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 ISTThirteen 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 ISTSyria 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 ISTIslamic 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 ISTUS 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 ISTAir 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 ISTIraq forces near Mosul mosque where IS declared `caliphate`
Iraqi forces had already taken a string of key targets in west Mosul, including the airport, the train station, Mosul Museum and the provincial government headquarters.
Mar 18, 2017, 15:52 PM ISTBangladesh forces kill suspected militant carrying explosives
A suspected militant was on Saturday shot dead by security forces when he tried to cross a checkpoint run by Bangladesh's elite Rapid Action Battalion in Dhaka, a day after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a RAB camp here.
Mar 18, 2017, 11:43 AM ISTDonald Trump's Islamic State plan looks much like Barack Obama's: Official
Trump had promised during the campaign to implement a "secret plan" to defeat the Islamic State, including a pledge to "bomb the hell out of" the terror group in Iraq and Syria.
Mar 18, 2017, 08:39 AM ISTAnti-Islamic State assaults gain ground in Iraq and Syria
Iraqi forces advanced in west Mosul and fighters in neighbouring Syria seized a key supply route to Raqa Monday, as twin US-backed offensives gained ground against the Islamic State group.
Mar 07, 2017, 11:07 AM ISTUS-backed forces cut key supply route to IS-held Raqa
US-backed forces in Syria on Monday cut off a key supply route between the Islamic State group`s stronghold Raqa and its territory in Deir Ezzor province, a commander and a monitor said.
Mar 06, 2017, 16:00 PM ISTUighur Islamic State fighters vow blood will "flow in rivers" in China
Hundreds of people have been killed in Xinjiang in the past few years, most in unrest between Uighurs and ethnic majority Han Chinese.
Mar 03, 2017, 11:28 AM ISTWill extinguish ISIS from our planet with help of Muslim allies: Donald Trump in his 1st presidential address
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday delivered his highly-anticipated maiden speech to the Congress at the Capitol Hill here and vowed to defeat terror outfit Islamic State.
Mar 01, 2017, 08:48 AM ISTIraq forces poised for Mosul airport assault
Iraqi forces readied on Wednesday for an assault on Mosul airport after blitzing jihadist positions in a renewed offensive to retake the Islamic State group's emblematic stronghold.
Feb 22, 2017, 20:40 PM ISTISIS continues to recruit from Af-Pak border region: UN report
The ISIS continues to recruit from the restive Af-Pak border region even as the terror outfit is struggling financially in Afghanistan and has resorted to extortion, according to a UN report.
Feb 10, 2017, 12:35 PM ISTSaudi Arabia deports 39,000 Pakistanis in 4 months: Report
Some 39,000 Pakistani nationals have been deported from Saudi Arabia in the past four months for visa violations even as a top security official has ordered a "thorough scrutiny" of Pakistanis allowed in to the Kingdom amid concern that some of them could be ISIS sympathisers.
Feb 07, 2017, 20:42 PM ISTOsama bin Laden documents: Worry over Islamic State tactics, `ageing` al Qaeda
Months before his death, Osama bin Laden fretted about the Islamic State group`s impatient, violent tactics and the fading of al Qaeda, documents released by the CIA Thursday showed.
Jan 20, 2017, 09:19 AM ISTIraq forces battle last Islamic State pockets in east Mosul
Iraqi forces on Thursday battled jihadist holdouts in the last pockets of east Mosul still held by fighters from the Islamic State group, a top commander said.
Jan 19, 2017, 14:30 PM ISTIslamic State lights smokescreen against regime raids in east Syria: Monitor
Fierce clashes gripped the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor on Wednesday, a monitor said, as the Islamic State group set tyres ablaze to create a smokescreen from regime warplanes.
Jan 18, 2017, 15:36 PM IST