Srinagar, A soldier and three militants, including the deputy commander of the IS-aligned Ansar Ghazwatul Hind group, were killed in two separate gun battles in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, police said. The soldier and two militants possibly of the Pakistan-backed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit were shot dead in Redwani village[Read More…]
Tag: ISIS
Pakistani-American woman used bitcoin to finance IS
New York, A Pakistani-American woman has admitted in a federal court to using Bitcoin to finance the Islamic State terror outfit through fronts in China, Pakistan and Turkey. Zoobia Shahnaz, 27, made the admission before Judge Joanna Seybert in the Central Islip federal court in New York state on Monday.[Read More…]
Nadia Murad: Once an ISIS slave, now a Nobel Peace Prize winner
Born in the village of Kojo in Sinjar (Iraq), Nadia Murad has faced the cruelties which one can’t even imagine in our night mares. Before becoming a global face of inspiration to all the survivors of injustice, Nadia once lived a life of ISIS slave. Human rights activist Nadia Murad and Doctor Denis[Read More…]
Opinion: Rahul Gandhi has to choose his words with care
By Amulya Ganguli Rahul Gandhi has had another of his escape-velocity-of-Jupiter moments. His reference to the massive gravitational force of the solar system’s largest planet was in the context of “explaining” how much velocity was required by a spacecraft to lift itself from the surface of Jupiter compared to what was[Read More…]
Barcelona terror attack: Kills 13; ISIS claims responsibility
As many as 13 people were killed on Thursday after a driver deliberately slammed a van into crowds on Barcelona’s most popular street. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State group. Police said they had arrested two suspects after the assault, the latest in a wave of vehicle rampages[Read More…]
Philippines: 300 ISIS militants storm into school
Around 300 ISIS-linked militants stormed an elementary school in the restive southern Philippines on Wednesday. The militants took civilians as human shields as they engaged government troops in a gun-battle. The militants also included the members of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF). They seized Malagakit Elementary School in the town of[Read More…]
Pakistan: Five ISIS terrorists held with explosives
According to officials, five ISIS terrorists have been arrested on Sunday in Pakistan, planning a major terror attack. A huge cache of explosives has also been recovered from them in Punjab province. The militants were planning to attack sensitive installations in Sialkot district which is about 180 km from Lahore.[Read More…]
ISIS attack kills 15 in Iraq
In Iraq, 15 people were killed including women and children. The incident happened on Saturday when a group of ISIS terrorists attacked a village in Iraq’s Salahudin province, a security official said. About 20 ISIS terrorists attacked Mseihly village, some 280 km north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, sparking[Read More…]
Baghdad: 21 killed in suicide bombing, 30 other wounded
In a recent incident in South Baghdad, a suicide attacker blew himself up in a market south of the capital Baghdad on Friday. Police officials said that the incident killed at least 21 people while five others were wounded in another bombing in a nearby city. This year, hundreds of[Read More…]
Isolating Qatar ‘beginning of end’ of terrorism: Donald Trump on Gulf crisis
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said isolating Qatar was the ‘beginning of end’ of terrorism. Donald Trump claimed that his trip to the Middle East was “already paying off” as regional leaders followed through on their promise to take a hard line on funding militant groups. “So good to[Read More…]
India inherited terrorism and Maoism from Congress: MoS Hansraj Ahir
On Saturday, Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir said that India has acquired terrorism and Maoism from Congress. Speaking to the media, he said, “Ye dono (Terrorism & Maoism) cheezen Congress sarkar ki ek viraasat mein desh ko mili hui hai, humen (sarkar) mili hui hai (Terrorism and[Read More…]
ISIS has not been able to establish itself in India, says Rajnath Singh
On Saturday, Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, said that the NDA government has successfully completed three years in power under the strong and decisive leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking about defence and security in the country, Singh said that security condition in India has improved, as the Centre has[Read More…]
Air strike in Philippines kills 11 of its soldiers
An air strike on Islamist rebel killed 11 government soldiers in Philippine’s southern city, said the armed forces on Thursday. In a major blow to end the country’s bigger crisis of internal security, seven other soldiers were also wounded in the strike when two air force SF-260 dropped bombs on[Read More…]
Hyderabad: Sedition case against 3 alleged ISIS sympathisers
On Friday, the Hyderabad police registered a case of sedition against three alleged ISIS sympathisers. The police on Thursday summoned Salman Mohiuddin, Abdullah Basith and Qureshi, who were arrested for allegedly trying to join the ISIS and later released on bail. However, a case was registered against the three on[Read More…]
Drugs worth $75 million supplied to ISIS by India, say reports
The Italian police seized a shipload of tramadol, a drug, on Wednesday, which they claim to be sold to the Islamic States in Libya from India, as per media reports. Labelled as blankets and shampoo,37 million tramadols, worth $75 million, were found packed in three containers near the port of[Read More…]
Telangana police encouraging Muslim Youths to join ISIS through bogus site: Digvijaya Singh
Veteran Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has sparked controversies after alleging that Telangana police were encouraging Muslim youths to join Islamic State (ISIS), on Monday. Singh labeled these allegations on micro-blogging site in a series of tweets. “Telangana police has set up a bogus ISIS site which is radicalising Muslim Youths[Read More…]
UP ATS launches ‘Ghar Wapasi’ to de-radicalise the ‘misguided’ youth
In an attempt to ameliorate youngsters, who have been influenced by armed terrorism, Adityanath government has launched a de-radicalisation programme. The initiative has been taken up by the ATS (Anti-terrorism squad) UP, who are working on the project to help the ‘misguided’ youths of our country, to stop them from[Read More…]
2 men jailed for raising funds for ISIS
Egypt church bombing: President declares emergency for three months
Egyptian Cabinet on Monday announced a three-month state of emergency following the ISIS terror attack on two Coptic Christian churches on Palm Sunday which killed dozens of people. The Egyptian Cabinet, on its website Monday, said it OK’d a three-month, nationwide state of emergency and it went into effect at[Read More…]
Stockholm truck attack: At least two killed, several injured
At least two people were killed in a truck attack on the busiest street in the centre of Stockholm, the Swedish Security Service told media. “Sweden has been attacked,” Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven told reporters.”Everything indicates this is a terror attack,” he added. The attack happened just before 3[Read More…]
Najeeb’s mother sends legal notice for false reporting
ISIS targets children by planting bomb inside teddy bear, television
Islamic State terrorists are planting booby trap bombs inside teddy bears, dolls, fridges and televisions in war-torn Syria. Syrian doctors working with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in the north of the devastated country made the claim. According to the doctors, bombs have also been planted in roads, fields, houses and[Read More…]
UN Secretary General calls for more aid to help people fleeing Mosul
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday called on the international community to increase aid to help people fleeing the Iraqi city of Mosul. Iraqi forces have seized back the city from the Islamic States in a massive six-month campaign. According to government sources, at least 355,000 residents have[Read More…]
More than 300 civilians killed in Mosul in a month, says UN
More than 300 civilians have been killed by US-led air strikes, ISIS bombs and snipers, shelling and fighting in the advance on western Mosul, the UN has said. The deadliest single incident reported so far was in the al-Jadida district, where up to 240 civilians were killed in suspected bombing by US-led coalition,[Read More…]