Islamic State (IS)
Where did the IS cap come from?
After a Dhaka tribunal delivered the verdict in the Holey Artisan Café attack case today, one of death row convicts reached into his pocket and brought out a prayer cap emblazoned with the emblem of the Islamic State.
Baghdadi dead in US military raid
Fugitive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died “whimpering and crying” in a raid by US special forces in northwest Syria, President Donald Trump announced yesterday, fulfilling what he called his top national security goal.
IS claims Science Lab bomb attack on cops: SITE
Terrorist outfit Islamic State (IS) has claimed the responsibility of last night's bomb attack at Science Lab intersection in Dhaka, US-based SITE Intelligence Group says.
Islamic State cases: Indian investigators in Sri Lanka
Reflecting enhanced bilateral security cooperation, a team of India's counter-terror agency National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials is in Sri Lanka to probe two Islamic State (IS)-related cases which could have possible links to the April 21 Easter terror attack that killed more than 250 people in the island nation.
3 French IS members sentenced to death in Iraq
An Iraqi court has sentenced three French citizens to death for joining the Islamic State group, the first IS members from France to be handed capital punishment, a court official has said.
Kerala coastal areas put on high alert as Islamic State terrorists on way to Lakshadweep in boats
Kerala’s coastal areas of India were put on high alert after intelligence reports said that terrorists affiliated to the Islamic State are on their way to Lakshadweep in boats from Sri Lanka.
No IS existence in Bangladesh: Home minister
Terming the claim of Islamic State (IS) presence in Bangladesh a part of an international conspiracy, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan categorically says there is no existence of IS group in the country.
India arrests IS suspect plotting attacks in Kerala
India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) says it has arrested a 29-year-old suspect linked to terror group Islamic State for allegedly conspiring to carry out a suicide attack in the southern state of Kerala.
Islamic State claims responsibility for Sri Lanka bombings
The Islamic State group says it was behind a devastating string of suicide attacks against churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that killed more than 320 people on Easter Sunday.
39 Indian abducted by IS in 2015 killed: Sushma Swaraj
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 in London
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.
Truck attacker in Sweden's Stockholm 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.
Islamic State claims attack on TV station in Afghan capital
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 suspected 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.
‘ISIS local chief 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.
