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  ‘Stay vigilant’: US warns citizens of increased Islamic State threat at popular spots in India

  India | November 01, 2016 23:18 IST

  The United States on Tuesday asked its citizens in India to keep high level of vigilance citing reports indicating that terror outfit Islamic State desires to attack targets in India.

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  Forces to flush out ISIS from Raqqa within weeks : US Defence Secretary Ash Carter

  World | October 27, 2016 10:23 IST

  US Defence Secretary Ash Carter announced that it will be only a matter of weeks before Washington and its allies are ready to drive the Islamic State (IS) terror group from Raqqa, its self-proclaimed capital

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  ISIS driving hundreds into Mosul, using them as human shields

  World | October 27, 2016 10:15 IST

  Islamic State militants have been going door to door in villages south of Mosul, ordering people at gunpoint on a mileslong trek into the city and using them as human shields as the extremists prepare

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  ISIS giving second-class treatment to fighter from India, Pakistan

  World | October 26, 2016 17:07 IST

  The Islamic State (ISIS) commanders look down on fighters from India, Pakistan and other South Asian countries.

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  Kingpin of ISIS module in Kerala was a B.Tech holder from NIT: report

  India | October 25, 2016 12:44 IST

  Shajeer Managalasseri Abdulla, who is suspected to be the kingpin of the Islamic State (IS) module in Kerala, is a graduate from National Institute of Technology – Calicut (NITC) who had landed a decent job in UAE.

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  Indian ISIS operative knew Paris bombing accused, says probe

  India | October 23, 2016 17:09 IST

  In a most recent examination it has been surfaced that Subahani Haja Moideen, an Indian alleged to be an ISIS agent knew the terrorist who carried out an attack inside a theater in Paris last

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  Cowardly ISIS fighters flee Mosul dressed in women’s clothes

  World | October 21, 2016 15:41 IST

  ISIS fighters, who often boast of their fearlessness and bravery, have been thoroughly exposed after they were caught fleeing Mosul wearing women’s clothing.

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  Mission ISIS: Kerala youth, on path to join ISIS, now Maharashtra ATS’ face in deradicalisation drive against terror group

  India | October 21, 2016 13:19 IST

  the Maharashtra anti-terrorist squad has roped in a 20-year-old youth from Kerala for a documentary aimed at counselling indoctrinated youngsters joining IS.

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  NIA on hunt for key ISIS recruiter who ‘lured’ Indian volunteers: report

  India | October 20, 2016 13:52 IST

  Sleuths of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) are on the lookout for one Sajeer Mangalachari Abdullah, son of a truck driver in Kozhikode, and an ISIS recruiter believed to have influenced several people from Kerala

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  Iraq and Kurdish forces launch assault to flush ISIS out of Mosul

  World | October 17, 2016 12:13 IST

  Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the start of military operations to liberate the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants on Monday, launching the country on its toughest battle since American troops left

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  Blow to ISIS: Turkish-backed Syrian rebels capture Dabiq town from terror outfit

  World | October 16, 2016 19:16 IST

  In a major blow to the jihadists, the Turkish-backed Syrian opposition forces have captured the significant town of Dabiq from the dreaded terror outfit Islamic State. A commander of the Syrian opposition Hamza Brigade said

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  Turkish resort popular with British tourists hit by two rockets

  World | October 14, 2016 18:18 IST

  Two rockets landed near the Mediterranean resort of Antalya in Turkey hitting a pen ground and shelter used by a fishing company, said news reports. Nobody was harmed. Dogan news agency said the rockets

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  ‘Hack targets with machetes, big chopping knives’: ISIS tells its modules and ‘lone wolves’ in India

  India | October 11, 2016 12:42 IST

  Islamic State modules and ‘lone wolf’ attackers in India have been instructed by their handlers to hack their targets, particularly foreign citizens, to death using machetes and big chopping knives.

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  ISIS has lost over quarter of its territory : Analysts

  World | October 10, 2016 7:13 IST

  ISIS has lost more than a quarter of the territory it once controlled and the area under its hold in Iraq and Syria is roughly the size of Sri Lanka, according to new data.

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  ISIS lost more than a quarter of its territory, articulates analysts

  World | October 09, 2016 19:54 IST

  The dreaded terror outfit Islamic State (IS) has lost more than a quarter of the territory it once controlled, suggests new data. Security and defence analysts say that the terror group’s control has reduced

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  Arrested ISIS operative would have been the first ‘lone wolf’ attacker in India

  India | October 08, 2016 7:18 IST

  the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has found that Subahani Haja Moideen, the arrested ISIS operative who got battle training in Iraq, would have been the first “lone wolf” attacker in India in case he was not caught.

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  Iraq-trained ISIS man held in TN, wanted to target Kerala judges, foreigners: Sources

  India | October 06, 2016 23:51 IST

  An ISIS operative, who got battle training in Iraq was arrested by National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday and was planning to target judges of Kerala and foreign tourists, said sources. The accused, identified

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  Arrested ISIS suspects, planning Nice-like attacks in Kerala, were inspired by Zakir Naik

  India | October 06, 2016 9:24 IST

  The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has revealed that the seven ISIS sympathisers arrested in last three days from Kerala were inspired by Islamic Research Foundation’s (IRF) founder Zakir Naik

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  Fit to Kill: Suicide vests and machine guns as ‘wedding gifts’ for Jihadi wives, reveal ISIS documents

  World | October 04, 2016 14:22 IST

  In a bizarre finding, ISIS brides are being gifted suicide belts and machine guns as part of their ‘wedding dowries’, media reports citing documents pertaining to the terror group recovered from Sirte have claimed.

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  Islamic State chief Baghdadi ‘seriously ill’ after being poisoned at a feast: Report

  World | October 03, 2016 22:47 IST

  Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is “seriously ill” after being poisoned during a lunchtime feast, media reports claimed today.