Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Goa ATS keeping tabs on Kashmiris: CM Laxmikant Parsekar

Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said that intelligence inputs indicated that Goa was an "important target for terrorism".

Aug 05, 2016, 20:44 PM IST

Telangana, Andhra set to launch campaign against ISIS

State Minorities Commission for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh is set to unleash an awareness campaign against ISIS by getting on board Imams of a large number of mosques across the two states to thwart the attempts of the terror group to lure youths.

Aug 05, 2016, 15:02 PM IST

Indonesia arrests six suspected of plotting Singapore attack

Indonesian authorities arrested six suspected militants on Batam island on Friday who were believed to be linked to the Islamic State group and plotting an attack on nearby Singapore, a police spokesman said.

Aug 05, 2016, 15:00 PM IST

Egypt air strike kills Islamic State head of Sinai: Army

An Egyptian air strike killed the head of the Islamic State group in the Sinai Peninsula along with top aides and dozens of other jihadists, the Army said on Thursday.

Aug 04, 2016, 23:35 PM IST

North Carolina man charged with trying to aid Islamic State: Justice Department

A North Carolina man was arrested Thursday on a charge of conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State militant group by attempting to recruit people to carry out an attack in the United States, the Justice Department said.

Aug 04, 2016, 21:35 PM IST

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Islamic State hit list?

The Myanmar government is taking the threat against Aung San Suu Kyi seriously.

Aug 04, 2016, 20:52 PM IST

Nine citizens of Trinidad sought to join Islamic State group: Report

The government of Trinidad and Tobago has reportedly confirmed that nine of its citizens will be deported from Turkey after being detained while trying to enter Syria or Iraq to join the Islamic State group.

Aug 04, 2016, 08:31 AM IST

Hezbollah sees no immediate end to Syria war, partition in Iraq and Syria a possible outcome

Lebanon’s Hezbollah said the partition of Iraq and Syria was a possible outcome of sectarian fighting across the region and there was no prospect of any end to the war in Syria until after November`s US Presidential Election.

Aug 04, 2016, 00:04 AM IST

US designates Pakistan-based Jamaat-ul-Ahrar as terrorist group

The US authorities have designated a Pakistan-based Islamist organisation, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, as a "global terrorist" organisation, the State Department announced on Wednesday.

Aug 03, 2016, 21:33 PM IST

SHOCKING! UK imam says sex slaves are allowed in Islam

Ali Hammuda, an imam at a Cardiff mosque, is accused of radicalising three British citizens who travelled to Syria to join Islamic State in 2014.

Aug 02, 2016, 17:26 PM IST

Maharashtra ATS identifies 270 URLs showing IS activities, asks Centre to block them

Last year, the ATS had blocked 94 such websites. 

Jul 26, 2016, 09:08 AM IST

Syrian migrant killed by own bomb at German bar

A Syrian migrant set off an explosion at a bar in southern Germany that killed himself and wounded a dozen others late Sunday, authorities said, the third attack to hit Bavaria in a week.

Jul 25, 2016, 08:48 AM IST

Another ISIS suspect arrested from Maharashtra's Thane district

The National Investigation Agency on June 29 busted an IS module.

Jul 23, 2016, 12:45 PM IST

France to supply artillery to Iraqi Army: Hollande

France will supply weapons to Iraq to support its fight against the Islamic State group, President Francois Hollande said Friday, but ruled out any troop deployment in the country.

Jul 22, 2016, 18:07 PM IST

Most Germans fear terrorist attack after train axe assault: Poll

Bavarian police shot dead the teenager after he wounded four people from Hong Kong on the train and injured a local resident while fleeing.

Jul 22, 2016, 15:24 PM IST

China, Pakistan launch first joint border patrols near Xinjiang

Chinese and Pakistan border troops have for the first time launched joint patrolling of the border connecting PoK with Xinjiang province amid reports that over 100 Uighurs have fled the restive region to join ISIS.

Jul 21, 2016, 17:16 PM IST

Islamic State can be conduit for psychopaths` violent desires: Experts

Profiling terrorists is a major headache for security and intelligence forces, with motives as wide-ranging as the kind of people drawn to carry them out.
 

Jul 21, 2016, 14:30 PM IST

Bangladesh arrests four militants in hunt for cafe attack Islamists

Five Bangladesh militants, most from wealthy, liberal families, stormed an upmarket restaurant on July 1 and murdered customers before they were gunned down.

Jul 21, 2016, 14:01 PM IST

Syria activists urge protests over deadly coalition raids

Asked about the Al-Tukhar raids, the US-led coalition said it had recently "conducted air strikes near Manbij" and was looking into the reports of civilian casualties.
 

Jul 21, 2016, 13:35 PM IST

Brussels police surround bomb suspect, cordon off city centre

Police backed by bomb disposal teams on today cordoned off part of central Brussels where they surrounded a "suspect" individual wearing a long coat with wires showing.

Jul 20, 2016, 22:32 PM IST