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Remarks by President Biden on a Successful Counterterrorism Operation in Afghanistan  The White House White House says Pelosi has the right to visit Taiwan  The Washington Post How Joe Biden and his team decided to kill the world’s most wanted terrorist  CNN Biden:

The strike, carried out over the weekend, was the first attack since American forces left Afghanistan last year.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011. Zawahiri had been in

Ayman al-Zawahiri, the elusive leader of al-Qaeda who played a key role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and took over the transnational terrorist franchise following Osama bin Laden’s death in 2011, was killed in a U.S. drone strike Sunday

The complex is owned by Emilian Gebrev, who survived a near-fatal 2015 poisoning, for which Bulgarian prosecutors later charged three Russian citizens.

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TAIPEI (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi was expected to arrive in Taipei later on Tuesday, people briefed on the matter said, as the United States said it would not be intimidated by Chinese “sabre rattling” over

First known U.S. counterterrorism operation In Afghanistan since exit last year targeted a private residence In Afghan capital.

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A key force behind the 11 September 2001 attacks on the United States, Ayman al-Zawahiri spent much of the past two decades with a $25 million bounty on his head.