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  Islamic State claims Berlin Christmas market attack; attacker remains at large

  World | December 21, 2016 6:48 IST

  Dreaded terror group Islamic State has claimed responsibility for Monday’s horrific attack on Berlin Christmas market that killed at least 12 persons.

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  Aleppo ‘now a synonym for hell’: Ban Ki-moon; evacuation suspended due to obstructions

  World | December 17, 2016 9:41 IST

  A ceasefire agreement to evacuate tens of thousands of civilians from the remaining parts of the ISIS-held eastern Aleppo has been suspended.

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  54 civilians killed in US-led airstrikes in Iraq, Syria since March

  World | December 02, 2016 12:59 IST

  The US-led coalition has confirmed that 54 civilians in Iraq and Syria were killed between March 31 and October 22 while carrying out airstrikes against terror group Islamic State.

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  Islamic State claims responsibility of Ohio State University attack

  World | November 30, 2016 7:13 IST

  Banned militant outfit the Islamic State (IS) said the attacker who injured 11 people on Ohio State University (OSU) campus was a "soldier of the Islamic State", media reports said.

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  Iraqi troops capture three more neighborhoods from ISIS in eastern Mosul

  World | November 24, 2016 18:09 IST

  Over a month after a major operation was launched against Islamic State militants, the Iraqi security forces on Thursday captured three more neighbourhoods from the terror group in eastern Mosul.

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  68 supporters of ISIS arrested in India: Government

  India | November 23, 2016 8:51 IST

  The NIA and state security agencies have so far arrested 68 supporters of dreaded terror outfit ISIS in various parts of the country, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

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  Zakir Naik's NGO provided scholarship to ISIS sympathiser: NIA

  India | November 23, 2016 8:19 IST

  Days after the NIA filed a FIR against controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik for spreading hate, it has now come into light that his NGO Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) had sponsored an ISIS sympathiser.

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  Bombs strike rebel-held Aleppo and northern Syria, 54 dead

  World | November 17, 2016 11:56 IST

  Bombs rained down on rebel-held eastern Aleppo for a second straight day, pounding a district that houses several medical facilities, including the central blood bank, and forcing Syrian staff and patients in the only remaining paediatric hospital to

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  Air strikes resume in Syria’s Aleppo after weeks-long pause

  World | November 16, 2016 13:44 IST

  After long pause of almost a month, intense air strikes resumed in rebel-held districts of eastern Aleppo, killing at least three people.

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  At least 52 killed, 100 injured in IS-claimed blast at sufi shrine in Pak's Balochistan

  World | November 13, 2016 6:27 IST

  At least 52 people, including women and children, were killed and more than 100 others injured in a suicide bombing at a popular sufi shrine in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province on Saturday.

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  ISIS kills over 60 civilians in Mosul, victims marked ‘traitors’: Report

  World | November 12, 2016 11:18 IST

  Terror group Islamic State has shot dead more than 60 people this week and hung some of their bodies from poles after alleging they had collaborated with Iraqi troops.

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  US-led airstrike kills 20 civilians in Syria’s Raqqa

  World | November 10, 2016 14:29 IST

  At least 20 civilians were killed in Raqqa, the self-declared capital of the Islamic State in Syria, when US-led coalition launched airstrikes targeting militants. The causalities were reported in the nearby village of al-Heisha,

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  Most Indian youngsters who joined terror outfit ISIS are based in Raqqa: Report

  India | November 05, 2016 14:28 IST

  Islamic State suspect Subahani Haja Moideen has revealed that most youngsters from India who have joined the terror group are based in the Syrian city of Raqqa.

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  Iraqi forces corner ISIS chief al-Baghdadi in Mosul, gear up for final assault: Report

  World | November 02, 2016 18:51 IST

  Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-declared caliph of Islamic State has been trapped by Iraqi Army in Mosul, a report claimed today.

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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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  Iraqi forces find bomb factory, tunnels on long road to Mosul

  World | October 29, 2016 8:00 IST

  Iraqi forces, fighting against Islamic States militant to recapture Mosul, have explored a network of tunnels and uncovered a bomb-making facility in a village near Mosul.

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  900 Islamic State terrorists killed in Mosul offensive: US

  World | October 28, 2016 12:32 IST

  Around 900 Islamic State terrorists in Iraq were killed in the offensive to retake Mosul.

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  UN confirms ISIS using civilians as human shields in fighting against Iraqi troops

  World | October 22, 2016 8:18 IST

  United Nations today confirmed that Islamic State militants in Iraq are using civilians as human shields to fight against the US-led Iraqi forces.

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  Dislodging ISIS from Mosul a ‘significant strategic gain’: US

  World | October 18, 2016 10:32 IST

  The United States today said that dislodging the terror group Islamic State from its self-declared capital, Mosul, will be a ‘significant strategic gain’.

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  Iraq-US jointly launch military operation to recapture Mosul from IS

  World | October 17, 2016 14:48 IST

  An Iraqi military operation, backed by air and ground support from the U.S, was launched on early Monday morning to recapture the Mosul from Islamic State (IS) terror group.