Islamicstate
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Islamic State group's 'business model' near collapse: Report
World | Feb 18, 2017, 09:11 AM ISTThe 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 | Feb 17, 2017, 06:31 PM ISTA 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 | Feb 16, 2017, 11:54 PM ISTAt 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 | Feb 10, 2017, 12:07 PM ISTDreaded 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 | Feb 08, 2017, 08:16 AM ISTThe 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 | Jan 31, 2017, 01:32 PM ISTWhite 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 | Jan 27, 2017, 09:02 AM ISTUS 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 | Jan 27, 2017, 09:25 AM ISTUS 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 | Jan 24, 2017, 02:20 PM ISTIn 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 | Jan 20, 2017, 08:30 AM ISTDonald 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 | Jan 20, 2017, 08:11 AM ISTUS 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 | Jan 19, 2017, 11:30 AM ISTRussia 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 | Jan 18, 2017, 07:46 AM ISTA 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 | Jan 13, 2017, 12:35 PM ISTThe 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 | Jan 12, 2017, 11:16 AM ISTPresident-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 | Jan 10, 2017, 11:05 AM ISTThe 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 | Jan 03, 2017, 11:20 AM ISTTerror 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 | Jan 02, 2017, 04:14 PM ISTThe 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 | Dec 30, 2016, 01:20 PM ISTIraqi 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 | Dec 26, 2016, 10:56 AM ISTNIA 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