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Senior Deputy Inspector General in charge of the of the polices Special Task Force (STF) MR Latheef said the bombings could have been averted had there been a better coordination among the security agencies. (Photo: File)

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Easter Sunday attacks could have been averted: Investigator

The ISIS terror group claimed the attacks, but the government blamed the local Islamist extremist group NTJ for the...

25 July 2019 6:05 PM IST

Jihan said she doesnt have any pictures of her children and doesnt want to remember them. (Photo: AFP)

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Agony of Yazidi women torn between IS kids, or return home

Dozens of Yazidi women and girls systematically raped, sold and married off to jihadists after being abducted.

14 July 2019 5:16 PM IST

The area of the attack, southeast of the city of Kirkuk, is controlled by Iran-supported militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces. (Photo: Representational | AP)

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IS mortar attack on soccer field kills 6 in Iraq

The attack occurred late Saturday in the village of Daquq, in Iraq's northern Kirkuk province, as people were...

25 Aug 2019 5:25 PM IST

An underlying cause of anxiety is the growing threat of the militant Islamic State group spreading its tentacles in the war-torn country. (Photo: AFP)

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Islamic State lost nearly a quarter of its territory in 2016: report

Between early Jan 2016 and the end of the year the Islamic State's self-declared caliphate fell from 78,000 to 60,400...

19 Jan 2017 11:06 AM IST

$The names of all banned outfits - including acronyms and small variations in spelling - were searched on Facebook to find pages, groups, and user profiles that publicly \liked\ a banned outfit, the report said. (Photo: AFP/File/Representational)$ Technology

Facebook bug may have exposed moderators to extremists

Facebook says it fixed the error, which occurred last year, and it has no evidence that those affected received any...

17 Jun 2017 12:29 PM IST

Islamic state fighters. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

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IS jihadists forcing children, disabled into suicide cars: US general

IS had adopted coercive new techniques in its use of suicide car bombs because the jihadists appear to be running out of...

24 Feb 2017 9:04 AM IST