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Philippine military air strike 'accidently' kills 10 soldiers
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], June 1 (ANI): The Philippine military airstrikes aimed at militants killed 10 of its soldiers and injured eight others, even as the government is struggling to take the southern Marawi city from the clutches of alleged Islamic State terrorists, the government officials
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U.S. Air Force veteran gets 35 years in prison for supporting ISIS
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], June 1 (ANI): A U.S. Air Force veteran convicted of supporting the Islamic State (ISIS) was sentenced to 35 years in prison Wednesday.
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U.S. starts delivering arms to Kurdish fighters in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 31 (ANI): Despite opposition from Turkey, the United States has started delivering military equipment to the Kurdish fighters within the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), including small arms and vehicles, as part of an effort to take the Islamic State-controlled cit
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Former Pak army chief to quit Saudi-led Islamic alliance: Report
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 30 (ANI): Upset with the U.S. intervention in the Saudi-led military alliance of Islamic nations, Pakistan's former army chief General (Retd) Raheel Sharif is mulling over leaving the Islamic Military Alliance's command, according to a news report.
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Pak adopts wait and watch on Saudi counter terrorism alliance
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 29 (ANI): Pakistan has said it will first review the Terms of Reference (ToRs) of the Saudi Arabia-led Islamic Military Alliance against Terrorism (IMAT) before taking a decision to join it formally.
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Civilian deaths in war against Islamic State inevitable: Pentagon head
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D. C. [USA], May 29 (ANI): U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis on Sunday said that civilian casualties in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are inevitable even as the U.S. forces "do everything humanly possible" to prevent them.
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US-led airstrike kills 20 civilians in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Raqqa [Syria], May 29 (ANI): At least 20 civilians were killed in a U.S. led airstrike against the Islamic State terrorists in the southern countryside of Raqqa province in Syria.
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`Diversity is India`s strength`: PM Modi greets nation on Ramazan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday conveyed greetings to the nation on the beginning of the holy month of Islamic calendar, Ramazan.
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Muslims observe first day of holy month 'Ramazan' from today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): Muslim across the world will observe the beginning of the holy month of Islamic calendar, 'Ramazan' from today.
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Trump Administration not to host Ramadan event this year
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D. C. [USA], May 27 (ANI): U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has declined a request to host an event to mark the Islamic holy and fasting month of Ramadan, according to reports.
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Top ISIS leaders killed in Afghanistan's Nangarhar
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 26 (ANI): At least seven Islamic State fighters of ISIL-Khorasan province, a branch of the militant Islamist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, were killed in the latest anti-IS operations in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
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B'desh removes 'un-Islamic' Lady Justice statue at SC premi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 26 (ANI): The statue of Lady Justice was removed from the premises of the Supreme Court early Friday, on the demand of some Islamist organisations that called it 'un-Islamic'.
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