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Islamic State claims responsibility for Vienna terror attack
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], November 4 (ANI): Barely 24 hours after the terror attack in the heart of Vienna, the Islamic State claimed responsibility, calling the shooter a "soldier of the caliphate", according to a statement translated by the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors online extremist
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Iraqi security officer killed in IS attack in Northern Kirkuk Province - R
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 27 (ANI/Sputnik): An Iraqi security officer was killed on Tuesday as a result of an attack by the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia) on a checkpoint at one of the oil fields in the northern province of Kirkuk, Iraq's Shafaq news agency reported, cit
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India urges concerned parties in Middle East to stop support to terrorist
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], October 27 (ANI): Underlining that political instability, long-festering conflicts, sectarian divides, issue of refugees and terrorism continue to plague the Middle East, India on Monday called on concerned parties in the region to completely stop support to terrorist forces l
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34 IS terrorists surrender to security forces in Afghan province of Kunar
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Thirty-four terrorists from the Islamic State terror group have surrendered to the Afghan security forces in the country's northeastern province of Kunar, local officials said on Sunday.
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Islamic State expanding its presence in South Asia under Pakistan's patron
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 30 (ANI): After the fall of the caliphate in Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State is fast spreading its network in South Asia, the region which already has a large number of terrorist and extremist groups.
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Security services find rockets, launchers of IS in western Iraq
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], September 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The Iraqi security services have discovered five rockets and three launchers belonging to the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in a building near the western city of Rutba, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
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NIA files charge sheet against 5 accused in ISKP case
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 2 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday filed a charge sheet against five accused in the NIA Special Court in New Delhi in connection with the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) case.
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ISKP leader responsible for Jalalabad jail attack killed: Afghanistan inte
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Aug 18 (ANI): Abdullah Orakzai, the key leader of the Islamic State in Khorasan Province's (ISKP), who was responsible for the recent Jalalabad prison attack, was killed in an operation by Afghan forces, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) announced on Tuesday.
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Two dead, 16 injured as terrorists open mortar fire at Nigeria's Maiduguri
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Maiduguri [Nigeria], July 31 (Sputnik/ANI): Terrorists from the Boko Haram group, which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, have opened mortar fire at the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, leaving two persons dead and 16 others injured.
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Taliban dismisses UNSC report on group maintaining ties with terror groups
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 26 (ANI): The Taliban on Sunday rejected a UN Security Council (UNSC) report which said that the group has been maintaining ties with al-Qaeda and that some of its fighters are joining the ranks of the Islamic State, Sputnik reported.
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NIA arrests 2 people from Pune in case related to Islamic State Khorasan
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two persons from Pune in connection with a case related to activities of the Islamic State-Khoradan Province (ISKP), sources said on Sunday.
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Terror groups using digital platforms to promote `jihad', says EFSAS resea
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Amsterdam, [Netherlands] June 22 (ANI): Terrorist groups like the Islamic State (ISIS), Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Taliban to name a few have been using social media and their digital publications to influence the youth and lure them towards so-called `jihad', says Yoana Barakova, a research an
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