Tag: ISIS
UK Parliament attack: ISIS claims responsibility
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the Westminster attack that left three victims dead, including a police officer, outside of London’s Parliament building on Wednesday. “The perpetrator of the attacks yesterday in front of the British Parliament in London is an Islamic State soldier and he carried out the operation in[Read More…]
2 missing Indian clerics in custody of Pak intelligence: Report
The two missing Indian clerics of Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah are in custody of Pakistan’s intelligence agency over their alleged links with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM). “The personnel of intelligence took both the clerics into custody after getting them offloaded and shifted them to an undisclosed location for investigation,”[Read More…]
Taj Mahal security beefed up after reported IS threat
Security has been enhanced at the Taj Mahal in the wake of a media report of a threat to the 17th century monument from terror outfit ISIS. “A link has been circulated in which it is claimed that Taj Mahal is on the target of ISIS. We are probing it.[Read More…]
Suicide bomber kills 25 at Damascus courthouse
75 arrested for alleged links with ISIS: Govt
No information about Father Tom Uzhunnalil, says Centre
Afghanistan: Gunmen dressed as doctors kill 30 at military hospital
Gunmen dressed as doctors stormed a military hospital near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least 30 people and injuring more than 50. All four of the gunmen who entered the Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan Hospital had been killed by security forces. The military hospital is located[Read More…]
Iraqi forces fight ISIS counter-attack in Mosul
ISIS fighters vow ‘river of bloods’ in China
An ISIS video released this week showed ethnic Uighur fighters training in Iraq. The fighters vowed to plant their flag in China and warned that blood will “flow in rivers” in China. There have been allegations that Uighurs, Muslims from Western China’s Xinjiang region, had gone to Syria and Iraq[Read More…]
Indian doctor rescued from ISIS
Iraqi forces retakes Mosul airport from ISIS
Syria: ISIS car bomb on rebels kills 41, mostly civilians
A car bomb by Islamic State on a security checkpoint controlled by Turkey backed-Syrian rebels in a village near al-Bab in Syria on Friday killed at least 41 people, mostly civilians. The car bomb struck military and security offices in Sousian, which is behind the rebel lines about eight km[Read More…]
We will hunt down and destroy ISIS at its source, says Mike Pence
US vice president Mike Pence said that the country will hunt down and destroy the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group at its source so that it can no longer threaten Americans. “We will hunt down and destroy the ISIS at its source so it can no longer threaten our nation[Read More…]
Iraqi forces advance on western Mosul
Iraqi forces, with aerial support from US-led coalition, advanced into the southern outskirts of Mosul on the second day of a push to drive ISIS from its stronghold. Iraqi polices and army troops had already launched a 100-day campaign to drive out the Islamic State terrorist from the eastern half[Read More…]
Pak sufi shrine blast: Death toll rises to 88
Pakistan: 100 killed in blast at Sindh’s Shahbaz Qalandar shrine; ISIS-claimed responsibility
An alleged suicide bomber blew himself up near the gate of the shrine of Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sindh province of Pakistan late Thursday evening. The incident killed at least 100 people and injured over 250. As per the police, the blast happened during a Sufi ritual called[Read More…]
Australia strips ISIS fighter of citizenship
Syria: 3 Turkish soldiers killed in Russian airstrike, Putin apologises
Russian airstrikes accidentally killed three Turkish soldiers and wounded 11 others during an operation against Islamic State in northern Syria on Thursday morning, Turkey’s military said in a statement. Russian President Vladimir Putin called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and expressed sorrow and condolences for the accidental killing, the military[Read More…]
Turkey detains 400 ISIS suspects in nationwide operation
Turkey detains over 400 ISIS suspects in a nationwide search operation just a month after the horrifying Istanbul Nightclub attack on New Year’s eve, which killed 39 people. The suspected members of the murderous group include non-Turkish nationals and some suspected of planning attacks. The nationwide operation detained 150 suspects[Read More…]
14 arrested in Austria for having links with ISIS
Austrian police force involving 800 policemen with the help of SWAT detained 14 people suspected of having ties to the Islamic State group in early-morning raids on Thursday. As per the initial statement from the public prosecutor’s office in Graz said there were eight arrests in twin operations there and[Read More…]
Intelligence Bureau says ISIS may target Delhi courts around Republic day
The Islamic State may be planning an attack on Delhi courts near about the Republic Day, according to Mail Today quoting a latest input by the Intelligence bureau. However a senior Delhi police official said that Delhi Police has done the most sensitive arrangement for the Republic Day celebration and[Read More…]
Trump’s CIA nominee lists ISIS, Russia, Iran as major threats
Congressman Mike Pompeo, US president-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the CIA, on Thursday has listed out Russia, Iran and Islamic State as major threats to the United States. The Congressman said that Mike said that Russia is “asserting itself aggressively” by invading and occupying Ukraine, threatening Europe, and “doing[Read More…]
Trump considers Putin an ‘asset’ in fighting ISIS
President-elect of USA, Donald Trump has said in his first press conference after the victory, that alliance with Russia and its President Vladimir Putin would be assets in fighting the Islamic State terror organization. He also called ISIS the “number one” issue of concern for the state. Blaming the former[Read More…]
Istanbul night club attack: ISIS claims responsibility, manhunt continues
Islamic State has claimed the responsibility of the Istanbul Reina night club attack that killed at least 39 people including two Indian nationals. The terrorist group has released a statement in its Amaq News Agency website. The group claimed 150 people were killed and wounded, and described it as a[Read More…]