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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
CNN — The US military and Syrian Democratic Forces conducted a helicopter raid in eastern Syria early Saturday, capturing an ISIS official, according to a statement from US Central Command. Batar, “an ISIS Syria Province Official involved in planning attacks on SDF-guarded detention centers and manufacturing improvised explosive devices,” was captured in the raid, CENTCOM … Read more
Focus on online recruitment, drones, crypto currency as CTC highlights terrorists use of new technologies. Focus on online recruitment, drones, crypto currency as CTC highlights terrorists use of new technologies. Terrorism is still one of the “gravest threats” to humanity said External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, highlighting terror threats from the use of emerging technologies … Read more