Abuja, Dec 16 (IANS) At least 31 civilian hostages have been set free from the dens of Boko Haram insurgents during series of raids by Nigerian troops in the northeast Borno State, the Nigerian army…
Washington, Dec 15 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Monday said the fight against extremist group Islamic State “continues to be difficult”. “As I said before, ISIL (another acronym for IS) is dug in, including…
Hyderabad, Dec 14 (IANS) Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) chief Moulana Syed Jalaluddin Umri on Monday alleged that the US doesn’t want to eliminate terror outfit IS and there is a big conspiracy behind it to tarnish…
Cairo, Dec 14 (IANS) Egypt on Monday completed its probe into the Russian plane crash in Sinai peninsula and found nothing indicating “any illegal intervention or terrorist action” in the tragedy. “The technical investigative committee…
Melbourne, Dec 14 (IANS) An Australian teenager accused of preparing to carry out an Islamic State (IS)-inspired terror attack in Melbourne has pleaded guilty to the charge in court. The 17-year-old male, from Melbourne, entered…
Islamabad, Dec 12 (IANS) At least 488 soldiers and 3,400 militants have been killed in the ongoing armed offensive by the Pakistani army in the country’s northwest tribal area over the last 18 months, the…
Washington, Dec 12 (IANS) Adding teeth to its growing internet and social media presence, the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group has reportedly launched an app that features news and videos showing executions and battlefield victories…
Mumbai, Dec 10 (IANS) A court here accepted on Thursday the request of Pakistani-American Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist David Coleman Headley, currently imprisoned in the US, to turn approver and depose in the 26/11 case in return…
Tripoli, Dec 10 (IANS/AKI) The leader of the Islamic State (IS) terror group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has “fled” to Libya and is based in the group’s stronghold of Sirte. According to a report on Wednesday,…
Washington, Dec 10 (IANS) The couple behind the San Bernardino attack that killed 14 people were radicalised before they started dating, the director of the FBI has said. James Comey said Tashfeen Malik and husband…
Kabul, Dec 10 (IANS) At least 37 people including children were killed in a Taliban attack on a heavily fortified civilian and military airfield in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. BBC quoted Afghan defence…
Moscow, Dec 9 (IANS) Russia attacked the Islamic State positions in Syria with Kalibr missiles fired by the submarine deployed in the Mediterranean Sea, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday. “It was the…
New York, Dec 8 (IANS) The Pakistani woman involved in California mass shooting may have travelled to India from Saudi Arabia in 2013, a media report said on Tuesday citing a Saudi official. Denying that…
Kabul, Dec 9 (IANS) Casualties were feared late Tuesday after Taliban gunmen and suicide bombers attacked an airport in Kandahar city, sources said. “The attack took place late evening. At least six militants armed with…
Beijing, Dec 8 (IANS) The Islamic State (IS) has published a song in Mandarin calling China’s Muslims to take up arms, a media report said on Tuesday. Analysts on Monday said the song, released on…
Baghdad, Dec 8 (IANS) Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday said that the Islamic State group smuggled most of its oil through Turkey. A statement from his office said, ” (Abadi) stressed on the…
London, Dec 7 (IANS) Britain’s counter-terror police searched a residential address in east London following a violent knife attack at a subway station. Detectives from police service’s counter-terrorism command were investigating the attack that left…
On Sunday, December 6, President Obama addressed the nation from the Oval Office on the steps our government is taking to fulfill his highest priority: keeping the American people safe. Watch the full video and…
Islamabad, Dec 7 (IANS) Pakistan will share information with the US about the California shooting in line with the international obligations, the country’s interior minister said on Sunday. US investigators have identified Tashfeen Malik, a…
London, Dec 6 (IANS) A stabbing at a Tube station in east London is being treated as a “terrorist incident,” the Metropolitan Police said. Police were called on Saturday evening following reports that several people…