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Kerala ‘IS module’ planned to target Hindu leaders, reveals arrested member
India | Mar 27, 2017, 07:21 AM ISTMoinudheen Parakadavath told the NIA that members of the “caliphate” wanted to target several Hindu leaders, Ahmadiyya mosques and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind to "create ripples".
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Tunisia bloodied: At least 53 dead in clashes near Libyan border
World | Mar 08, 2016, 07:29 AM ISTTunis: Exceptionally deadly clashes between Tunisian forces and extremist attackers left at least 53 people dead today near Tunisia's border with Libya, the government said, amid growing fear that violence from Libya could destabilize the
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Turkey on high alert over possible IS terror threat
World | Mar 02, 2016, 07:31 PM ISTIstanbul: Turkey has been put on high alert following a warning by the intelligence agency of possible terror attacks by the Islamic State militants, Turkish media reported on Wednesday."Turkish intelligent units have revealed that two
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US woman sues Twitter for helping IS spread globally
World | Jan 15, 2016, 11:33 AM ISTNew York: A Florida-based woman has filed a lawsuit against the micro-blogging site Twitter, accusing the firm of supporting the global spread of Islamic State (IS) by enabling its followers to recruit on its social media
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Investigators probe Russian jet crash in Egypt amid IS claims
World | Nov 01, 2015, 09:59 AM ISTCairo: International investigators today began probing the crash of a Russian Airbus plane in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula that killed all the 224 people on board as black boxes were recovered and sent for analysis amid
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Unesco chief denounces Islamic State destruction of Syria's Palmyra temple
World | Sep 02, 2015, 08:55 AM ISTParis: Director-General of Unesco Irina Bokova on Tuesday "expressed profound dismay" and condemned the destruction of the temple of Bel in Syria's Palmyra.She said the site was "a construction unique in design and one
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Tunisia weighs new security approach as tourists flee
World | Jun 28, 2015, 02:41 PM ISTTunis: Thousands of tourists fled from Tunisia on Saturday after the country's worst terrorist attack killed 38 people including 15 Britons as the government struggles to prevent future jihadi attacks against the all-important tourism sector.New
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Female IS recruiting network uncovered in Germany
World | Jun 26, 2015, 08:22 AM ISTBerlin: German authorities have discovered a dozen female recruiters working for Islamic State (IS) who persuade other women in Germany to join the jihadist organisation, media reported on Friday.The way in which young women are
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Nusra Front says leader killed in IS attacks in Syria
World | Apr 09, 2015, 07:48 AM ISTDamascus: The Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front terrorist group has said one of its commanders died in the twin car bombings, allegedly carried out by the Islamic State (IS), in Syria's Aleppo province, media reported on