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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…
March 3, 2020
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…
March 1, 2020
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…
December 22, 2019
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…
March 17, 2018
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…
February 28, 2018
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…
November 29, 2017
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…
November 12, 2017
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…
August 16, 2017
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…
July 11, 2017
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…
July 2, 2017
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…
June 26, 2017
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…
June 18, 2017
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,…
June 16, 2017
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…
June 13, 2017
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…
March 25, 2017
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…
March 20, 2017
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…
January 10, 2017
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…
December 21, 2016
IS near its end: Iraq
Madrid, Nov 11: The deadliest terrorist group Islamic State is finally near its extinction and its stronghold of…
November 11, 2016
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…
August 20, 2016
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…
August 5, 2016
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…
July 31, 2016
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…
July 22, 2016
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…
June 20, 2016
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.…
June 15, 2016
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…
May 12, 2016
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…
May 5, 2016
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,…
February 4, 2016