Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: The enigmatic Islamic State jihadist chief
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi rose from obscurity to lead the world`s most infamous and feared jihadist group, but shuns the spotlight and cultivates an aura of mystery.
Nov 03, 2016, 09:38 AM IST
Iraqi forces pause at edge of Mosul, weather cuts visibility
An Iraqi special forces general says his troops are holding their positions along Mosul's eastern outskirts as poor weather hampers visibility in operations to rout Islamic State fighters.
Nov 02, 2016, 13:36 PM IST
Islamic State kills 40 near Mosul, tries to move 25,000 to use as shields, UN says
Islamic State militants killed 40 former members of the Iraqi Security Forces near Mosul on Saturday and threw their bodies in the Tigris river.
Nov 01, 2016, 16:23 PM IST
The battle for Mosul: What we know
Iraq`s Counter-Terrorism Service and Rapid Response Division -- two of its most elite special forces units, are fighting in the Mosul area.
Oct 31, 2016, 14:20 PM IST
Islamic State militants kill 30 in central Afghanistan
Suspected Islamic State fighters killed dozens of civilians in the remote Afghan province of Ghor in revenge for the death of one of their commanders.
Oct 26, 2016, 12:12 PM IST
France to host talks Thursday on Mosul`s future
The long-awaited offensive on Mosul was launched on Monday, with some 30,000 forces involved in Iraq`s largest military operation since the 2011 pullout of US troops.
Oct 18, 2016, 16:38 PM IST
Baghdad bomb targeting Shiites kills at least 13: Officials
A suicide bomber attacked a Shiite-majority area of north Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 13 people and wounding more than two dozen, security and medical officials said.
Oct 15, 2016, 16:05 PM IST
ISIS chief Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi 'seriously ill' after assassin poisons food
Under Baghdadi's leadership, IS militants have shocked the world with their sadistic beheadings of captured foreign journalists and civilians.
Oct 04, 2016, 08:35 AM IST
After arresting 6 ISIS suspects in Kerala, NIA detains one more from Tamil Nadu
The NIA on Sunday arrested six persons from Kerala for allegedly plotting terror attacks in the country.
Oct 03, 2016, 13:02 PM IST
Islamic State could use mustard gas to defend Mosul: Pentagon
The Islamic State group could use mustard gas against an Iraqi offensive to retake Mosul, Iraq`s second-largest city, the US Defense Department said Monday.
Sep 27, 2016, 01:19 AM IST
Bombs for brides: IS dowries revealed in Libya
Islamic State group marriage contracts unearthed by pro-government forces battling the group in Libya reveal that the jihadists offered their brides unusual dowries: machineguns and explosive belts.
Sep 21, 2016, 23:43 PM IST
Turkey detains Islamic State suspects believed to plan attack: Report
Turkish police have detained more than 20 Islamic State suspects, including a Syrian man believed to be organising an attack in Istanbul, a local newspaper reported on Saturday.
Sep 17, 2016, 16:15 PM IST
Nadia Murad, former ISIS sex slave, named UNODC Goodwill Ambassador
The 23-year-old Yazidi woman from Iraq endured a three-month nightmare as a sex slave of the Islamic State group.
Sep 16, 2016, 13:24 PM IST
US will go after ISIS chief Baghdadi the same way it went after Osama: Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton has said the US will go after ISIS terror group and its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Sep 08, 2016, 12:10 PM IST
Assam BJP leader's son kidnapped, ULFA releases ISIS-style video
Chief Minister Sarbanda Sonowal has appealed to the abductors to release him on humanitarian ground.
Aug 23, 2016, 08:29 AM IST
Here's how Donald Trump wants to halt spread of radical Islam
Donald Trump said his administration will aggressively pursue joint and coalition military operations to crush and destroy ISIS.
Aug 16, 2016, 12:32 PM IST
Donald Trump trying to give exactly what ISIS wants: Biden
US vice president Joe Biden has said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's ideas are very dangerous and un-American as he criticised the business tycoon for playing into the hands of Islamic State by using anti-Muslim rhetoric.
Aug 16, 2016, 11:07 AM IST
Crackdown continues! Another ISIS suspect arrested from Maharashtra's Parbhani
On July 21, Kerala Police, assisted by Maharashtra ATS, arrested Arshi Qureshi, associated with IRF, from Navi Mumbai for allegedly radicalising youths.
Aug 08, 2016, 15:45 PM IST
Telangana, Andhra set to launch campaign against ISIS
State Minorities Commission for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh is set to unleash an awareness campaign against ISIS by getting on board Imams of a large number of mosques across the two states to thwart the attempts of the terror group to lure youths.
Aug 05, 2016, 15:02 PM IST
Indonesia arrests six suspected of plotting Singapore attack
Indonesian authorities arrested six suspected militants on Batam island on Friday who were believed to be linked to the Islamic State group and plotting an attack on nearby Singapore, a police spokesman said.
Aug 05, 2016, 15:00 PM IST
