Head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria Abu Khadija has been killed, Iraqi prime minister says

Head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria Abu Khadija has been killed, Iraqi prime minister says

BAGHDAD – The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces, the Iraqi prime minister announced Friday. “The Iraqis continue their impressive victories over the forces of darkness and terrorism,” Prime Minister Minister … Read more

अमेरिका: न्यू ईयर अटैक में अब तक 15 मौतें, हमलावर के ट्रक से मिला ISIS का झंडा

अमेरिका: न्यू ईयर अटैक में अब तक 15 मौतें, हमलावर के ट्रक से मिला ISIS का झंडा

अमेरिका के न्यू ऑर्लिन्स की बॉर्बन स्ट्रीट में नए साल का जश्न मना रहे लोगों को एक ट्रक ड्राइवर ने टक्कर मार दी और भीड़ पर गोलीबारी कर दी है. ताजा आंकड़ों को अनुसार, आतंकी हमले में मारे जाने वालों की संख्या 10 से बढ़कर 15 हो गई है. एफबीआई ने इस हमले को आतंकवादी हमला मानते … Read more

IIT student on way to join ISIS detained in Assam: Police

IIT student on way to join ISIS detained in Assam: Police

Assam Inspector General of Police (IGP) Partha Sarathi Mahanta in a press conference after ISIS India head and one of his associates were arrested in Dhubri district, in Guwahati on March 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI An IIT-Guwahati student who had allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS and was travelling to join the terror group … Read more

ISIS trying to establish foothold in Pakistan: Interior Ministry tells Senate

ISIS trying to establish foothold in Pakistan: Interior Ministry tells Senate

Pakistan Interior Ministry highlighted the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s reorganisation and operational expansion during the peace talks in 2022, which has significantly increased its militant activities. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan, which is witnessing an influx of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists in significant numbers in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s tribal districts, is also facing a threat from … Read more

NIA arrests Pune ISIS module case accused 

NIA arrests Pune ISIS module case accused 

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested Mohammad Shahnawaz Alam, an accused in the Pune ISIS module case in which seven persons were earlier held. Alam, a resident of Katkamsandi in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh, had escaped from the custody of the Pune police on July 19 after he was arrested along with Mohammed Imran Khan and … Read more

NIA secures conviction of one accused in ISIS Abu Dhabi module case

NIA secures conviction of one accused in ISIS Abu Dhabi module case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has secured the conviction of an accused in the ISIS Abu Dhabi module case under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). He has been sentenced to seven years of imprisonment. A special court in Delhi has pronounced Adnan Hassan guilty in … Read more

No international inquiry possible into 2019 Easter bombings: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe

No international inquiry possible into 2019 Easter bombings: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe

Ranil Wickremesinghe. File | Photo Credit: AP Dismissing the possibility of an international probe into the 2019 Easter terror attacks, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has reiterated that such an investigation into the incident was not permissible under the country’s law. Responding to Sunday’s editorial in the Catholic Church’s Messenger newspaper titled “An international investigation … Read more

Police investigating reports of Liverpool bus attack after Manchester City match | CNN

Police investigating reports of Liverpool bus attack after Manchester City match | CNN

CNN  —  Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is investigating reports that Liverpool’s team bus was damaged after the club’s English Premier League match against Manchester City, the police force said in a statement. The incident is reported to have taken place close to the Etihad Stadium, where the match was held, on Saturday afternoon, GMP said. … Read more

Convicted ISIS supporter sentenced to additional year in prison over meeting with ‘American Taliban’ John Lindh | CNN Politics

Convicted ISIS supporter sentenced to additional year in prison over meeting with ‘American Taliban’ John Lindh | CNN Politics

CNN  —  A Virginia man convicted of providing support to ISIS in 2015 was sentenced Thursday to serve an additional year in prison for breaking his release conditions after meeting multiple times with John Walker Lindh, the so-called “American Taliban” and sharing ISIS propaganda online in encrypted chats. In 2015, Ali Shukri Amin pleaded guilty … Read more

British woman who joined ISIS as a teen loses UK citizenship appeal | CNN

British woman who joined ISIS as a teen loses UK citizenship appeal | CNN

London CNN  —  Shamima Begum, who left the United Kingdom to join ISIS at the age of 15, has lost her appeal against the decision to revoke her British citizenship. Judge Robert Jay gave the decision on Wednesday following a five-day hearing in November, during which her lawyers argued the UK Home Office had a … Read more