Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Delhi Police Special Cell arrests Mumbai resident for alleged links with Islamic State

Delhi Police Special Cell nabs suspected Islamic State sympathiser from ISBT

Feb 05, 2016, 11:27 AM IST

Terror attacks loom as Indonesian trio vie for Islamic State glory

A crackdown in the wake of January`s gun and suicide assault on the Indonesian capital has uncovered a complex web of small militant cells.

Feb 05, 2016, 10:17 AM IST

Signs of torture on body of Italian student found in Egypt: Security officials

 An Italian student who went missing in Cairo has died and an investigation has been launched into signs of torture on his body, which was found dumped next to an Egyptian road, security officials said on Thursday.

Feb 04, 2016, 15:29 PM IST

Sameer Sardana, arrested terror suspect, was collecting bomb blasts info in Goa: ATS

Sameer Sardana, the son of a retired Army officer, had been collecting information about bomb blasts which have taken place across the country in the past when he was arrested at the Vasco Railway Station, said a senior police official.

Feb 04, 2016, 15:19 PM IST

Suspects in Islamic State plot `lived in refugee shelters`: German police

Algerians targeted in raids on Thursday over suspected links to the Islamic State group lived in refugee shelters, the German Police said.

Feb 04, 2016, 15:04 PM IST

Drones kill 12 Yemen militants, including top leader: Residents

The leader of Islamic State in Yemen was killed in a drone strike early on Thursday, residents and officials said.

Feb 04, 2016, 12:29 PM IST

After Indian Mujahideen, Bhatkal now becomes new recruiting ground for Islamic State

Once known in intelligence circles as the breeding ground of the homegrown Indian Mujahideen (IM) terror outfit, Karnataka`s small coastal town of Bhatkal, a tourist destination with a lot of history, is unfortunately now being seen in the security establishment to be emerging as a possible incubator of the Islamic State`s Indian terror module after a string of arrests from the town and nearby areas in the southern state.

Feb 02, 2016, 16:40 PM IST

Airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan destroy Islamic State radio station

The Islamic State group emerged in Afghanistan in the past year. The radio station was broadcasting illegally across Nangarhar, in an attempt to boost recruitment. 

Feb 02, 2016, 12:49 PM IST

Indian Islamic State module draws members from IM, SIMI: Investigators

An Indian terror module pledging allegiance to the Islamic State is a reorganised group of the virtually defunct Indian Mujahideen and SIMI elements.

Jan 29, 2016, 16:58 PM IST

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi receives threat letter from ISIS

Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi received a threat letter from terror outfit ISIS on Friday.

Jan 29, 2016, 14:36 PM IST

Australia raids homes of `doctor in Islamic State video`: Reports

Police have raided two Melbourne homes in counter-terrorism operations, with reports on Friday linking them to an Australian man who appeared in a slick Islamic State propaganda video last year.

Jan 29, 2016, 08:05 AM IST

US will counter ISIS terror plotters in any country: Barack Obama

The US will continue to counter terror plotters of Islamic State militant group in any country where necessary, President Barack Obama has said while directing his national security team to intensify its ongoing counter-terrorism campaign to destroy the terror outfit. In a meeting with his National Security Council, Obama discussed intensification of US campaign to degrade and destroy Islamic State (ISIS).

Jan 29, 2016, 08:02 AM IST

Maharashtra cops block 94 websites used to radicalise youth about ISIS

To counter the "menace of ISIS", the Maharashtra ATS too has decided to use online tactics. 

Jan 25, 2016, 04:33 AM IST

Here are the nine jihadists who were behind Paris attacks: Watch the ISIS video

Terror outfit, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, on Sunday released a video showing nine jihadists behind the terror attacks in Paris that killed 130 people.

Jan 25, 2016, 03:05 AM IST

Iraq summons Saudi envoy over Shi`ite militia comments

Baghdad on Sunday summoned the Saudi envoy to protest his comments on Shi`ite militia forces fighting the Islamic State group, which were deemed as an interference in Iraq`s internal affairs.

Jan 25, 2016, 02:23 AM IST

US Vice President Joe Biden says prepared for military solution in Syria

US Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the United States and Turkey were prepared for a military solution in Syria if a political settlement was not possible.

Jan 23, 2016, 20:27 PM IST

Islamic State in Kashmir? Chances are 'almost zero`, says Syed Ali Shah Geelani

Hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Saturday said the chances of Islamic State expanding its operations to Kashmir were "almost zero" and dismissed the terror outfit's reported claims in this regard.

Jan 23, 2016, 20:04 PM IST

Giving up Kashmir is surrendering Indian Muslims' right: MJ Akbar

Kashmir is an inalienable part of India because it is Muslim and giving it up will amount to surrendering the right of Muslims, BJP MP and veteran journalist MJ Akbar said on Saturday.

Jan 23, 2016, 19:37 PM IST

Saudi society is changing, wrong to link kingdom to ISIS: Saudi woman legislator

Saudi Arabia`s conservative society is changing "in all aspects", including posibly allowing women to drive or not covering their faces, and it was wrong to link the terror group ISIS to the kingdom or to its Islamic schools, one of the first of the country`s women legislators on a visit to India said.

Jan 23, 2016, 13:35 PM IST

My son was murdered because he was a Hindu: Pune teen's father

A 17-year-old ragpicker was allegedly murdered by three persons in Pune after setting him afire.

Jan 22, 2016, 11:46 AM IST