EghtesadOnline: The Pentagon said on Saturday a U.S. air strike in Afghanistan this week killed an al Qaeda militant who was responsible for the death of two American service members and accused of involvement in a deadly attack on a bus carrying Sri Lanka's cricket team in 2009.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s press attaché to the United Nations responded to US former senator’s claims against Iran stressing that Tehran has long been fighting terror.

EghtesadOnline: Pakistani security forces and intelligence agencies dismantled networks of al-Qaeda and Daesh in Balochistan province, according to local authorities.

EghtesadOnline: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said that Iran supports Nigeria in battle against Boko Haram and al-Qaeda.

EghtesadOnline: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has dismissed US allegations about Iran’s support for the al-Qaeda terror group, describing the claims as an attempt to “whitewash” the truth about the role US allies had in the September 11, 2001 attacks.

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. military is deepening its involvement in Yemen, with escalating counterterrorism strikes targeting an al-Qaeda affiliate that’s gained ground in the chaos of the country’s civil war.

EghtesadOnline: Former Saudi intelligence chief and long-time Ambassador to Washington Prince Bandar bin Sultan has been linked to an al-Qaeda operative by the co-chair of a recent US probe into the 9/11 terror incidents.

EghtesadOnline: Al-Qaeda and the ISIL are common danger for both Iran and Pakistan, said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif in a meeting with Pakistani Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry.