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U.S. Supreme Court allows Trump administration's ban on refugees
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Donald Trump administration to maintain its restrictive policy on refugees, squashing the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that would have eased the travel ban to allow 24,000 refugees to enter the country befo
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Trump's travel ban gets temporary relief from Supreme Court
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington (U.S.) September 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday granted the Donald Trump administration's request to temporarily lift restrictions on the president's travel ban.
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US airstrike kills 11 insurgents in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sep 7 (ANI): At least eleven Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Khorasan (ISIS-K) insurgents have been killed in an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
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'U.S. troops at Al-Tanf base sold weapons to ISIS in Syria'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], September 1 (ANI): A Syrian rebel has revealed that U.S.troops based at the Al-Tanf base in Syria's southeastern desert were not fighting the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadists and were selling weapons and ammunition to them to fight against the Bashar al-Assad forces.
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Russia, Turkey discuss implementation of de-escalation zones in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 6 (ANI): Concerned over the ceasefire violations in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Sunday discussed Syrian de-escalation zones with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on the sidelines of ASEAN forum in Manila.
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Turkey reinforces artillery units to Syrian border
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], August 6 (ANI): Turkey has sent a military convoy with five howitzers to the border with Syria, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
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NIA arrests one person from Kerala over ISIS links
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Alappuzha (Kerala) [India] Aug 04 (ANI): An Alappuzha native has been taken into custody on Friday by the National Investigative Agency (NIA) over alleged links with Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
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Airstrikes kill ISIS members in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], August 4 (ANI): The U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria has said it killed 12 members of the terror group operating inside Syria in recent days, CNN reports.
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Russia, Syrian regime seeking to poach U.S.-backed fighters: Reports
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], August 4 (ANI): Russia and the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are attempting to coax U.S.-backed rebels based at the At Tanf garrison in southern Syria to switch sides, CNN reports.
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Omar Al-Hindi ISIS Module case: NIA conducts searches in Kerala, TN
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India] August 3 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted searches at two locations in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore, and one location in Kerala's Alappuzha as part of investigation in connection with the Omar Al-Hindi Islamic State of
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Syrian Army recaptures town on Lebanese-Syrian border from al-Nusra Terror
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], July 28 (ANI):The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah and the Syrian army jointly won the battle against al-Nusra Front and re-captured the mountainous area around the town of Fleita region of Jaroud Arsal near the Lebanese-Syrian border.
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U.S. coalition continue strikes against ISIS in Syria, Iraq
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], July 27 (ANI) :U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria conducting 27 strikes, consisting of 32 engagements, inflicting major damage to radical Islamic forces and tactical units.
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