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Indian NIA books Majeed, an Indian student recruited and trained by IS, flown to India by Indian intelligence agencies Areeb Majeed, an arrested Mumbai student-turned-Islamic...

Pope Francis condemned the Islamic State group’s assault on Christians and other religious minorities in Iraq and Syria, as he arrived Friday in Turkey...

Diyala province is ethnically mixed between Arabs and Kurds, and Jalula has a large Kurdish community

Aicha travelled to Syria nine months ago to marry a Dutch-Turkish jihadist fighter she saw on television and contacted via the Internet A Dutch teenager...

The announcement of aid worker Kassig’s death, the fifth such killing of a Western captive by IS, formed part of the 15-minute video which showed the beheadings of at least 14 men IS said were pilots and officers loyal to Syrian President Bashar al Assad.

The leader of the Islamic State group has ordered the organisation to start minting gold, silver and copper coins for its own currency: the...

Five suspects were arrested in Multan for making pro-Islamic State (IS) graffiti and attaching posters supporting the militant outfit on different walls of the...

*Secret report says IS has claimed to have recruited 10 to 12,000 fighters in Hangu and Kurrum Agency *Balochistan home secy admits increase in pro-IS...

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain said on Friday that Islamic State (IS) militants are bigger threat to Pakistan than Taliban and al...

Next significant fighting near Baghdad is expected to take place just to the west in the Sunni heartland Anbar province

*US and allied aircraft have flown nearly 6,600 sorties in the air war against IS and dropped more than 1,700 bombs A bid by Islamic...

Local Kurdish govt in Iraq’s north confirms weapons deliveries and expresses gratitude to Washington

Al Qaeda’s deadly Yemen-based franchise on Friday urged Muslims worldwide to support Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria and Iraq in the face of...

Pakistani Taliban tell militants to help Middle Eastern jihadist group in its campaign to set up a global Islamic caliphate

In the video, almost identical to those released after three previous murders, a masked IS militant also threatens a hostage he identifies as an American, Peter Kassig.

The ability to cross the frontier freely has been a major tactical advantage for Islamic State fighters on both sides.

Drones, bombers, fighters target Islamic State group while US also begins strikes against a deadly al-Qaida offshoot The US and a group of five Arab...