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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.

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  Decoding the rise in attacks against Muslims worldwide

  World | June 20, 2017 15:38 IST

  Since the wave of ISIS-inspired terror attacks in Britain, there has been a five-fold increase of hate crimes against Muslims.

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  Hamas rejects Islamic State's claim of killing of Israeli officer

  World | June 17, 2017 8:08 IST

  Hamas rejected the Islamic State's claim of responsibility of the fatal stabbing of an Israeli policewoman.

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  IS recruiter for India Shafi Armar among three ‘global terrorists’ declared by US

  India | June 15, 2017 22:56 IST

  The US State Department on Thursday named three key Islamic State (IS) operatives, including an Indian recruiter, to its Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT) list, an official statement said

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  Islamic State calls for more terror attacks during Ramadan

  World | June 13, 2017 11:51 IST

  The audio message released by the ISIS praised the attack in the Iranian capital last week when suicide bombers and gunmen left 17 people dead after targeting the parliament building and a mausoleum in Tehran.

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  Islamic State claims it killed two ‘kidnapped’ Chinese nationals in Pakistan

  World | June 09, 2017 10:05 IST

  The claim was made by ISIS-linked Amaq news agency and reported by SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors Jihadist communications.

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  Five Tehran attackers had fought for Islamic State, says Iran

  World | June 08, 2017 19:07 IST

  The attacks Wednesday on Iran’s parliament and the tomb of its revolutionary leader killed at least 17 people and wounded over 40, stunning its people.

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  Australia siege treated as 'terrorism incident', Islamic State claims responsibility

  World | June 06, 2017 7:10 IST

  Australian police today confirmed that a shooting and hostage situation in Melbourne which killed two people, including the gunman, was an act of terrorism.

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  ISIS suspect 'Jihadi Jack' caught in Syria: Report

  World | June 04, 2017 15:24 IST

  Jack Letts, who emerged as the first from the UK to join ISIS in Syria, told the London-based television network Al- Araby that he was living in a prison controlled by the Kurds.

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  Islamic State terrorists start burning their archives in Mosul

  World | May 31, 2017 9:49 IST

  The burning of the archives is a "clear indication" of a major collapse within IS's ranks and is aimed at concealing its crimes against civilians and the identities of its accomplices.

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  27 killed, over 100 injured in twin bombings in Baghdad; IS claims responsibility

  World | May 30, 2017 16:10 IST

  A car bomb exploded outside a popular ice cream shop in central Baghdad just after midnight Tuesday, killing 13 people and wounding 24.

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  Kashmiri man's plan to join ISIS foiled; deported from Turkey

  India | May 29, 2017 20:37 IST

  Srinagar resident Afshan Parvaiz was deported from the Turkish capital of Ankara on May 25 and whisked away to an undisclosed destination by security agencies in Delhi, the sources said.

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  'Love from Manchester', writes UK Royal Air Force on bomb for ISIS

  World | May 28, 2017 21:25 IST

  The report comes days after suicide bomber Salman Abedi blew himself up at a concert by pop star Ariana Grande at Manchester Arena last week, killing 22 people and leaving 119 injured.

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  ISIS claims responsibility of attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt

  World | May 27, 2017 19:49 IST

  In a statement posted on its propaganda news agency, Aamaq, the terror group today said one of its unit targeted the bus the previous day and put the death toll at 32.

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  Hours before blast, Islamic State sympathiser tweeted Manchester Arena with ‘ISIS flag’

  World | May 23, 2017 11:32 IST

  At least 19 people were killed and more than 50 wounded in an explosion during a concert by US singer Ariana Grande in UK’s Manchester city on Monday evening, in what two US officials said was a suspected suicide bombing

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  Trump shared secret info about IS militants with Russians: Report

  World | May 16, 2017 8:02 IST

  President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information about Islamic State militants to Russian officials during a meeting last week, The Washington Post reported Monday

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  ISIS executes 145 civilians for trying to flee Mosul

  World | May 14, 2017 12:26 IST

  The Islamic State has executed more than 145 civilians for trying to flee the western part of the Iraqi city of Mosul.

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  In Mosul, hunger grows amid slow advances against ISIS

  World | May 06, 2017 17:08 IST

  As Iraqi forces continue to make slow progress in the fight against ISIS, clawing back territory house by house and block by block, food supplies are running dangerously low for civilians trapped inside militant-held territory.

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  No US troops to stay in Iraq after fight against ISIS concludes, says PM

  World | May 05, 2017 15:39 IST

  Al-Abadi said that the American troops will be advisers who will help Iraq’s security forces maintain ‘full readiness’ for any future security challenges.

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  Digvijaya Singh booked for controversial tweet on Telangana Police

  Politics | May 04, 2017 15:01 IST

  Singh had accused the Telangana Police of running fake pages on social media platforms to encourage youth to join terror group Islamic State.