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War on IS needs ‘boots on ground’: US air force secy
The air campaign against the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group has made progress in degrading the organisation but will not be enough without local...
Turkey detains 38 foreigners seeking to join Islamic State
Turkish anti-terrorist police have detained 38 foreigners including women and children who were reportedly seeking to join the Islamic State group in Syria, media...
US now sees Taliban as reconciliation partners: Pentagon
US Defence official says US working ‘very extensively’ with Pakistan in fight against terrorism
The US Department of Defence said on Friday that it’s no...
US sees Taliban as reconciliation partners: Pentagon
US is no longer conducting counter-terrorism operations against the Taliban in Afghanistan because it views the group as an important partner in its efforts for...
IS claims behind Bangladesh policeman’s murder
The self-styled Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for the murder this week of a Bangladesh policeman, as fears of Islamist violence grow...
IS affiliate in Egypt insists it brought down Russian plane
Islamic State’s Egyptian affiliate dismissed in an audio message on Wednesday doubts that it had downed a Russian passenger plane over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula,...
Kuwait court jails five over IS fundraising
A lower court in Kuwait on Monday sentenced five men to 10 years in jail each for raising funds for the Islamic State jihadist...
Malik Ishaq was set to join Islamic State before his death,...
Malik Ishaq, the co-founder of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) sectarian extremist group, was ready to formally join Da’ish just days before he was killed in a...
Five killed in Saudi Shia shooting claimed by IS
A gunman killed five people at a Shia gathering in eastern Saudi Arabia on Friday before being shot dead by police, the interior ministry...
Mastermind of Safoora carnage received funding from IS: JIT report
A joint interrogation team (JIT) report on the mastermind of the deadliest attack on the Ismaili community in the metropolis, the Safoora carnage, revealed...
IS says it gunned down Italian in Bangladesh
The self-styled Islamic State (IS) militant group claimed responsibility for gunning down an Italian citizen on the street in the diplomatic quarter of Bangladesh's...
IS-claimed suicide blasts kill 21 in Baghdad
Two suicide bombers targeted Iraqi police checkpoints in commercial areas in central Baghdad during rush hour Thursday, killing at least 21 people, officials said.
The...
IS using rape on unprecedented scale, warns Angelina Jolie
Hollywood actor, Angelina Jolie, warned on Tuesday that the Islamic State was using rape as a weapon of war on a scale never seen...
28 die in bombing of Yemen Shiite mosque claimed by IS
A suicide bomber hit a Shiite mosque in the Yemeni capital Wednesday, killing at least 28 people in the latest such attack to be...
Anjem Chaudhry will be tried next year for inviting support for...
Anjem Choudary, a radical Muslim preacher, will face a trial next year in January for allegedly garnering support for the banned Islamic State group,...
Sweden to ban travel for the purpose of fighting for IS
Sweden will ban travel for the purpose of committing terrorist acts and tighten laws on taking part in training camps and terrorism funding, the...
IS in Syria demolishes ancient Mar Elian monastery
Islamic State (IS) militants have demolished the ancient Christian monastery of Mar Elian in the central Syrian town of al-Qaryatain.
The militants had also moved...
