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  Islamic State group's 'business model' near collapse: Report

  World | February 18, 2017 9:11 IST

  The Islamic State group is haemorrhaging money with every piece of territory it loses, according to a new analysis that found that the group's "business model" is on the path to failure.

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  At least 39 terrorists killed in nationwide crackdown after attack on Sufi shrine in Pakistan

  World | February 17, 2017 18:31 IST

  A massive crackdown against militants across the country a day after over 70 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack targeting a Sufi shrine in Sindh province, Pakistani authorities have neutralised at least 25 suspected terrorists in operations

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  Baghdad car bomb claimed by Islamic State kills 51

  World | February 16, 2017 23:54 IST

  At least 51 people were killed and 60 others wounded in a car bomb in Baghdad on Thursday.

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

  World | February 10, 2017 12:07 IST

  Dreaded terror group Islamic State appears to have perceptible footprints in Afghanistan-Pakistan region, a UN report has said.

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  Islamic State adapting to military pressure by shifting to ‘dark web’: UN

  World | February 08, 2017 8:16 IST

  The UN political chief warned on Tuesday that Islamic State terrorist group is adapting to increasing military pressure by shifting to the "dark web."

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  President Trump taking decisive steps to defeat ISIS: White House

  World | January 31, 2017 13:32 IST

  White House today said that US President Donald Trump is taking decisive steps to ‘defeat and destroy’ terror group Islamic State.

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  Islamic State terrorists sneaky, dirty rats: Donald Trump

  World | January 27, 2017 9:02 IST

  US President Trump on Thursday ripped the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) for its tactics, calling militants ‘sneaky, dirty rats’.

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  Trump to ask Pentagon to strike ISIS aggressively in Iraq, Syria

  World | January 27, 2017 9:25 IST

  US President Donald Trump, who is to make his first visit to the Pentagon as Commander in Chief on Friday, is expected to ask Defense Secretary James N Mattis for ways to accelerate the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.

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  President Trump open to joining Russian strikes against ISIS in Syria: White House

  World | January 24, 2017 14:20 IST

  In a significant break from the policy of the erstwhile Obama administration, the White House has suggested that it can reverse a previous refusal to coordinate military action with Russia as long as it backs the Syrian government.

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  Executive orders on Obamacare, ISIS, immigration on Donald Trump's day 1 at office

  World | January 20, 2017 8:30 IST

  Donald Trump is likely to sign executive orders on issues related to Obamacare, ISIS and immigration on his day one at the Oval Office of the White House.

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  US strikes in Libya kill more than 80 Islamic State terrorists

  World | January 20, 2017 8:11 IST

  US airstrikes have killed more than 80 terrorists from Islamic State at Sirte in Libya. According to the US Defense Secretary Ash Carter, some of these militants were believed to be actively plotting attacks in Europe.

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  Russia, Turkey launch first joint airstrikes against ISIS positions in Syria

  World | January 19, 2017 11:30 IST

  Russia and Turkey conducted their first joint airstrikes against positions held by the Islamic State terror group in Syria.

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  NIA arrests another member of Hyderabad ISIS terror module

  India | January 18, 2017 7:46 IST

  A month after filing chargesheet in the case of Hyderabad-based ISIS module, that was busted in June last year, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested one more Hyderabadi in the same conspiracy case.

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  ‘Possible’ to clear ISIS bastion in Iraq before summer: Francois Hollande

  World | January 13, 2017 12:35 IST

  The international coalition and local forces fighting the Islamic State terrorists can take back Mosul before summer, French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday.

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  Trump blames Obama for creating void in Middle East, calls Russia asset in fighting Islamic State

  World | January 12, 2017 11:16 IST

  President-elect Donald Trump today blamed outgoing President Barack Obama's policies for creating a void in the Middle East that gave room to terror group Islamic State to grow.

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  Islamic State stronghold in Mosul weakening, says Pentagon

  World | January 10, 2017 11:05 IST

  The Pentagon has announced that the stronghold of the Islamic State (ISIS) in the Iraqi city of Mosul is weakening.

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  ISIS makes unusual claim of responsibility for Turkey attack

  World | January 03, 2017 11:20 IST

  Terror group Islamic State has made an unusual claim of responsibility for a major terrorist attack in Turkey, saying a ‘soldier of the caliphate’ carried out the mass shooting at an Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people as they welcomed the new y

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  Islamic State claims New Year's attack on Istanbul nightclub, Turkey hunts shooter

  World | January 02, 2017 16:14 IST

  The New Year's attack at a popular Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people, including two Indians, was on Monday claimed by the Islamic State group even as police hunted the attacker who remains on the run.

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  After 2-week lull, Iraqi troops resume Mosul offensive against Islamic State

  World | December 30, 2016 13:20 IST

  Iraqi troops on Thursday began the second phase of their offensive against Islamic State and pushed deeper into eastern Mosul in a multi-pronged assault after a two-week lull in the operation to retake the IS-held

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  IS sympathisers used al Qaeda’s encryption app for planning attacks in Hyderabad

  India | December 26, 2016 10:56 IST

  NIA has found that a group of alleged IS sympathisers, who were planning terror attacks on police stations in Hyderabad, used a host of encrypted applications, including one developed by al Qaeda