ISIS: News

20 Sep 2018

India

59% of terrorist attacks in 2017 happened in 5 countries

Almost 59% of all terrorist attacks in 2017 took place in five Asian countries, including India and Pakistan, according to US report.

16 Sep 2018

Netflix

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11 Sep 2018

Afghanistan

Suicide bomber kills at least 5 in Afghanistan

At least five people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up among protesters in eastern Afghanistan, an official said, in the latest violence to hit the country.

10 Sep 2018

Paris

Paris Knife attack: 7 people injured, 4 in critical condition

Two British tourists, among seven others, were wounded in Paris after they were attacked by a man carrying a knife and an iron bar, said the police. Four are in critical condition.

07 Sep 2018

India

Two suspected terrorists of ISIS-linked outfit arrested near Red Fort

The Delhi police arrested two suspected terrorists belonging to a group having allegiance to the ISIS, on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, it has been reported.

01 Sep 2018

Theresa May

Man, who planned PM Theresa May's murder, jailed for life

Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman, a 21-year-old ISIS terrorist, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 30 years, for plotting the murder of Theresa May, the UK Prime Minister.

23 Aug 2018

Iraq

ISIS releases audio message of its leader Baghdadi presumed dead

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the elusive chief of the Islamic State terror group has asked his followers to "patiently persevere" despite the losses they suffered in Iraq and Syria.

23 Aug 2018

Paris

One killed, two injured in knife attack near Paris

A man armed with a knife killed one person and seriously injured two others today morning in a town about 30km southwest of Paris, a police source said.

23 Aug 2018

India

#RaGaInGermany: Unemployment reason behind lynchings, an ISIS reference, and more

Congress President Rahul Gandhi launched an attack at ruling BJP and PM Narendra Modi as he addressed a gathering in Bucerius Summer School, Hamburg, Germany.

13 Aug 2018

Plane Crash

Tajikistan: 16 people feared dead in helicopter hard landing

Up to 16 people, including 13 climbers and 3 helicopter crew, were unaccounted for after a hard landing by the helicopter in the mountains of Tajikistan, the Central Asian country's emergency committee said today.

07 Aug 2018

Syria

Iraq sentences French man, German woman to life for IS-membership

An Iraqi court yesterday sentenced a French man and a German woman to life in prison in the latest punishments handed down for belonging to Islamic State jihadist group.

27 Jul 2018

Sushma Swaraj

Agent, who trafficked 39 people to Iraq, still working: Swaraj

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said the agent responsible for trafficking 39 Indians to Iraq, who were abducted and later killed, was still operating his business and urged state women commissions to crackdown against such illegal agents.

26 Jul 2018

Syria

Syria: Death toll in IS attacks rises to 250 overnight

The death toll in Islamic State group suicide bombings and shootings in southern Syria rose to nearly 250 overnight, over half of them civilians.

11 Jul 2018

Terror Attack

Here's how an Indian undercover officer prevented terror-attack in Delhi

In an unprecedented level of operation, Indian security agencies went 'The Departed' way, infiltrating an Islamic State (IS) ring to thwart a suicide bombing in New Delhi.

05 Jul 2018

San Francisco

Inside British Parliament, Siri 'interrupts' MP, announces results on Syria

The task of digital assistants Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant, is to make our lives easier. But in this case, a minister of British Parliament was left embarrassed when Apple's Siri rudely interrupted his speech.

01 Jul 2018

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 3 beheaded, school torched, IS hand suspected

In what is suspected to be an Islamic State attack, a boys' school was torched and three men beheaded in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Saturday.

16 May 2018

Facebook

Facebook removed 583 million fake accounts during Jan-March 2018

According to Facebook's Community Standards Enforcement Report that has been released for the first time, the company has disabled 583 million fake accounts during the first quarter of 2018.

14 May 2018

Donald Trump

Paris attack: Trump seeks changes to thought process on terror

US President Donald Trump today said countries must "open their eyes" and change their "thought process" on how to tackle terrorism, following the latest attack linked to the Islamic State in France.

14 May 2018

Paris

Paris knife-attacker was reserved, quiet, didn't seem like extremist: Friends

The 20-year-old who was gunned down in Paris during a knife attack was a calm and reserved person, and "didn't fit the stereotype" of a jihadist, friends and witnesses said.

22 Apr 2018

Syria

Over 50 dead bodies recovered in former ISIS stronghold Raqqa

Over 50 dead bodies were recovered from a mass grave in Raqqa, the former de-facto capital of Islamic State, on Saturday.

