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'Strasbourg shooting accused pledged allegiance to IS'
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France] Dec 23 (ANI): Cherif Chekatt, who allegedly killed five people at a Christmas market attack in Strasbourg city on December 11, had "pledged allegiance" to Islamic State (IS), reports suggested.
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US envoy for anti-ISIS coalition resigns
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 22 (ANI): In another blow to USA's Trump administration, the US envoy for anti-Islamic State coalition, Brett McGurk, has quit.
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US Sentences announces 40 years imprisonment for terror attacks plotting
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Dec 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States has sentenced Canadian citizen Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy to 40 years in prison for plotting terrorist attacks in New York City in support of the Islamic State terror group, the US Department of Justice has said.
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Paris attacks: French police to interrogate suspected ISIS terrorist in Vi
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Thrissur (Kerala) [India], Dec 5 (ANI): A French investigation team on Wednesday reached Viyyur prison in Kerala's Thrissur city to interrogate Subahani Haja Moideen, a suspected Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist, in connection with the 2015 terror attacks in Paris that left 130 people dead and
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3 ISJK terrorists nabbed, arms and ammunition recovered
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi, (India), Nov 25, (ANI): The Special Cell of Delhi Police in a joint operation with the Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested three terrorists belonging to the Islamic State of Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK) terror outfit on Sunday. Arms and ammunition were also recovered from their possessi
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Syrian Kurds ally with SDF, resume fighting against ISIS
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Sousa (Syria), Nov 13 (ANI): In an attempt to drive out the Islamic State (ISIS) militants from its last remaining strongholds, the Syrian Kurdish forces have resumed the fight in an alliance with the Syrian Arab fighters, together known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
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25 ISIS terrorists killed in US airstrikes in Iraq
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Kirkuk [Iraq], Nov 5 (ANI): As many as 25 terrorists from the Islamic State (ISIS) group were killed in US-led airstrikes in northern Iraq's Kirkuk province on Sunday.
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Egypt: 19 terrorists linked to Coptic Christian attack killed
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], Nov 04 (ANI): Egypt's Interior Ministry on Sunday confirmed that as many as 19 terrorists, linked to the recent attack on a bus carrying a group of Coptic Christians in Cairo, were killed by the country's security forces.
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Cannot certify if Ahtesham Bilal has become terrorist: UP DGP
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Nov 3 (ANI): A day after social media posts claimed that a Kashmiri student has joined a terror group in the Valley, the Uttar Pradesh Police said that they cannot ascertain if the video showing him as a part of Islamic State of Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK) is fa
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Iraqi PM calls for tighter security measures on border with Syria
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Oct 28 (ANI): Newly sworn-in Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi on Sunday advocated the need for advanced and tighter security measures along its border with war-torn Syria.
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Russian FSB foils ISIS activity in Moscow
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Oct 27 (ANI): Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) on Friday thwarted the activities of six Islamic State (ISIS) operatives in the capital city of Moscow.
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Afghanistan: 3 IS terrorists killed in US airstrike
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct 25 (ANI): At least three terrorists from the Islamic State (IS) terror group were killed in an airstrike launched by the American forces in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province.
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