Donald Trump calls for targeting Islamic State fighters' families
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said on Wednesday his plan for combating Islamic State militants involves targeting not just the group`s fighters but also their families.
Dec 03, 2015, 05:59 AM IST
British Parliament votes to bomb Islamic State militants in Syria, Obama hails decision
After more than 10 hours of tense debate, lawmakers voted in favour of air strikes.
Dec 03, 2015, 05:48 AM IST
Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton extend leads in US 2016 race: Poll
Less than two months before the first state-wide votes to determine the parties' nominees, Trump was the undisputed Republican leader with 27 percent.
Dec 03, 2015, 05:19 AM IST
Obama decries US mass shootings, says `no parallel anywhere else in world`
"The one thing we do know is that we have a pattern now of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world," says Barack Obama.
Dec 03, 2015, 03:37 AM IST
San Bernardino shooting: 14 killed in California; 2 suspects including a woman dead, third held
A suspect in the mass shooting that killed at least 14 people in California on Wednesday is "down" following a shootout, police said.
Dec 03, 2015, 01:17 AM IST
Constructive Indo-Pak relationship good for region: US
A constructive relationship between India and Pakistan is good for the two countries and the stability of the region, the US has said.
Dec 02, 2015, 06:46 AM IST
US continues to press Pakistan on need to fight terrorism: Ashton Carter
"We do press them on that. And I urge them to recognise what we think is true, which is that that is, in fact, the principle threat to the Pakistani state today. It comes from terrorists' organisations within," Defence Secretary said.
Dec 02, 2015, 03:44 AM IST
Pentagon sending special force to conduct raids in Iraq, Syria: US defense chief
Carter also said that the force would also be in a position to conduct unilateral operations in Syria.
Dec 02, 2015, 02:50 AM IST
Islamic State's online supporters include 300 Americans: Report
Twitter is the "platform of choice" most widely used by the active core of American supporters of Islamic State, a report said.
Dec 02, 2015, 01:44 AM IST
Iraqis find three more mass graves in formerly IS-held Sinjar
Iraqi officials say three more mass graves have been found in the northern town of Sinjar, where Kurdish forces backed by US-led airstrikes drove out Islamic State militants earlier this month.
Nov 30, 2015, 00:18 AM IST
David Cameron to order air strikes on ISIS leadership in Syria
ISIS chief Sheikh Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, a Syrian preacher, will be at the top of Britain’s so-called “kill list” when the strikes are launched.
Nov 29, 2015, 23:11 PM IST
Islamic State executes 3,500 in Syria since declaring 'caliphate': Monitor
In the last month alone IS executed 53 people -- including 35 civilians -- in areas it controls in Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Nov 29, 2015, 20:01 PM IST
Police name suspect in Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting
The gunman who stormed the clinic in central Colorado on Friday killed three people, including a police officer, and wounded nine others before surrendering after a standoff at the facility lasting several hours.
Nov 28, 2015, 21:25 PM IST
France's Hollande wins cooperation not coalition against Islamic State
The leaders of Russia and France avoided each other`s gaze as they made short, stiff statements in the Kremlin on Thursday before talks on countering Islamic State in Syria.
Nov 27, 2015, 23:00 PM IST
Pakistani terror convict gets 40-year jail by US court
A 29-year old Pakistani man was on Tuesday sentenced to 40 years in prison by a US court for plotting terror attacks with al Qaeda that targeted a crowded shopping centre in England and the New York City subway system.
Nov 24, 2015, 23:22 PM IST
'US forces not involved in shoot down of Russian jet'
The US military was not involved in the Turkish downing of a Russian fighter jet along the Syrian border on Tuesday, a US defence official said.
Nov 24, 2015, 22:45 PM IST
US calls for accelerating action to defeat Islamic State
Obama has taken additional steps, which he said, "can't talk about it. "
Nov 24, 2015, 00:09 AM IST
Thanks to Russian strikes, Syrian army advancing on ‘nearly all fronts’: Assad
The embattled president also said he favoured new peace talks to be hosted in Moscow, but stressed that the Syrian conflict could not be resolved with "defeating terrorism".
Nov 22, 2015, 21:11 PM IST
Brussels reviews security alert, hunts 'several' suspects as lockdown enters second day
In Paris, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said a chemical or biological attack "was among the risks" faced but that all possible precautions had been taken.
Nov 22, 2015, 19:52 PM IST
US 'will not relent' in Islamic State campaign: Barack Obama
French President Francois Hollande is due to meet with Obama at the White House on Tuesday to discuss ways to bolster the international coalition fighting the Islamic State.
Nov 22, 2015, 16:27 PM IST
