BEIRUT, Dec 9 — As the commander of al Qaeda's franchise in the Syrian civil war, Abu Mohammed al-Golani was a shadowy figure who kept out of the public eye, even when his group became the most powerful faction fighting to topple Bashar al-Assad.

SINGAPORE, Feb 21 — A self-radicalised 15-year old Singaporean was issued with an Order of Detention (OD), the youngest individual to-date dealt with the under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for terrorism-related activities here.

WASHINGTON, Aug 2 — US President Joe Biden announced Monday evening that al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri had been killed in a drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan over the weekend.