Islamic State (IS)

31 killed in suicide blast on Pakistan polling station

At least 31 people are killed and dozens injured in a suicide bomb attack on a polling station in restive southwest Pakistan as millions voted in a nationwide election.
Iraq holds first nationwide election since IS defeat

Iraq began voting Saturday in its first parliamentary election since declaring victory over the Islamic State (IS) group, with the country hoping to shore up a fragile peace and rebuild.
More than 300 sentenced to death in Iraq for IS links

Iraqi courts sentence to death a total of more than 300 people, including dozens of foreigners, for belonging to the Islamic State group, judicial sources say.
39 Indian abducted by IS in 2015 killed: Sushma

All the 39 Indians, who were abducted by global terror outfit Islamic State (IS) in Iraq nearly four years ago, are killed and their bodies have been recovered, Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj says.
Teacher tried to create 'army of children' to launch terror attacks

A British supporter of Islamic State is found guilty of trying to recruit children he was teaching into an "army" of jihadists to help carry out a wave of attacks across London.
Sweden truck attacker wanted to avenge 'caliphate's' dead

An Uzbek asylum seeker who killed five people in a Stockholm truck attack in 2017 testifies that he wanted to pressure Sweden's government to end its support of a coalition fighting the Islamic State group.
Iraqi PM declares 'end of war against IS' in Iraq

Prime Minister of Iraq Haider al-Abadi announces the end of a three-year war by Iraqi forces to drive the Islamic State jihadist group out of the country.
Iranian president declares end of Islamic State

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declares the end of Islamic State in an address broadcast live on state TV.
IS claims attack on Kabul TV station

Militant group Islamic State claims responsibility for an attack on a television station in Kabul, in which gunmen disguised as police killed a security guard and opened fire on staff, the latest assault on media workers in Afghanistan.
ISIS claims responsibility for New York truck attack

The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the truck attack in Manhattan that killed eight people, the militant group’s online publication says.
Iraq holding 1,400 foreign wives, children of 'ISIS fighters'

Iraqi authorities are holding 1,400 foreign wives and children of suspected Islamic State fighters in a camp after government forces expelled the jihadist group from one of its last remaining strongholds in Iraq, security and aid officials said.
IS claims attack on Iraq embassy in Kabul

A suicide bomber blows himself up outside the Iraqi embassy in Kabul and militants breach the compound, Afghan officials say, in a complex hours-long attack claimed by the Islamic State group.
‘IS recruiter targets youths from Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka’

A fugitive chief recruiter of the Islamic State in the Indian subcontinent has targeted youths from three countries -- India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka -- to involve them with the global terror outfit.
Russia claims to have killed IS leader Baghdadi

Russia's Defense Ministry says it was checking information that a Russian air strike near the Syrian city of Raqqa may have killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in late May.
Number of IS fighters killed by US bomb jumps to 90

The number of Islamic State fighters killed by a massive US bomb in eastern Afghanistan has nearly tripled to at least 90, Afghan officials say.
US drops 'mother of all bombs' on IS in Afghanistan

The United States dropps a massive GBU-43 bomb, the largest non-nuclear bomb it has ever used in combat, in eastern Afghanistan today against a series of caves used by Islamic State militants, the military say.
IS claims responsibility for Sylhet blasts

Islamic State (IS) reportedly claims the responsibility for the bomb blasts near a militant den in Sylhet city's Shibbari that killed at least three people and injured many.
IS media reports ‘suicide blast’ at Dhaka Rab barracks

Amaq News Agency, run by the Islamic State (IS) militants, reports the suspected suicide blast at proposed headquarters of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Dhaka’s Ashkona area, according to US-based SITE Intelligence Group.
No IS existence in Bangladesh: Shahriar

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam says that there is no organisational existence of Islamic State (IS) or other international terrorist outfits in Bangladesh.
DMC writes to take away bodies of killed militants

Dhaka Medical College authorities urge police to take away the bodies of killed militants, which neither the families nor anyone is claiming yet.
Sheltering militants: NSU teacher, 2 others get bail

Suspended North South University Professor Gias Uddin Ahsan and two others, arrested on charges of renting flats to Gulshan café attackers and withholding tenants' information from the police, get bail.
IS abducts around 2,000 civilians in north Syria

Islamic State group fighters seize around 2,000 civilians to use as "human shields" Friday as they fled their stronghold of Manbij in northern Syria, according to US-backed forces and a monitor.
Dhaka raid militant Abdullah’s aide held in Dinajpur

Detectives arrest an allegedly close aide of Abdullah, one of the militants killed in Dhaka raid, from Nawabganj upazila of Dinajpur.
Man held in Singapore for promoting violence, radicalism, and IS

A Singaporean who actively spread radical ideology online and helped radicalise at least two other citizens is detained under the Internal Security Act in Singapore.
BNP discusses militancy issue with diplomats

Diplomats of different missions in Bangladesh hold a meeting with BNP leaders at the party’s chairperson’s office at Gulshan in Dhaka this afternoon to discuss militancy issue and present political situation in the country.
'IS behind' deadly Iraq car bombing

So-called Islamic State says it carried out a car bombing that killed at least 17 people in the central Iraqi town of Khalis.
Defeated forces of 1971 behind ‘militant attacks’: Kamal

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan holds the defeated forces in the Liberation War of 1971 solely responsible for the recent militant attacks across the country.
Madrasa teacher held for ‘renting house to Sholakia attacker’

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detains a madrasa teacher in Gaibandha for renting out his house to a suspected militant, who was arrested during Sholakia attack on the Eid day.
Germany fears more 'lone wolf' attacks after train rampage

Germany is likely to face more Islamist attacks, its interior minister says.
Indonesia 'kills most wanted militant'

Indonesian police say they believe they have killed Santoso, the country's most wanted militant, in a jungle gun battle in Central Sulawesi.