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Topic1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee

Topic: 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee

Al Qaeda’s new leader Seif al-Adel has $10 million US bounty on his head, says UN report

Seif al-Adel, a former Egyptian special forces officer, was indicted & charged in 1998 for bombing US embassies in Tanzania & Kenya killing 224 civilians and wounding roughly 5,000.

Al Qaeda chief’s support ‘unwelcome, wrong, bid to create rift’, says Karnataka girl Muskan’s dad

In a video statement, al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri hailed Muskan Khan, Karnataka student who made headlines by standing up to a crowd that heckled her for wearing a burqa to college.

‘Muslims oppressed in Hindu democracy’: al Qaeda chief al-Zawahiri slams hijab row, praises Muskan

In a statement released Tuesday al-Zawahiri tells Indians in the subcontinent to 'avoid being deceived by the pagan Hindu democracy of India'. His last statement was in September last year.

UN decision on listing Masood Azhar a global terrorist likely today

The UNSC's Sanctions Committee will hold a crucial meeting to consider blacklisting Masood Azhar, the outcome of which will depend on China.

On Camera

Khamenei’s assassination—what did US achieve by ripping up international law

Even if Narendra Modi is too petrified to take a stand, the Congress and Sonia Gandhi have rightly criticised this outright violation of international norms.

India has ‘40–45 days’ of crude cover, but long-term Hormuz disruption could inflate import bill

India’s strategic reserves offer a temporary cushion as the Hormuz blockade amid US-Israel war against Iran jolts global energy markets and threatens energy security.

France expands nuclear arsenal after decades, to extend umbrella across Europe. Here’s what it means

Announcement comes amid sustained strain on trans-atlantic alliance, with French President Macron declaring that France will forge an independent European security architecture.

Pakistan is fighting a two-front war. I saw it coming 15 yrs ago

The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.