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More than 1,300 women and children surrendered to Kurdish peshmerga in August after government forces expelled the jihadist group from the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar. (Representational Image)

Iraq sentences 16 Turkish women to death by hanging for ties with Islamic State

Iraq is conducting the trials of hundreds of foreign women who have been detained, with hundreds of their children.

26 Feb 2018 3:39 PM

Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. (Photo: AFP)

Kabul under siege: Will Pak have to pay a price?

Two back-to-back terror attacks in Kabul within a couple of weeks have revealed the reach and capability of the terror organisations.

10 Feb 2018 3:16 AM

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti (Photo: PTI)

In 2018, stabilising of J&K is a key challenge

In recent weeks, some important events outline just how the Deep State’s strategy has been panning.

05 Feb 2018 12:17 AM

The map, made by Strava Labs, shows the movements of its app users around the world, indicating the intensity of travel along a given path -- a ‘direct visualization of Strava's global network of athletes,’ it says. (Photo: Strava)

Exercise-tracking app releases information on US, allied military bases

The Department of Defense said it is ‘reviewing’ the situation.

29 Jan 2018 4:56 PM

PIO girl who tried to join ISIS sentenced

The teenager was arrested by the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit (WMCTU) in June last year.

28 Jan 2018 3:37 AM

The woman's two-year-old son, whose nationality remains unclear, has been taken into the care of the state. (Representational Image)

British woman married, gave birth under IS regime; arrested on returning home

The 27-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested at Heathrow Airport under terrorism laws.

21 Jan 2018 7:11 PM

An AFP photographer at the site of the bombing said many ambulances had gathered and security forces had been deployed in large numbers. (Photo: AFP)

Baghdad: Double suicide bombing kills 38, injures over 105

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but most such attacks in Iraq are the work of the Islamic State jihadist group.

15 Jan 2018 12:41 PM

A man is carried following a suicide attack in Kabul. (Photo: AP)

Sectarian violence a far greater threat

Pakistan has already endured so much sectarian conflict that it is largely resigned to the persistence of such violence.

02 Jan 2018 12:25 AM

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in Nangarhar where the Islamic State group has a stronghold. (Photo: AFP | Representational)

18 dead, 13 injured in suicide attack at funeral site in Afghanistan

The attacker struck at the funeral ceremony of an ex-governor of Haska Mina who died recently of natural causes, an official statement said.

31 Dec 2017 4:58 PM

Putin called Wednesday's blast in his home city of Saint Petersburg an 'act of terror' and on Friday warned armed criminals they faced being ‘liquidated on the spot.’ (Photo: File)

Russian Prez Vladimir Putin toughens law for terrorist recruitment sentences

The official publication of the law came two days after a bomb attack on a supermarket in Saint Petersburg which injured 14 people.

30 Dec 2017 1:53 PM

Visibly distressed relatives searching for their loved ones inside the medical facility slapped their heads in fury as they cried and cursed the government for seemingly being unable to end the regular carnage on their streets. (Photo: AFP)

Kabul: Multiple blasts by IS at cultural festival injures dozens, 40 dead

The main explosion was followed by two smaller bomb blasts as victims and survivors were leaving the scene.

28 Dec 2017 5:09 PM

It was the largest mass execution carried out in the North African country since six convicted jihadists were hanged in 2015. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Fear among Islamists rise as Egypt executes 15 for terrorism

Egyptian courts have sentenced hundreds to death over unrest since the military ousted divisive Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013.

27 Dec 2017 12:03 PM

ISIS is now only clinging to the dregs of a 'caliphate' that spanned territory the size of Britain three years ago, with Iraq declaring victory in the war in December. (Photo: AP)

Australia pulls fighter jets out of Iraq, Syria, ends air strike against ISIS

The decision follows the Islamic State jihadist group losing its two main hubs -- Mosul in Iraq and Raqa in Syria.

22 Dec 2017 10:16 AM

Anis Amri, a 24-year-old Tunisian who had failed to obtain asylum, rammed a stolen truck into crowds at the market on the Breitscheidplatz, a popular destination for Berliners and tourists alike.(Photo: AFP)

Angela Merkel to meet relatives of victims, one year after Christmas terror attack

An Islamic jihadist ploughed a truck into a Christmas market crowd killing 12 in 2016.

18 Dec 2017 6:13 PM

Emmanuel Macron noted in a wide-ranging interview with TV station France 2 that Iraqi authorities declared the Islamic State group defeated in December and said, 'I think by mid-end February we will have won in Syria. Bashar Assad will be there.' (Photo: AP)

Prez assad's crimes should not go unnoticed once ISIS is defeated: Emmanuel Macron

Macron said Trump's failure to respect the climate deal's benefits for his country were both mistakes.

18 Dec 2017 4:07 PM

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. Previously both the Taliban and, increasingly, the Islamic State group have carried out devastating attacks in Kabul. (Photo: File/Representational)

Kabul: intense fighting breaks out after militants storm training facility

Roads to the area were closed and dozens of police and intelligence officers were blocking access to the public.

18 Dec 2017 1:23 PM

Law enforcement officials said the accused had looked at IS group propaganda online and told investigators he was retaliating against US military aggression, but had no direct contact with the group. (Photo: File)

B'desh condemns US subway attack after suspect transpires to be its national

Bangladesh Police said they are unauthorised to comment on the suspect, identified as Akayed Ullah, a 27-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant.

12 Dec 2017 5:02 PM

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declares victory in more than three year fight against IS. (Photo: File)

World leaders congratulate Iraq following declaration of victory over IS

‘Daesh no longer hold significant territory in Iraq or Syria,’ says Theresa May.

11 Dec 2017 6:01 PM

Omar Mohammed, 31, disclosed that he is the man behind the legendary and widely read Mosul Eye, the pseudonym under which he wrote the catalog of horrors that was life under Islamic State fanatics. (Photo: AP)

‘Mosul Eye,’ a scholar's project that catalogued ISIS horrors, reveals itself

He forced himself to witness the beheadings and deaths by stoning and became the outside world’s main source of news in the Islamic State.

08 Dec 2017 12:09 PM

Authorities said up to 30 militants in camouflage clothing and flying the black banner of the Islamic State group surrounded the mosque and opened fire on the faithful during the main weekly prayers. (Photo: AFP)

Imam who survived IS attack on Sinai mosques says will go back to finish sermon

Mohammed Abdel Fattah, 26, was delivering the Friday sermon at the North Sinai Rawda mosque when blasts erupted.

27 Nov 2017 1:56 PM

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