’It was one of Ayman al-Zawahiri’s last victories. Just over a week before the al-Qaida leader was killed in Ka…
Read MoreAnalysis: The terrorist leader had been ill and key tasks are likely to have been handled by others for several yearsAyman al-Zawahiri was a low-key but effective leader of al-Qaida whose death will cause the terrorist organisation some short-term turb…
Read MoreAnalysis: Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s authoritarianism and incompetence ended the family’s political reignFor weeks protesters in Sri Lanka have chanted “Go home Gota.” Now Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the president, appears to be looking for one. His first stop was …
Read MoreIntelligence report raises fears country could again become base for international terroristsAl-Qaida has a haven in Afghanistan under the Taliban and “increased freedom of action” with the potential of launching new long-distance attacks in coming yea…
Read MoreBritain stirred up tensions, chaos and violence in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, according to declassified papersThe British government ran a secret “black propaganda” campaign for decades, targeting Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia with l…
Read MoreTwenty years after 9/11, 33 years after it was first conceived, and against all the odds, the terrorist group survivesIn the summer of 1988, a dozen or so men gathered in the sweltering Pakistani frontier town of Peshawar. Across the border in Afghanis…
Read MoreListening to Joe Biden’s words as the US left Afghanistan was to hear echoes of George W Bush from 2001. Is this a crisis destined to repeat itself?Many who heard President Biden’s pledge to exact revenge for the killing of 13 US Marines in an Islamic …
Read MoreUS says there were no known civilian casualties but community elder claims women and children among victimsAfghanistan latest news – liveThe US drone strike in Afghanistan targeted a mid-level “planner” from the Islamic State’s local affiliate who was …
Read MoreJoe Biden’s options are limited in short-term as US troops withdraw from Afghanistan in daysAfghanistan: live updatesAmerican spies and special forces will be able to hunt down those behind Thursday’s suicide bombing in Kabul, although the effort may t…
Read MoreAfghanistan’s new rulers are far better equipped than the US and its allies to take the fight to the Kabul airport bombersAfter the bloodshed at Kabul airport, the grim reality for those who want to prevent Islamic State’s affiliate causing further mur…
Read MoreAnalysis: deep fault lines, especially with Isis, may counter Afghanistan’s propaganda advantage for jihadistsFew doubt that the Taliban victory in Afghanistan will give violent Islamist extremists across the world an historic boost, encouraging them i…
Read MoreAnalysis: US efforts to neutralise the threat posed by extremist groups in Afghanistan targeting the west will not be easyJoe Biden has said the US will maintain an “over the horizon” counter-terrorism capability to neutralise the threat posed by Islam…
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