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  Nuclear attack by ISIS in Europe is a real threat, warns experts

  World | June 10, 2016 20:41 IST

  London: Dreaded terror outfit ISIS is now planning to carry out nuclear attacks by acquiring weapons, a leading international think tank has said, highlighting the threat of ISIS. Moshe Kantor, the president of the

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  ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi injured in US-led air strike: Reports

  World | June 10, 2016 19:06 IST

  Chief of terror group Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has been wounded in an air strike by US-led coalition forces on one of the group’s command headquarters close to the Syrian border in Iraq.

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  Suicide car bombing kills at least 22 civilians in Iraqi capital, Islamic State claims responsibility

  World | June 09, 2016 16:54 IST

  Baghdad: At least 22 civilians were killed and 70 others were injured when a suicide car bomb rocked ripped through a commercial area of a majority Shiite neighbourhood in Baghdad today. According to Xinhua news

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  Paranoid about spies, Islamic State kills dozens of its members

  World | June 06, 2016 11:28 IST

  Baghdad: In March, a senior commander of the Islamic State (IS) was driving through northern Syria on orders to lead militants in the fighting there when a drone blasted his vehicle to oblivion. The killing

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  Islamic State executes dozens of its own fighters in hunt for spies

  World | June 05, 2016 18:55 IST

  Baghdad: The most dreaded terrorist organisation Islamic State has started to kill its own members over the past few weeks in search of spies and informants after US- led airstrikes killed a number of high

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  Syrian army reaches province of Raqqa; insider reveals how people live under ISIS reign

  World | June 04, 2016 19:54 IST

  Raqqa (Syria): Dreaded terror group Islamic State appears to be on the verge of being defeated in its stronghold of Syria as the army has crossed the boundary to Raqqa province and is offensive against

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  NIA files chargesheet against alleged ISIS operative suspected of designing flags for 'caliphate'

  India | June 04, 2016 15:49 IST

  New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed its first charge sheet against an alleged Islamic State operative Mohammad Naser Packeer. Naser is believed to have designed flags and logos for the

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  NIA files first charge sheet against alleged ISIS operative

  India | June 03, 2016 16:29 IST

  New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today filed its first charge sheet against an alleged ISIS operative before a Special Court for purported offences of conspiracy to commit terror acts and recruiting youths to

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  Islamic State greatest global threat: US report

  India | June 03, 2016 10:28 IST

  The Islamic State terror group remained the greatest threat globally in 2015, maintaining a formidable force in Iraq and Syria, including a large number of foreign terrorist fighters, a US report said today.

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  UN warns 20,000 children are trapped in Iraq’s Fallujah

  World | June 01, 2016 15:52 IST

  Baghdad: The U.N. children’s fund on Wednesday issued a stark warning to Iraqi troops and Islamic State militants in the battle for Fallujah to spare the children, the most vulnerable among the tens of thousands

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  ISIS video urges Muslims to destroy TV sets to prevent ‘polluting their ethics’

  World | June 01, 2016 8:00 IST

  Dreaded terror group Islamic State has released a video urging Muslims to destroy their satellite TV sets to prevent hostile channels ‘destroying their beliefs and polluting their ethics’.

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  Court extends the period of probe against three ISIS sympathisers

  India | May 25, 2016 19:44 IST

  New Delhi: A special court has extended the period of investigation till June 10 against three accused persons, recently deported from UAE for their alleged ISIS links, in a case of alleged conspiracy to carry

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  No threat from Islamic State, says Home Minister Rajnath Singh

  National | May 24, 2016 13:25 IST

  Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said there is no threat to India from Islamic State (IS) as people of the Muslim community are against the IS.

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  Amid security threat, government bans Indians from travelling to Libya

  India | May 23, 2016 19:42 IST

  New Delhi: The government on Monday barred Indian nationals from travelling to Libya due to the worrying security situation in the North African country. The Ministry of External Affairs has issued a travel advisory

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  Commander of US Central Command makes secret visit to Syria

  World | May 23, 2016 10:39 IST

  On a secret trip to Syria, the new commander of US forces in the Middle East said he felt a moral obligation to enter a war zone to check on his troops and make his own assessment of progress in organizing local Arab and Kurd fighters for what has be

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  ISIS new video urges followers to carry out attacks in US, Europe during Ramadan

  World | May 23, 2016 8:39 IST

  A new message from terror group Islamic State spokesman has called on the groups’ followers to carry out attacks in the US and Europe during the Islamic month of Ramadan, beginning early June.

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  IS ‘propaganda’ videos won’t influence Indians, says centre

  National | May 21, 2016 16:25 IST

  New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said the Centre is taking all steps needed to protect the country and asserted that the people of all religions and castes will fight the terror

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  ISIS new video vows to avenge Babri demolition, killing of Muslims

  India | May 21, 2016 12:02 IST

  Terror outfit Islamic State has launched a new propaganda video that showed off a large group of Kalashnikov-wielding jihadists allegedly from India fighting against the Syrian forces.

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  Russia builds military camp near ancient Syrian town of Palmyra

  World | May 19, 2016 7:03 IST

  Russia has built a military encampment inside a zone that holds the UNESCO world heritage site in the ancient Syrian town of Palmyra, where Islamic State militants were driven out recently by pro-government forces.

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  Islamic State attack and bombings leave 29 dead across Iraq

  World | May 16, 2016 7:29 IST

  Baghdad:The Islamic State group launched a coordinated assault on a natural gas plant north of Baghdad that killed at least 14 people, while a string of other bomb attacks in or close to the capital