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  Donald Trump vows to 'totally destroy' ISIS, wants to build safe zones in Syria for immigrants

  World | February 19, 2017 9:39 IST

  US President Donald Trump on Saturday vowed to totally destroy ISIS and rebuild the US military as part of measures to keep the country safe.

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  ISIS continues to recruit from Afghan-Pak border region: UN report

  India | February 10, 2017 20:04 IST

  In a desperate attempt to attract new recruits, the dreaded terror group ISIS continues to recruit from the restive Af-Pak border region even as the terror outfit is struggling financially in Afghanistan, according to a

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  ISIS paying human smugglers for recruiting child refugees: UK report

  World | February 05, 2017 19:40 IST

  The dreaded terror group Islamic State (ISIS) are paying human traffickers fees for recruiting child refugees from countries like Lebanon and Jordan, a new UK report has warned. The report from counter-terrorism think-tank Quilliam to

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  ISIS posters surface near Army Cantonment in Himachal Pradesh

  India | February 01, 2017 13:22 IST

  Islamic State (ISIS) posters and graffiti surfaced at five places in Sabathu Army Cantonment area in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday.

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  ISIS plotting chemical attack against UK, says a British minister: report

  World | January 02, 2017 6:53 IST

  Islamic State is plotting mass casualty chemical attacks in Britain and elsewhere in Europe, a senior UK minister has warned. Minister in charge of security Ben Wallace said ISIS had used chemical weapons in

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  Father Tom Uzhunnalil, abducted by IS, appeals to PM Modi, Pope Francis for help

  India | December 26, 2016 20:06 IST

  In terror group Islamic State's custody since March, Father Tom Uzhunnalil appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pope Francis for rescue. In a video message that surfaced on YouTube and Facebook, Uzhunnalil said the

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  Turkey blocks social media access following ISIS video of soldiers’ killing

  World | December 23, 2016 17:11 IST

  After the Islamic State group released a video that purportedly showed two Turkish soldiers being burned alive, the country moved quickly to restrict access to social media websites, a monitoring organisation said. The video that

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  US issues security advisory to its citizens in India, warns of Islamic State threat

  India | December 21, 2016 20:52 IST

  The US embassy in India on Wednesday issued an advisory to its citizens and warned them to stay away from places frequented by Westerners in the country in view of the Islamic State threat.

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  Bangladesh police nab two accomplices of Dhaka attack masterminds

  World | December 20, 2016 18:32 IST

  Pulling off a big catch, Bangladesh's elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) today arrested two accomplices of the two masterminds of the terror attack on a cafe that killed 21 persons, mostly foreigners. The two

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  ISIS offers $1 million reward for head of jailed Kurdish woman who fought them in Syria

  World | December 20, 2016 13:19 IST

  ISIS has offered a $1 million (approx Rs 6.8 crore) reward for the killing of a Kurdish-Danish woman who dropped out of university in 2014 to fight the terror group in Syria and Iraq.

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  3,500 residents moved out of war-torn Aleppo as ceasefire resumes

  World | December 19, 2016 16:59 IST

  In a mass departure, at least 3,500 people have left government-besieged areas in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, a British war monitor said. The exodus took place after the evacuation was resumed today. Also,

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  In a first, ISIS militants target Israeli troops near Golan Heights, get wiped out by warplanes

  World | November 28, 2016 13:54 IST

  Israeli forces killed four Islamic State militants in Syria in the first direct clash between the country and the jihadi group. The militants opened fire on a military patrol on the Israeli side of the

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  Don’t harm innocents in name of radicalisation, Rajnath Singh tells top Police officials

  India | November 27, 2016 22:04 IST

  Home Minister Rajnath Singh today assured innocents of no harassment as he told country’s top Police officers not to arrest anyone on basis of allegation of radicalisation unless solid proof is available. Singh also said

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  Mosul Battle: Iraqi troops, paramilitary forces entirely encircle IS stronghold

  World | November 24, 2016 6:58 IST

  The Iraqi security forces and allied paramilitary units, known as Hashd Shaabi, on Wednesday said they have completely encircled the city of Mosul,effectively encircling the city controlled by Islamic State. The predominantly Shiite Hashd Shaabi

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  India-American, an ISIS sympathiser, sentenced 40 months imprisonment

  World | November 21, 2016 8:39 IST

  An Indian American man who tried to go to Syria with his teenaged brother and sister to join the ISIS terror organisation has been sentenced in Chicago to 40 months in prison.

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  ‘ISIS on the verge of extinction, Mosul to be liberated by end of 2016’

  World | November 11, 2016 12:28 IST

  ​Alaa Al Hashimy, Iraqi ambassador to Spain, has claimed that the Islamic State (ISIS) is almost finished and that its stronghold of Mosul will be liberated by the end of this year.

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  Terror outfits ISIS, al-Qaeda hail Trump win; say ‘dark times ahead’ for US

  World | November 10, 2016 17:58 IST

  Hailing Donald Trump's win in presidential polls, jihadists from the Islamic State and al-Qaeda have said that Trump's win is the beginning of “dark times” of US, media reports said today. Shortly after Trump was

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  ISIS threatens to ‘slaughter’ American voters on Election Day

  World | November 06, 2016 22:50 IST

  The dreaded terror group Islamic State has warned American voters of ‘slaughter’ on Election Day, a US-based terrorist monitoring group said. The outfit has also urged Muslims to not be a part of the democratic

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  'ISIS chief Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi escapes Iraqi Army's final assault on Mosul'

  World | November 05, 2016 12:00 IST

  Britain has said that ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi managed to escape the terrorist group's stronghold of Mosul as the Iraqi Army advanced for a final assault.

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  Iraqi forces flays IS resistance to enter outskirts of Mosul, combat likely to get deadlier

  World | November 02, 2016 7:45 IST

  Iraq's special forces fought their way into the outskirts of Mosul on Tuesday, taking its state television building despite resistance by Islamic State group fighters that is only likely to stiffen when combat reaches the