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Islamic State militants. (Photo: AP/File)

5 Pakistani soldiers killed in cross border terrorist attack

Pakistan army had launched a crackdown against terrorists after an Islamic State suicide bomb attack in Sindh province...

6 March 2017 12:43 PM IST

The core of al Qaeda leadership is still in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the official pointed out. (File Photo) AP)

By opposing Iran, the US is supporting its closest ally

In 2012, Hillary Clinton gave into a very well-financed lobbying campaign and officially delisted the MEK as a terrorist...

28 July 2017 12:42 AM IST

Armed police respond after reports of an explosion at Manchester Arena during an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England. (Photo:AP)

UK attack fallout: Muslim student spat on, another told 'stop bombing'

On Tuesday, a Muslim woman was spat on by a stranger on Manchester's Oxford Road, local media reported.

25 May 2017 6:03 PM IST

Armed police respond after reports of an explosion at Manchester Arena during an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England. (Photo:AP)

ISIS claims deadly Manchester bombing that killed 22 people

Manchester police announced on Tuesday that they had arrested a 23-year-old man in the south of the city, in connection...

23 May 2017 5:36 PM IST

Elite Iraqi troops, known as the Golden Division, are the only brigades to have entered Mosul from the east, with Iraqi army, federal police and Kurdish Peshmerga units surrounding the city to the north and south. (Photo: AP)

Iraqi troops push for Mosul after 2-week lull

Backed by airstrikes, Iraqi special forces, army troops and federal police launched a push on five neighborhoods early...

29 Dec 2016 1:16 PM IST

People offer their respect near the crime scene in Berlin, Germany. (Photo: AP)

ISIS supporters call for more holiday attacks in Europe

Turkey may have been chosen as a target because it has backed rebels in Syria against Islamic State.

29 Dec 2016 8:40 AM IST

A police officer looks a photographs of the victims displayed a day after an attack at a popular nightclub in Istanbul. (Photo: AP)

Nightclub attacker who killed 39, identified: Turkey

Mevlut Cavusoglu, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, notified a local news agency that the nighclub attacker has been...

4 Jan 2017 2:17 PM IST

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Philippines' President Duterte says his cousins might be with ISIS

Strap: Duterte said his cousins had earlier been members of Islamist groups such as Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

4 Jan 2017 10:38 AM IST

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi speaks during a press conference in Baghdad. (Photo: AFP)

3 months needed to rout ISIS, says Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi

Abadi had previously pledged the northern city would be retaken by the end of this year.

28 Dec 2016 9:15 AM IST

Prison staff due to the lenient security checks they have to undergo unlike other visitors usually smuggles mobile phones in. (Representational Image)

Armed men attack Philippines jail, free scores of prisoners

A two-hour long firefight broke out when more than 100 armed men attacked the jail, giving the inmates an opportunity to...

4 Jan 2017 9:07 AM IST

Elite Iraqi troops, known as the Golden Division, are the only brigades to have entered Mosul from the east, with Iraqi army, federal police and Kurdish Peshmerga units surrounding the city to the north and south. (Photo: AP)

Iraqi forces retake 60 percent of east Mosul: Commander

Hundreds of thousands of civilians remain inside Mosul, forcing Iraqi and allied forces to take precautions and slowing...

1 Jan 2017 8:23 PM IST

Tens of thousands of people have streamed out of west Mosul since February 25. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

Iraq holds ISIS suspects in ill-kept facilities near Mosul: HRW

Security forces are searching for ISIS jihadists trying to sneak out of the city among civilians.

14 March 2017 3:11 PM IST