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Airstrike kills nine ISIS loyalists in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul[Afghanistan], Oct. 8 (ANI): At least nine loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) were killed in an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
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Bangladeshi IS supporter charged with murder plot of US military member
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Oct. 4 (ANI): The US Justice Department has said that a Bangladeshi citizen has been charged with plotting to kill a member of the US military on behalf of the Islamic State.
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Tahmid Shafi identified as narrator of IS video featuring Gulshan attacker
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka[Bangladesh], Oct. 3 (ANI): The Bangladesh Police today claimed that the narrator of the video that was recently released allegedly by the Islamic State featuring five Dhaka cafe attackers, is Tahmid Rahman Safi (30), son of former Bangladesh election commissioner and home secretary lat
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TN: NIA arrests another youth with suspected IS links
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Tirunelveli (T.N.), Oct. 3 (ANI): Following information extracted from the six persons held in Kerala for having suspected links with the Islamic State, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) picked-up another youth from Kadayanallur in Tirunelveli district in the wee hours of Monday
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Hacker who gave ISIS 'hitlist' of US targets sentenced to 20 yea
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Sept. 24 (ANI): A hacker who helped the Islamic State by providing the names of more than 1,000 American government and military workers as potential targets was sentenced to 20 years in prison yesterday.
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ISIS claims responsibility for killing three Pak soldiers in Peshawar
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], Sept. 19 (ANI): Three Pakistani soldiers were killed in an ambush in Peshawar city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province yesterday in an attack, for which both the Islamic State and Jamaatul Ahrar, a Pakistani Taliban faction, have claimed responsibility.
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US bombs ISIS chemical weapons plant in Iraq
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept. 14 (ANI): A top US Air Force commander said that they have bombarded an ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) chemical weapons plant that was housed in a converted Iraqi pharmaceutical factory.
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US confirms death of IS spokesman
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Sept. 13 (ANI): The Pentagon has confirmed the death of longtime Islamic State (IS) spokesman Abu Muhammad Al-Adnani in a United States led airstrike in Syria that took place on August 30.
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Syria ceasefire: US and Russia reach tentative agreement
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Sept. 10 (ANI): The United States and Russia have agreed a tentative ceasefire deal for Syria, intended to lead the way to a joint US-Russian air campaign against the Islamic State and other extremist groups and new political negotiations within the country.
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UN rights chief says Trump, other populist politicians follow Islamic Stat
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Sept. 6 (ANI): United Nations human rights chief Zeid Raad al-Hussein in a scathing attack on populist politicians, including United States Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump and Dutch leader Geert Wilders, said that they had similarities to the ideology espoused by th
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New ISIS video shows children, including Briton, killing captives
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Aug. 27 (ANI): A new video released by the Islamic State shows five children, one of whom it identifies as British, murdering Kurdish prisoners.
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IS claims Quetta bomb attack that injured 13
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Quetta (Pakistan), Aug. 13 (ANI): The Islamic State (IS) militant group has claimed responsibility behind a roadside bomb blast apparently targeting a judge that injured 13 people in Quetta, the SITE Intelligence Group said.
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