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A police officer runs along a sidewalk near a shooting near the Mandalay Bay resort and casino on the Las Vegas Strip, Sunday (Photo: AP)

FBI says no connection to terrorism found in Las Vegas shooting

Police said the attack was carried out by Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old retired accountant.

3 Oct 2017 8:35 AM IST

Women look at a statue by Algerian artist Adel Abdessemed, recreating the photo Napalm Girl, during the 15th Istanbul Biennial on November 3. (Photo: AFP)

Artistes find their voice in Turkey's difficult' climate

Turkish artist Erkan Ozgen, a Kurd, presented the video installation of the Syrian mute boy, Mohammed, in a short video...

21 Nov 2017 1:13 AM IST

No one immediately claimed the blast. Both the Taliban and an Islamic State affiliate are active in Nangarhar.(Photo: AFP)

Afghan children set off unexploded mortar round, 3 dead

Afghanistan is littered with land mines and unexploded munitions left over from decades of war, which kill and wound...

29 April 2018 4:31 PM IST

Smoke billows following a reported air strike in rebel-held parts of Jobar on the eastern outskirts of Damascus, on March 19. (Photo: AFP/Mohammed EYAD)

US-led air strike hits key military positions in east Syria: State...

A military source of forces allied to Syria's govt said the strikes had targeted two regime military positions near a...

24 May 2018 1:30 PM IST

France has been on high alert following a string of jihadist attacks since early 2015, often by people who have become radicalised or claim to have acted in the name of the Islamic State group. (Photo: AFP)

Woman shouting 'Allahu Akbar' slashes 2 with blade in supermarket in...

The 24-yr-old assailant was overpowered by a customer, two supermarket employees and was taken into custody.

18 Jun 2018 12:54 PM IST

Within this tragedy lies another one. According to new research collected and published by the United Nations, nearly 33 per cent of the people captured on the mountain were children. These children were taken into IS captivity soon after to become future fighters or propaganda material. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

The children of terror

Participation, of course, is presented as an honour that the children have to earn, an imprimatur of belonging.

31 Aug 2018 1:18 AM IST

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Latest memorial site advantageous

The 40-acre islet in the Arabian Sea, the latest site for the memorial of Chhatrapati Shivaji falls under the Coastal...

14 Feb 2013 1:39 PM IST

Security forces inspect the site of attack on a military hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Death toll from mosque attack in Kabul reaches 28: official

The Islamic State said in a statement on the website of its Aamaq news agency that it had deployed two attackers to the...

26 Aug 2017 3:04 PM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Royal Castle in Warsaw. (Photo: AP)

Trump administration plans to create independent military Cyber...

The move reflects the escalating threat of cyberattacks and intrusions from other nation states, terrorist groups and...

17 July 2017 1:51 PM IST

President Rodrigo Duterte. (Photo: AP)

Duterte says siege may end soon but ISIS threat will persist

Military spokesman Brig. Gen. Padilla said 381 militants, 90 soldiers and policemen and 39 civilians have been killed in...

11 July 2017 6:28 PM IST

ISIS extremists smashed icons, toppled church bell towers and systematically chiselled out the crucifixes that once adorned each panel of the outer wall of the Mar Bahnam wa Sara church. (Photo: Representational/AP)

Freed from ISIS, Iraq's Qaraqosh now deemed ghost town

Qaraqosh was ravaged by IS jihadists, who seized it in June 2014 as they rampaged across parts of northern Iraq.

29 March 2017 3:03 PM IST

The Talibans leaders have been based in Pakistani cities, including Quetta, Karachi and Peshawar, since their rule in Afghanistan was overthrown in the 2001 U.S. invasion after the 9/11 attacks. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Afghanistan wants more US help in fight against Taliban, IS

The Trump administration has not yet said if it will send more forces in response to Nicholson's comments.

22 March 2017 8:17 AM IST