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  Iraqi PM says fate of 39 Indian workers unknown

  World | September 16, 2017 23:53 IST

  Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says the fate of 39 Indians captured by the Islamic State group when the extremists initially overran Mosul three years ago is still unknown.

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  Iran recruits Afghan and Pakistani Shiites to fight in Syria

  World | September 16, 2017 15:01 IST

  In Pakistan the worry is that returning fighters, including those who had fought on the side of IS, could start another round of sectarian bloodletting.

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  50 killed in suicide attacks in southern Iraqi province of Dhi Qar, ISIS claims responsibility

  World | September 14, 2017 20:28 IST

  There were no immediate claims of responsibility for the deadly attacks, but such assaults bear the hallmarks of those carried out by the Islamic State.

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  Russia fires seven cruise missiles at ISIS targets in Syria

  World | September 14, 2017 18:18 IST

  Russia has provided military backing for Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces since 2015. It has repeatedly fired salvoes of such missiles, from both the sea and mainland Russia.

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  No ransom paid to Father Tom Uzhunnalil’s abductors, says VK Singh

  India | September 13, 2017 16:25 IST

  The Ministry of External Affairs today said that sincere and ‘silent’ efforts by the Ministry has yielded result in securing the release of Kerala priest Father Tom Uzhunnalil from the captivity of militants in Yemen.

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  Russia says Syria government seized most territory from ISIS

  World | September 12, 2017 16:52 IST

  Russia has been providing air cover for Assad’s troops since 2015, changing the tide of the war and giving Syrian and allied troops an advantage over opposition fighters and ISIS.

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  Abducted Kerala priest Tom Uzhunnalil rescued from Yemen, confirms Sushma Swaraj

  India | September 12, 2017 16:18 IST

  Uzhunnalil was abducted by ISIS militants which attacked an old-age home run by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in southern Yemeni city of Aden.

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  Three detained in Hyderabad for alleged links with ISIS

  India | September 09, 2017 16:57 IST

  In June this year, police had arrested a 22-year-old IS sympathizer, who embraced Islam three years ago, for allegedly plotting subversive activities.

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  With over 100 gas tanks, extremists had planned a much deadlier attack in Spain

  World | August 20, 2017 22:07 IST

  Police believe the cell members had planned to fill the vans with explosives and create a massive attack in the Catalan capital

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  ISIS used UK companies to finance terror plots: Report

  World | August 20, 2017 17:17 IST

  In an incident in Barcelona, a white van sped down the popular Las Ramblas avenue packed full of tourists on August 17, knocking people down and killing 13

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  From ISIS to Lashkar, 5 groups leading the terror menace globally

  India | November 16, 2017 6:42 IST

  The Islamic State, Taliban, Al-Qaeda are most dreaded terror groups of the world and are responsible for over 50 per cent of all the deaths from terrorism in 2015.

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  Won't declare 39 Indians held captive in Iraq dead without proof: Sushma tells LS

  Politics | July 26, 2017 15:37 IST

  Swaraj said that ‘files will not be closed unless we are convinced that they are dead’, adding that ‘credible sources have told the government that they all are alive’.

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  Iraq says search on for 39 abducted Indians, Swaraj to discuss issue with Iraqi counterpart today

  World | July 24, 2017 7:01 IST

  The Iraq Embassy on Sunday informed India that search operations are underway to locate the 39 missing Indians, which were taken hostage by the Islamic State in Mosul in 2014

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  ISIS chief Baghdadi still alive: US Defence Secretary James Mattis

  World | July 22, 2017 18:35 IST

  Last month, the Russian military claimed it had struck a meeting of Baghdadi on May 28 near Raqqa, Syria, in which Baghdadi was possibly killed.

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  In a first, India donates Rs 3.2 crore to Philippines to take on ISIS: report

  World | July 12, 2017 13:13 IST

  Joining hands in the battle against the Islamic State in the city of Marawi, India has rushed financial assistance of $500,000 (approx. Rs 3.2 crore), in the troubled Mindanao province, 800 km south of Manila

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  ISIS confirms death of chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: Report

  World | July 11, 2017 18:28 IST

  Today’s report comes a day after Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi formally declared Mosul liberated from the ISIS after nearly nine months of fierce fighting to dislodge the extremist militants from their last major stronghold in Iraq.

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  Iraqi forces declare 'victory' over IS after recapturing Mosul

  World | July 09, 2017 20:34 IST

  Iraqi forces today declared victory over the Islamic State group in Mosul after eight-month long operation.

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  Over 1,000 children killed in Iraq since 2014: UN

  World | June 23, 2017 17:31 IST

  Geneva: According to the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), since 2014 more than 1,000 children have been killed in Iraq when militants from the Islamic State seized the northern city of Mosul and entire swathe of the country.

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  ‘Verifying’ information on Baghdadi's likely death: Russia

  World | June 22, 2017 20:52 IST

  Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said she did not have anything to say when asked to comment on the possible death of Baghdadi in Syria last month.

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  Elusive ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi escapes again?

  World | June 20, 2017 19:08 IST

  Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, which is a nom de guerre, was born Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri al Samarrai. Baghdadi has not been seen in public since proclaiming himself "caliph" in the Iraqi city of Mosul three years ago.