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US revokes foreign terrorist designation of Syria's HTS
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The US has revoked the Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) designation of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a Syria-based organisation which had ties with al-Qaeda and was also a front of al-Nusrah.
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US Embassy in Baghdad warns Americans against travelling to Iraq
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
The US Embassy in Baghdad on Sunday (local time) issued a security alert for American citizens in Iraq due to increased potential for foreign terrorist organisation-inspired violence or attacks against US businesses and locations frequented by its citizens.
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US redesignates Houthis as 'foreign terrorist organisation'
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The move came after Trump signed an executive order in January directing Secretary of State Marco Rubio to take "all appropriate action" against the Yemeni rebels, as per Al Jazeera.
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Pakistani doctor gets 18-year sentence in US for providing materials to IS
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A statement by the US Justice Department read, "A Rochester man was sentenced today to 216 months in prison, equivalent to 18 years, followed by five years of supervised release for attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organisation."
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Fabrication of IEDs in Pune ISIS module case: NIA arrests sixth accused
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
In a fresh breakthrough in the Pune ISIS module case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested another accused for his active involvement in promoting terrorist activities of the designated foreign terrorist organisation.
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NIA arrests 6th accused involved in fabrication of IEDs in Pune ISIS modul
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested another accused in the Pune ISIS module case for active involvement in promoting terrorist activities of the designated foreign terrorist organisation.
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ISIS, Al-Qaeda intend to carry out, inspire large-scale attacks against US
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 4 (ANI): FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday expressed concern that foreign terrorist organisations (FTOs), such as the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda, may either launch or inspire large-scale attacks against the United States.
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US senators urge Blinken to designate Taliban as foreign terrorist organis
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI): In a letter, a group of four US senators urged Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday to designate the Taliban as a foreign terrorist organisation.
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Biden reverses Trump's designation of Houthis as terrorists
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], February 15 (ANI): Joe Biden's US Secretary of State Antony Blinken last Friday, recognizing the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen, announced the reversal of former President Trump's designation of Ansarallah (the Houthis Movement) as a foreign terrorist organisation and
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US re-designates LJ, LeT as foreign terrorist outfits
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): Ahead of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting in February, the United States has re-designated Pakistani terrorist groups as Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LJ) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) as foreign terrorist organisations.
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US to designate Yemen's Houthi rebels as foreign terrorist group
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 11 (ANI): US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo on Sunday (local time) announced that United States will designate Yemen's Houthis as a foreign terrorist organisation (FTO) as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT).
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In its first, US designates Russian far-right group as foreign terrorist o
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D. C. [USA], April 7 (ANI): The United States on Monday (local time) designated a Russian far-right group as a foreign terrorist organisation, the first time when the country has targeted white supremacists considering the threat of these sinister ideologies.
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