German police detain Islamist suspects in Leipzig: Report
German police detained several potential Islamist militant suspects in the eastern city of Leipzig, German media reported on Wednesday.
May 10, 2017, 14:36 PM IST
Turkey says US arming Kurdish Syria fighters 'unacceptable'
Turkey on Wednesday slammed as "unacceptable" a US announcement that Washington would supply arms and military equipment to Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State jihadists in Syria.
May 10, 2017, 14:31 PM IST
Donald Trump approves plan to arm Syrian Kurds
US President Donald Trump has approved a plan to arm Syrian Kurds, a key force in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
May 10, 2017, 09:32 AM IST
Head of Islamic State in Afghanistan confirmed killed
The US military statement said 35 Islamic State fighters and several high-ranking commanders were killed in the April 27 raid.
Islamic State attack kills at least 38 in northeast Syria: Monitor
An Islamic State attack in an area held by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northeast Syria killed at least 38 people on Tuesday including 23 civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
May 02, 2017, 23:41 PM IST
FBI translator flees to Syria, marries ISIS terrorist she was assigned to investigate – Know what happened next
Daniela Greene married Denis Cuspert, a German rapper turned ISIS pitchman, in 2014.
May 02, 2017, 23:01 PM IST
Pope Francis leads mass for thousands of Egyptian Catholics
A crowd of about 15,000 people cheered and released yellow and white balloons with Pope Francis, flanked by security, circling the Cairo stadium on a golf cart.
Apr 29, 2017, 15:48 PM IST
US forces kill Islamic State leader blamed for nightclub attack
Officials identified the slain militant as Abdurakhmon Uzbeki, and described him as a close associate of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State`s self-declared "caliphate."
No information about death of Indian in US' MOAB attack on ISIS target in Afghanistan: Govt official
A government official on Wednesday said there was no information about death of any Indian in the April 13 bombing by the US on an ISIS tunnel complex in Afghanistan.
Apr 19, 2017, 20:03 PM IST
Thirteen Indians among terrorists killed in US' MOAB bombing
Thirteen Indian nationals who had joined Daesh were among those killed in the MOAB bombing in Afghanistan`s Achin district.
Apr 18, 2017, 23:36 PM IST
US drops ''mother of all bombs'' for first time in Afghanistan – Watch video
US President Donald Trump hailed the mission in Achin district as "very, very successful".
Apr 14, 2017, 19:57 PM IST
Syria will pay heavy price for use of chemical weapons: US
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis has said that Syria will pay a "very, very stiff price" if it used chemical weapons again and asserted that America's top priority in Syria remained fighting the Islamic State militant group.
Apr 12, 2017, 09:33 AM IST
Islamic State now controls less than 7% of Iraq: Army
The Islamic State group now controls less than seven percent of Iraq, down from the 40 percent it held nearly three years ago, a military spokesman said Tuesday.
Apr 11, 2017, 15:54 PM IST
Palm Sunday bombings of Egyptian Coptic churches kill 44
At least 44 people were killed in Egypt in bomb attacks at the cathedral of the Coptic Pope and another church on Palm Sunday.
Apr 10, 2017, 08:52 AM IST
US informed Russia ahead of cruise missile strikes on Syria base
The US military gave Russian forces advanced notice of its strikes on a Syrian airbase and did not hit sections of the base where the Russians were believed to be present, Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said on Thursday.
Apr 07, 2017, 08:55 AM IST
Did Islamic State call Donald Trump an `idiot`?
It appears to be the first time that the Islamic State has referred to Donald Trump since he took office in January.
Apr 05, 2017, 16:45 PM IST
Eleven killed in suspected suicide bombing on Russian metro train
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the scene of the explosion late on Monday night and laid a bunch of red flowers at a makeshift shrine to the victims.
US-led coalition `probably` had role in Mosul civilian casualties
West Mosul is both smaller and more densely populated than the city`s east, meaning that this stage of the battle poses a greater danger to civilians than those that came before.
Mar 29, 2017, 09:06 AM IST
Air strike kills more than 30 near Raqqa: Syrian Observatory
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it believed the strike was carried out by the US-led coalition against Islamic State.
Mar 22, 2017, 15:55 PM IST
'ISIS letter' in Varanasi challenges Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath to stop mayhem on March 24
In a new challenge for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath an anonymous letter allegedly carrying threatening message from terror outfit Islamic State, has been found from Varanasi's Mirzamurad area.
Mar 22, 2017, 12:32 PM IST
