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ISIS has been turning its sights on targets outside its base in the Sinai, putting more pressure on the government and presenting extra challenges for security services. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Pak: Suicide bomber captured before attack talks about suspected...

Police investigators, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Usman's confession helped them identify several key...

7 Aug 2017 11:56 AM IST

A 2014 report estimated that 18 per cent all European ISIS members were female and the total number is now believed to be more than 550. (Photo: AP)

False sense of empowerment drawing women to ISIS: report

The report said the reasons that drove hundreds of women to journey from Europe to ISIS territories were complex'.

6 Aug 2017 7:27 PM IST

A media arm of the Islamic State group, shows people inspecting damage from airstrikes and artillery shelling in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the ISIS. (Photo: AP)

Syrian army takes ISIS-held town in Homs province, says monitor

Monitor says government troops have taken last ISIS-held town in Homs as army advances towards ISIL strongholds in east.

6 Aug 2017 8:07 AM IST

ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack on Tuesday that killed at least 29 and wounded more than 63 at a Shiite mosque in Herat. (Photo: AP)

Attacks on embassy, Shia mosque signs of ISIS bringing Iraq war to...

US commanders say that, along with Afghan forces, they have severely reduced ISIS' strength over the past year.

3 Aug 2017 4:51 PM IST

For Islamist terrorists, foreign tourists are soft target in poor...

Earlier in June this year, at least two people were killed in a terror attack at a luxurious resort frequented by...

14 Aug 2017 5:51 PM IST

Syria Commandos kill 25 jihadists in central Syria: monitor

Syria Commandos kill 25 jihadists in central Syria: monitor

The raid allowed regime forces to seize control of three villages in the area, official news agency SANA reported the...

13 Aug 2017 3:33 PM IST

Amani, the provincial spokesman, has said that dozens of Taliban and IS group fighters, under the command of a local Taliban commander who he claimed pledged allegiance to IS, launched a co-ordinated attack on the area on Thursday. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Taliban releases 235 hostages after killing 50 Afghan civilians with...

An Afghan security source said he thought there were still around 100 people being held hostage in Mirzawalang in Sar-e...

9 Aug 2017 10:11 AM IST

The Taliban and ISIS fighters have regularly clashed since the latter gained a foothold in eastern Afghanistan in 2015, as the two vie for supremacy in the war-torn country. (Photo: AP)

Taliban, ISIS kill 50 civilians in rare joint operation: Afghan...

A security source said that there had been around 3 incidents in the past where fighters from both groups had teamed up.

7 Aug 2017 4:09 PM IST

Abdul Razak Ali Artan, a logistics student at Ohio State University. (Photo: AP)

IS claims jihadist 'soldier' behind Ohio University attack

The Amaq agency said the rampage by Abdul Razak Ali Artan, a student of Ohio State University, was the result of IS...

30 Nov 2016 10:13 AM IST

These three were arrested by the Mumbai police after their names appeared in chargesheet filed by the Gujarat police.

NIA nabs 2 more terror suspects for court blasts

Those arrested on Tuesday have been identified as Mohammed Ayub Ali and Shamsudeen, 25, both residents of Madurai.

30 Nov 2016 12:15 AM IST

Aman Tandel went to Iraq in May 2014 to join the ISIS.

Kalyan youth who had joined ISIS killed in air strike'

The family is set to hand over the phone set on which the call came to the police for a probe into the nature and...

29 Nov 2016 4:55 AM IST

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ISIS' Kalyan recruit killed in Syria airstrike

Areeb Majeed, another youth, among the four who went to Iraq, had returned the same year.

29 Nov 2016 1:45 AM IST