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Nobel Peace Prize 2018 goes to Denis Mukwege, Nadia Murad for fight against sexual violence
Nadia Murad is the witness who tells of the abuses perpetrated against herself and others. She has shown uncommon courage in recounting her own sufferings and speaking up on behalf of other victims.
October 5, 2018 -
Himachal CM anguished over killing of 39 Indian hostages
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Tuesday expressed anguish over the killing of 39 Indians, including four from the hill state, held hostage by IS in Iraq’s Mosul. He expressed his deep condolence with the bereaved families and said the state government was with them at this hour of distress. Thakur said this …
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March 21, 2018 -
5 IS militants killed in Afghan air raids
At least five Islamic State militants were killed in an airstrike in eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, the Special Forces said on Monday. As a result of an airstrike launched by Afghan Special Operation Forces in district Dih Bala, Nangarhar province on Sunday evening, five militants from the IS died and two IS fighters wounded, …
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January 1, 2018 -
Woman jailed in Switzerland for trying to join IS
A Swiss court has given a 31-year-old woman a partially suspended 18-month jail sentence after she tried to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. The woman from Winterthur on Friday appeared before the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona near the Italian border, the Swiss news agency, ATS, reported where prosecutors …
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December 16, 2017 -
Egypt mosque attack toll rises 305, ‘attackers carry IS flag’
The death toll in a terrorist attack on a mosque on Friday in Egypt’s North Sinai has risen to 305 killed, including 27 children, and 128 others were wounded, state news agency MENA reported on Saturday. “The attackers of the mosque were carrying the Islamic State flag,” MENA quoted the statement of the country’s general …
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November 26, 2017 -
Collapse of IS is defeat of US: Iran’s top leader Ayatollah Khamenei
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said the victory over the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group in Iraq and Syria is a defeat of the US in the region, a media report said. He said the victory over the IS is tantamount to the defeat of plots to sow division and wage a civil …
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November 22, 2017 -
Rajnath Singh dismisses reports of IS presence in Valley
Dismissing reports of the Islamic State gaining a foothold in Kashmir, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today that Indian Muslims would never allow terrorist outfits such as IS to have a base in the country. Singh also said he has complete faith in the Indian youth that they would not let IS misled them. …
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November 21, 2017 -
IS suicide bombing kills 35 civilians in eastern Syria
At least 35 civilians were killed on Friday by an Islamic State suicide bombing in eastern Syria, pro-government Sham FM radio reported. The IS suicide bombing targeted a checkpoint of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in an area between the Conico and Jafra energy fields in the northeastern countryside of Deir al-Zour province in …
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November 17, 2017 -
Italy deports young Egyptian Islamic State supporter
Italian authorities said they have deported a 22-year-old Egyptian woman who hoped to fight for the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group in a war zone and was awaiting IS orders to carry out a suicide attack on national soil. Milan’s police chief had ordered the woman’s immediate expulsion from Italy on national security grounds, Italian …
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November 14, 2017 -
34 Islamic State suspects detained in Istanbul
The Turkish police on Sunday detained at least 34 Islamic State (IS) suspects in counter-terrorism operations across the city. The suspects were reportedly planning to carry out attacks and had previously fought for the militant group, reports Xinhua news agency Digital material and documents linked to the group were also seized in the operations. The …
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November 13, 2017 -
Graves of civilians executed by IS found in Iraq
Mass graves containing the remains of civilians executed by the Islamic State (IS) terror group have been found in the Iraqi province of Kirkuk, the media reported. The mass graves were discovered in the al-Bakara area, about 3 km north of the city of Hawija, reports CNN. The area was an American base prior to …
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November 12, 2017 -
Home Ministry sets up two new divisions to check radicalisation, cyber fraud
The Union Home Ministry, as part of an administrative rejig, has formed two new divisions to exclusively deal with emerging security challenges such as radicalisation and cyber crime, an official said on Friday. The two divisions called Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Radicalisation (CTCR) and Cyber and Information Security (CIS) also encompass merger of some of the ministry’s …
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November 11, 2017 -
Donald Trump threatens IS, says group will pay for attacking US
US President Donald Trump warned on Friday that the Islamic State will pay a high price for its attacks against this country, after the terrorist group asserted that the suspected perpetrator of the attack last Tuesday in New York is one of its soldiers. In a series of tweets, Trump accepted that IS claim, aired …
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November 3, 2017 -
Turkey arrests 61 IS suspects in anti-terrorism operation
The Turkish police arrested 61 terror suspects linked with the Islamic State in eastern Erzurum and northwestern Bursa provinces on Sunday, state-run Anadolu Agency reported. A total of 22 suspects, including senior IS members, were arrested in Erzurum province, and several weapons were also seized in the operation, Xinhua reported. The security operation was carried …
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October 29, 2017 -
Moscow denies 3,500 Russians fighting for IS
Russia doubts the credibility of a report by a US-based research company that 3,500 Russians are fighting for the Islamic State, the Kremlin said on Thursday. “First, we do not quite understand to what extent we can trust the cited data, what it is based on… what information sources that organization has… We tend to …
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October 26, 2017 -
Fall of Raqqa
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is palpably down in its bastion, but not out in the wider geographical canvas. Tuesday’s momentous development is doubtless a symbolic loss that the terrorist group has suffered a little over three years after its emergence (September 2014). The Syrian city of Raqqa, which was once the de …
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October 19, 2017 -
Two key IS-affiliated leaders killed in Philippines
Two key Islamic State (IS)-affiliated leaders engaged in a standoff with Philippines forces in the conflict-ridden Marawi city have been killed, a top official said on Monday. According to Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, the victims were identified as Isnilon Hapilon, who was declared the terror group’s emir for Southeast Asia, and Omar Maute, a leader …
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October 16, 2017