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ISIS fighters reduced to 15,000 amid 'retreat on all fronts', cl
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington, Aug. 11 (ANI): A top US commander has claimed the military campaigns in Iraq and Syria have eliminated around 45,000 enemy combatants and reduced the total number of Islamic State fighters to as few as 15,000.
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Pak, Iran to collaborate against Islamic State
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad, Aug. 7 (ANI): Pakistan and Iran have agreed to cooperate in countering threats posed by an extremist Middle Eastern terrorist outfit, which has set up a self-styled caliphate across large swathes of land in Syria and Iraq.
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IS losing ground but continues to inspire attacks: Obama
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington, Aug.5 (ANI): Admitting that efforts to find a solution to the Syria crisis are turning his hair grey, U.S. President Barack Obama has said that Islamic State (IS) group is losing ground in the Middle East but it continues to inspire attacks around the world.
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After son, Pakistani-origin man convicted in Norway for joining ISIS
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad, Aug. 4 (ANI): An Oslo court in Norway sentenced a Pakistani-origin man to six years in prison for joining the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
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Myanmar probing reports of Islamic State threat against Suu Kyi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyidaw (Myanmar), Aug. 4 (ANI): Myanmar authorities have launched an investigation after reports surfaced that there is a threat by the Islamic State group to kill State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and several other leaders.
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US designates Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, Abrini on terrorist list
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington, Aug. 4(ANI): The United States State Department has designated Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), a splinter group of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Mohamed Abrini, a member of the Europe-based Islamic State as Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
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Most IS men in Afghanistan are Pakistan Taliban fighters, says US Commande
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington, Aug. 1 (ANI): Commander of the US and the NATO forces in Afghanistan Gen. John W. Nicholson has said almost 70 per cent of the fighters of the militant Islamic State (IS) group in Afghanistan are Pakistani Taliban who joined IS after having been forced out of their country.
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Explosives expert of ISIS arrested in Afghanistan's Nangarhar provinc
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul, July 27 (ANI): A key member of the Islamic State terrorist group operating as explosives expert has been arrested by the Afghan intelligence operatives in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province.
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Detained militant in Dhaka raid claims IS link
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka, July 26 (ANI): A militant, who was held during a special drive of the joint forces in Dhaka's Kalyanpur killing nine militants, has confessed to be an operative of the Islamic State.
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Maha ATS identifies 270 URLs showing IS activities, asks Centre to block t
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai, July 26 (ANI): Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Maharashtra Police has stumbled upon 270 Uniform Resource Locators (URL), commonly known as web addresses, that deal with terror group Islamic State's doctrine.
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Kochi court sends IS suspects to 14-day police custody
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala), July 25 (ANI): A Kochi Court on Monday sent two suspected Islamic State (ISIS) members, who were arrested in Mumbai for allegedly recruiting youths for the militant outfit, to 14-day police custody.
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No connection of ISIS in Munich firing
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington, July 23 (ANI): The teenager identified as Ali Sonboly, who shot dead nine people and injured 27 others in Munich, had no links to the Islamic State, but he had amassed literature relating to killing sprees and police responses to them.
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