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Nuclear attack by ISIS in Europe is a real threat, warns experts
World | Jun 10, 2016, 08:41 PM ISTLondon: 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 | Jun 10, 2016, 07:06 PM ISTChief 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 | Jun 09, 2016, 04:54 PM ISTBaghdad: 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 | Jun 06, 2016, 11:28 AM ISTBaghdad: 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 | Jun 05, 2016, 06:55 PM ISTBaghdad: 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 | Jun 04, 2016, 07:54 PM ISTRaqqa (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 | Jun 04, 2016, 03:49 PM ISTNew 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 | Jun 03, 2016, 04:29 PM ISTNew 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 | Jun 03, 2016, 10:28 AM ISTThe 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 | Jun 01, 2016, 03:52 PM ISTBaghdad: 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 | Jun 01, 2016, 08:00 AM ISTDreaded 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, 07:44 PM ISTNew 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, 01:25 PM ISTHome 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, 07:42 PM ISTNew 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 AM ISTOn 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, 08:39 AM ISTA 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, 04:25 PM ISTNew 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 PM ISTTerror 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, 07:03 AM ISTRussia 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, 07:29 AM ISTBaghdad: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