Syria truce takes hold despite limited violations
US-led coalition warplanes launched at least 10 air strikes to try to drive back the jihadists, the monitor reported.
Feb 28, 2016, 00:15 AM IST
Islamic State gets more brutal, begins use of 'Clipper' against women
In another act of savagery, Islamic State has introduced a metal instrument to punish women whose clothes they claim do not completely cover their body.
Feb 25, 2016, 17:01 PM IST
Dutch fighter jets strike first IS targets in Syria
Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders has cautioned however that bombing was not the whole solution in a "complex conflict" in Syria.
Feb 17, 2016, 00:06 AM IST
Islamic State claims killing of retired Saudi officer
Police did not identify the victim or give further details of his former security duties.
Feb 15, 2016, 18:58 PM IST
Turkey, Saudi Arabia could launch anti-IS ground operation in Syria: Ankara
Saudi Arabia and Turkey both see the ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as essential for ending Syria`s five-year civil war and are bitterly critical of Iran and Russia`s support of the Syrian regime.
Feb 13, 2016, 16:14 PM IST
Chechen leader claims Russian spies in Syria to infiltrate IS
At the same time, some Muslim Chechens and other Russians have gone to Syria to support the IS jihadists.
Feb 09, 2016, 21:45 PM IST
Agencies verifying reports of Indians killed by ISIS militants
Observers said the beheadings were made in a bid to terrorise ISIS members who may leave their posts in the war-torn region.
Feb 01, 2016, 22:45 PM IST
Three Paris schools evacuated due to fresh bomb alert
Police searched Condorcet, Henri IV and Louis Le Grand lyceums and escorted all students to safety.
Feb 01, 2016, 19:03 PM IST
Islamic State bombing kills two dozen in Syria's Homs
A double suicide bombing killed at least 22 people Tuesday in the central Syrian city of Homs, state media said, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.
Jan 26, 2016, 20:21 PM IST
Terror suspects arrest: 300 places in Karnataka identified sensitive
"Police department in Bengaluru and in the entire state have identified more than 300 places as sensitive places," Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara told reporters.
Jan 24, 2016, 00:35 AM IST
Suspected Russian raids kill 29 civilians in Syria: Monitor
At least 29 civilians were killed in air strikes suspected to have been carried by Russian warplanes on a village in eastern Syria on Saturday, a monitoring group said.
Jan 24, 2016, 00:03 AM IST
UK mother accused of taking 'baby' to join ISIS denies terrorism
A British Muslim mother on trial for taking her 14-month-old baby to Syria to join the Islamic State (ISIS) claims she was unaware of the terrorist group's true nature and had travelled to the war-torn country only to live under Sharia law.
Jan 22, 2016, 19:01 PM IST
Four accused of IS-linked plot to kill soldier, policeman in UK
Four young British Muslims plotted Islamic State-inspired terror attacks including drive-by shootings on the streets of London to kill a police officer, a soldier or civilians, a court was told on Monday.
Jan 18, 2016, 23:57 PM IST
ISIS commits massacre in Syria, kills over 280 people
The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group killed as many as 280 people when its militants stormed a town in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour on Saturday.
Jan 17, 2016, 10:02 AM IST
Burkina troops retake hotel after Islamist attack kills dozens from at least 18 countries
Until Friday`s attacks the landlocked nation, an ally of Western governments against jihadist groups in the arid reaches of the southern Sahara, had largely been spared the kinds of attacks that have plagued its neighbours.
Jan 16, 2016, 19:16 PM IST
Rajnath Singh meets intelligence, police officials, discusses steps to counter ISIS
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday met representatives of 13 security agencies of different states here and discussed alarming influence of Islamic State (IS) over youths through social media.
Jan 16, 2016, 18:52 PM IST
Ash Carter lays out plan to take back Mosul, Raqqa from IS
Defense Secretary Ash Carter laid out broad plans today to defeat Islamic State militants and retake the group's key power centers in Iraq and Syria.
Jan 14, 2016, 01:31 AM IST
Iraqi PM vows to rout Islamic State militants after mall bombing, mosque attacks
Iraq's prime minister vowed on Tuesday to keep up the fight against the Islamic State group, a day after an IS suicide attack on a shopping mall in Baghdad killed 18 people and a wave of retaliatory attacks targeted Sunni mosques.
Jan 12, 2016, 22:58 PM IST
UK uses Brimstone missiles on Islamic State militants in Syria
The UK's Royal Air Force have used radar-guided ground attack Brimstone missiles for the first time against Islamic State targets in Syria.
Jan 11, 2016, 22:01 PM IST
MI5 tried to recruit Indian-origin 'new Jihadi John': Report
Britain's intelligence services had tried to recruit Indian-origin IS terror suspect Siddhartha Dhar as a double agent before he managed to flee to Syria, a media report here claimed on Sunday.
Jan 10, 2016, 17:19 PM IST
