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A USCIS statement explaining the change says fake accounts and identities will make it easier for investigators to search for potential evidence of fraud. (Photo: Representational)

US to use fake social media to check people entering country

The change in policy was preceded by other steps taken by the State Department.

31 Aug 2019 8:08 AM

Among the 160 people wounded at the wedding blast, many are in critical condition, some not well enough to undergo surgery, said a second senior interior ministry official. (Photo: AP)

Death toll of Afghan wedding blast rises to 80: Officials

The initial death toll after the Saturday night blast was 63, but some of the wounded had died in hospital.

21 Aug 2019 1:44 PM

In recent times, IS has carried out more activities outside West Asia than inside and also restructured its group, under the directions of its leader Abubakr al-Baghdadi. (Photo: Representational)

Islamic State eyes India, Sri Lanka as next operational hub: report

The monitor showed that the increase in its activity outside West Asia -- mostly across South Asia and Africa-- is drastic.

16 Aug 2019 11:19 AM

The woman was captured by Kurdish forces in September 2017. (Photo: File)

Member of IS, German woman sentenced to 5 years imprisonment

She allegedly received weapons training between 2014 and mid-2017 and wrote blogs praising life in IS-controlled territory.

05 Jul 2019 5:43 PM

Lisa Smith joined the Islamic State group after divorcing her husband for not following her at the age of 33. (Photo: ScreenGrab)

IS bride, Lisa Smith says she did not train fighters

She and her two-year-old daughter are being held in a camp for IS women and children.

05 Jul 2019 5:33 PM

A U.S.-led coalition has been fighting Islamic State in Syria since 2014 with an intensive air campaign and ground troops in support of local forces. (Photo: AP | Representational)

US says it struck al Qaeda ‘safe haven’ in Syria

The US said it carried out a strike on Sunday against al Qaeda in northwest Syria, calling the area a ‘safe haven’ for the group.

01 Jul 2019 6:34 PM

Message supporting IS found on Uran flyover

Police have beefed up security in and around Uran.

05 Jun 2019 5:57 AM

The State Department alleged that the attack violates a ceasefire in the greater Idlib area that has protected millions of civilians who were already displaced from violence in other parts of the war-ravaged country. (Photo: ANI)

US warns Syria over suspected use of chemical attacks

Some 180 civilians have been killed in flare-up since April 30, according to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based monitor.

22 May 2019 3:44 PM

Iran-US relations hit a new low last year as US Trump pulled out of a 2015 nuclear deal. (Photo: File)

If Islamic republic attacks American interests, it will be destroyed: Donald Trump

'If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran. Never threaten the United States again,' Trump said in a tweet.

20 May 2019 8:28 AM

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, but the government has blamed the NTJ for the bombings. (Photo: File)

Sri Lanka school principal, teacher arrested for link to Easter terror attack

The suspects have been identified as Noor Mohamed Addu Ul and Ajibul Jabar, residents of Kapugollewa, Horowpathana.

18 May 2019 10:44 AM

The attacks were claimed by the Islamic State. (Photo: File)

Close aide of Sri Lanka bombers arrested with several passports

Mohammed Rizwan was arrested from the Mabole area in Wattala by the police on Wednesday.

17 May 2019 12:09 PM

IS has stepped up hit-and-run raids and suicide attacks, including taking responsibility for the Easter Sunday bombing in Sri Lanka that killed at least 253 people. (Photo:AP)

ISIS claims territory in India for first time after clash in Kashmir

Islamic State claimed for the first time that it has established a 'province' in India, after a clash between militants and security forces.

12 May 2019 8:15 AM

He told the militant group to 'leave my country alone'. (Photo:AP)

'Leave my country alone': SL President tells Islamic State

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said a foreign mastermind may have planned the Easter Sunday bombings, claimed by Islamic State.

01 May 2019 2:25 PM

There has never been a history of discord between Muslims and Christians in Sri Lanka. (Photo: AP)

In Sri Lanka, jihadis have divided two communities

Given the rocky relations between the two ambitious politicians, such a lack of communication is understandable.

28 Apr 2019 2:53 AM

Overnight, security forces using newly granted powers under the country’s state of emergency arrested 16 more suspects in connection with the attacks. (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka deploys thousands of troops to look for suspects in Easter suicide bomb attacks

The president has asked the police chief and top defence ministry bureaucrat to step down, though neither has done so yet.

25 Apr 2019 12:26 PM

The death toll of the blasts has risen to 359 as confirmed by the official sources amongst which 11 are Indians. (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka: 8 of 9 bombers identified, two millionaire brothers, 1 woman

It is interesting that a Sri Lankan family’s involvement is under discussion after ISIS has claimed the responsibility.

24 Apr 2019 12:43 PM

Harshani Sriyani weeps over the body of her daughter who was killed in the Easter Sunday bombings in Colombo on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

ISIS claims Sri Lanka bombing

Fifty people were killed in shooting attacks on two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch on March 15.

24 Apr 2019 1:33 AM

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted multi-location raids in Wardha and Telangana and detained Islamic State (IS) sympathisers Saturday.

NIA conducts raids in Wardha, Telangana

The NIA confirmed the raids, adding that searches were conducted at three places in Hyderabad and one place in Wardha.

21 Apr 2019 4:01 AM

Further details are awaited. (Photo: File)

NIA raids 3 locations in Telangana, Maharashtra against ISIS module

The raids are being conducted at three locations in Hyderabad and one in Wardha, sources added.

20 Apr 2019 11:14 AM

A day earlier, President Donald Trump declared that Islamic State militants no longer control any territory in Syria. (Photo:AP)

US-backed Syrian force claims victory over Islamic State

US-backed forces in Syria announced they have liberated the last area held by the Islamic State in the eastern Syrian village of Baghouz.

23 Mar 2019 3:33 PM

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