02 Apr 2018

Amarinder Singh

Mortal remains of 38 Indians killed in Iraq brought back

Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh has landed in Amritsar with the bodies of 38 Indians killed by the ISIS in Iraq four years ago.

01 Apr 2018

Sushma Swaraj

VK Singh to bring back bodies of 39-Indians from Iraq

Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh today left for Iraq to bring back the mortal remains of the 39 Indians killed in the war-torn country, officials said.

30 Mar 2018

Donald Trump

Trump signals withdrawal of US troops from Syria 'very soon'

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that the US troops would "be coming out of Syria very soon" as he lamented that America has wasted $7 trillion in wars in the Middle East.

27 Mar 2018

Sushma Swaraj

Sushma Swaraj re-tweets Congress poll about her failure

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj re-tweeted a poll started by the Congress.

24 Mar 2018

France

French officer who swapped places with a hostage passes away

A French police officer who had offered himself to an extremist gunman in exchange for a hostage has succumbed to his injuries and passed away, the French interior ministry said on Saturday.

23 Mar 2018

France

France shooting: Gunman shoots policeman; hostages taken at a supermarket

A gunman has reportedly shot at a policeman in southwest France before another man took hostages at a supermarket in two separate incidents in the same area on Friday, said security sources.

22 Mar 2018

India

39 kidnapped Indians shot dead over a year ago: Iraq

Revealing details about the deaths of 39 Indians killed in Mosul, Iraqi officials have confirmed they were shot in the head over a year ago.

21 Mar 2018

Sushma Swaraj

ISIS killed 39 Indians: Why was government quiet for 4years?

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday informed the Parliament that 39 Indians, abducted by ISIS terrorists in Iraq, were dead.

20 Mar 2018

Sushma Swaraj

'Will believe my brother is dead when MEA contacts me'

Gurpinder Kaur, the sister of one of the 39 Indians killed in Iraq, today said she finds it difficult to believe her brother is no more because External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had assured her for years that he is alive.

20 Mar 2018

Sushma Swaraj

All 39 Indian hostages in Iraq dead: Sushma Swaraj

After years of uncertainty about the fate of 39 Indians abducted by the Islamic State in Iraq in 2014, Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj has confirmed they are dead.

15 Mar 2018

Pakistan News

Youth's radicalization, the most challenging problem in world: Home Minister

Addressing the fourth counter-terrorism conference titled "Changing Contours of Global Terror", Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that radicalization of the populace, particularly youths, is one of the most challenging problems the world is facing currently.

09 Mar 2018

Afghanistan

Afghan national who helped recruit Kalyan youths for ISIS killed

An Afghan national who helped four Kalyan youths join ISIS was shot dead in an encounter in Kabul last May, his wife's relative has confirmed.

02 Mar 2018

Afghanistan

One killed, several injured in Kabul blast

A blast in Kabul this morning has killed at least one and injured four, the Afghan government said.

26 Feb 2018

South Africa

ISIS-linked Indian-origin woman, partner held in British couple abduction case

A 27-year-old Indian-origin woman and her partner, both allegedly linked to the ISIS terror group, have been arrested on charges of abducting a British couple, said South African special police unit Hawks.

25 Feb 2018

Russia News

#SyriaWar: UNSC unanimously votes for 30-day ceasefire in war-torn country

The United Nations Security Council unanimously voted in favor of a resolution demanding a 30-day ceasefire in war-torn Syria without delay.

03 Feb 2018

Muslims

UP Shia Waqf Board: Against Ram temple? Go to Pakistan

With the SC scheduled to hear the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi dispute from February 8, the issue has again started getting mileage with explosive statements and claims.

Indian-origin ISIS terrorist designated 'global terrorist' by US

Indian-origin Islamic State terrorist Siddhartha Dhar aka Abu Rumaysah has been designated a global terrorist by the US, along with Belgian-Moroccan citizen Abdelatif Gaini.

15 Jan 2018

Explosion

Twin bomb attacks in Baghdad kill at least 35

At least 35 people were killed in double suicide bombings in Tayaran Square in Baghdad, the second attack in three days.

31 Dec 2017

India

#ThatWas2017: A year of trains' derailments, mismanagement and misery

India will remember 2017 as the year of major train mishaps.

28 Dec 2017

Afghanistan

Kabul: Suicide blast targeting Shia center, news office kills 40

At least 40 people were killed and 30 injured in a suicide blast close to the offices of a Shia cultural center and the Afghan Voice news agency in Kabul.