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15 seeking to set up a caliphate with IS aid to go on trial
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday order framing of charges against 15 people for…
42 IS militants surrender in eastern Afghan province
Asadabad, Forty-two Islamic State (IS) militants have laid down arms in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar, the provincial…
Macron voices determination to fight IS extremism
Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron voiced his determination to fight Islamic State (IS) extremism in West Africa after French…
35 Islamic State militants killed in Afghanistan
Kabul, March 17: At least 35 Islamic State militants were killed in airstrikes on their hideouts in Afghanistan’s northern…
US designates seven groups, two individuals as global terrorists
Washington, Feb 28: The US State Department on Tuesday said it has designated seven Islamic State (IS)-affiliated groups and…
Facebook AI removes terror related posts even before flagged
San Francisco, Nov 29: Facebook is removing all Islamic State (IS) and Al Qaeda-related terror post from its platform…
Graves of civilians executed by IS found in Iraq
Baghdad, Nov 12: Mass graves containing the remains of civilians executed by the Islamic State (IS) terror group have…
Iraqi PM vows to free ‘every inch’ of land from IS
Baghdad, Aug 16: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi pledged to liberate “every inch” of Iraq’s land from Islamic State…
US soldier arrested for supporting IS
Los Angeles, July 11: Ikaika Erik Kang, a 34-year-old active duty US soldier, was arrested for allegedly trying to…
IS beheads 10 Taliban militants in Afghanistan
Kabul, July 2: The Islamic State (IS) militants have beheaded 10 Taliban men in Afghanistan’s Jawzjan province. The IS…
US state government websites hacked with pro-IS message
Washington, June 26 : Several government websites in the US state of Ohio were apparently hacked to broadcast…
117 killed in US-backed Syrian offensive to expel IS
Cairo, June 18 : At least 117 civilians have been killed in the Syrian city of al-Raqqa since June…
Facebook uses AI to counter terrorism
San Francisco, June 16: As the people have started questioning social media sites about their role in countering terrorism,…
IS calls for terror attacks during Ramadan
London, June 13: Islamic State (IS) terrorist group has called for more terror attacks during the holy month of…
IS claims Dhaka airport ‘suicide attack’
Dhaka, March 25: The Islamic State has taken responsibility for a blast in front of a police box at…
Former IS sex slave demands justice for Yazidis
Washington, March 20 : A Yazidi woman who was kidnapped and taken as a sex slave by the…
Islamic State weakening in Iraqi city of Mosul: Pentagon
Washington, Jan 10: The US Department of Defence has in a statement said that the stronghold of the Islamic…
IS claims responsibility for Berlin Truck attack
Berlin, Dec 21: The deadliest terror group again turned as the main culprit of killing 12 people after…
IS near its end: Iraq
Madrid, Nov 11: The deadliest terrorist group Islamic State is finally near its extinction and its stronghold of…
70,000 civilians trapped by IS in Iraq
Around 70,000 civilians are trapped by the Islamic State (IS) in a city near Mosul, said an Iraqi…
Nigerian defense denies Boko Haram new leader reports
Lagos, Aug 5: One day after the terror group announced its new leader, the Nigeria’s Defense Headquarters quashed…
Iraq: 5 dead after IS attacks two energy plants
At least five killed after Islamic State on Sunday attacks two energy plants in north Iraq, news agency…
Zakir Naik’s foundation recuiter Arshid Qureshi arrested, recruiting youth for IS
Arshid Qureshi, a suspected ISIS recruiter allegedly linked to controversial preacher Zakir Naik’s foundation, was arrested in Navi…
Blasts kill 26 in Afghanistan; IS, Taliban claim responsibility
Kabul, June 20 : Three separate blasts claimed 26 lives including those of two suicide bombers and 14 Nepalese…
Senior Iraqi military commander killed by Isis snipers south of Mosul
As well as an offensive to take the Isis-held city of Fallujah, government troops are fighting near Mosul.…
No trace of IS in Afghanistan , says NATO
The US Army’s recent decision to target IS in Afghanistan has had a significant impact on the terror…
ISIS seizes control of al-Shaer gas field in Syria’s Homs
The Islamic State (IS) on Thursday seized full control of al-Shaer gas field, located east of the central…
Drone strike kills IS leader in Yemen
The leader of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in Yemen was killed in a drone strike on Thursday,…