Isis

Free But In Ruins, Uphill Struggle To Rebuild Syria's Raqa

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday October 20, 2017

The ISIS group's former Syrian stronghold Raqa has been captured, but it lies ruined, littered with explosives, and lacking electricity or running water for residents desperate to return

ISIS Lost Nearly 90% Of Territory Seized On 2014: US-Led Coalition

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday October 17, 2017

The ISIS group has lost nearly 90 percent of the territory it controlled in 2014, when it proclaimed a "caliphate" straddling Iraq and Syria, the US-led coalition said Tuesday.

US-Backed Force Announces 'Final Phase' Of Raqa Battle

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday October 15, 2017

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces on Sunday announced the "final phase" of the battle to capture Raqa, once the Syrian stronghold of the terrorist group ISIS

Kurds, Iraqi Forces In Standoff In Oil-Rich Kirkuk

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday October 15, 2017

Thousands of Iraqi troops were locked in an armed standoff with Kurdish forces in the disputed oil-rich province of Kirkuk as Washington scrambled to avert fighting between its allies in the war against the ISIS group.

Once Promised Paradise, ISIS Terrorists End Up In Mass Graves

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday October 15, 2017

The ISIS once drew recruits from near and far with promises of paradise but now bodies of terrorists lie in mass graves or at the mercy of wild dogs as its "caliphate" collapses

ISIS Loses Al-Mayadeen In Eastern Syria

World News | Reuters | Saturday October 14, 2017

Syrian government and allied forces have taken the eastern town of Al-Mayadeen from ISIS, a Syrian military source said on Saturday, further weakening the militants' diminishing presence in Syria.

100 ISIS Fighters Surrender In Raqa In 24 Hours: US-Led Coalition

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday October 14, 2017

Dozens of ISIS group fighters have surrendered over the past day in their one-time bastion Raqa, the US-led coalition backing the offensive on the Syrian city said Saturday.

Pakistani-American Faces Extradition Hearing On NYC Attack Plot

World News | Reuters | Friday October 13, 2017

A Pakistani-American man accused of plotting attacks in New York City for ISIS is scheduled to appear at an extradition hearing in a Pakistani court on Friday.

British Jihadi 'White Widow' Killed In US Drone Strike

World News | Reuters | Thursday October 12, 2017

Sally Jones, a British jihadi who recruited online for the ISIS terror group, has been killed in Syria by a US drone along with her 12-year-old son, The Sun newspaper reported on Thursday.

'It Takes Two To Tango': Pak Army Chief On Peace With 'Belligerent' India

World News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 12, 2017

Pakistan has shown "genuine desire" to have peaceful relations with its "belligerent" neighbour India but it takes "two to tango", Pakistan's Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa said today

How A Businessman Struck A Deal With ISIS To Help Assad Feed Syrians

World News | Reuters | Wednesday October 11, 2017

While Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was accusing the West of turning a blind eye to ISIS smuggling, a member of his parliament was quietly doing business with the group, farmers and administrators in the terrorists' former stronghold said.

Final Assault On ISIS In Former Syrian Capital Starts Today: Commander

World News | Reuters | Sunday October 8, 2017

A final assault on ISIS' last line of defence in its former Syrian capital Raqqa should begin on today night, a field commander for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by a US-led coalition, said today

3 ISIS Sympathisers Charged For Plotting Terror Attacks In New York

World News | Press Trust of India | Saturday October 7, 2017

US authorities foiled multiple terrorist attacks in New York in 2016, including at the iconic Times Square and the city's subway system, plotted by three ISIS sympathisers with one of them living in Pakistan, US prosecutors said today.

Russia Strikes Kill 120 ISIS fighters, Over 60 'Foreign Mercenaries' In Syria: Moscow

World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday October 7, 2017

Some 120 ISIS fighters and 60 foreign mercenaries were killed in a series of Russian air strikes in Syria over the past 24 hours, the defence ministry in Moscow said on Saturday.

British Muslim Man Jailed For Showing Beheading Video To Kids

World News | Press Trust of India | Friday October 6, 2017

A British Muslim man was today sentenced to six years' imprisonment by a UK court for showing an ISIS beheading video to schoolchildren.

Iraq Forces Retake Centre Of ISIS Bastion Hawija: Army

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday October 5, 2017

Iraqi forces said Thursday they had retaken the centre of ISIS stronghold Hawija and were pushing forward in their assault on one of the last IS enclaves in the country.

UN To Blacklist Saudi-Led Coalition For Killing Yemen Children

World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday October 4, 2017

The United Nations has moved to put the Saudi-led coalition on its annual blacklist of child rights' violators for the killing and maiming of children in Yemen, according to a draft report obtained by AFP on Wednesday

Father Tom Uzhunnalil Meets Kerala Governor

Kerala News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday October 4, 2017

Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was freed after being kept in captivity suspectedly by ISIS for 18 months in strife-torn Yemen, called on Governor P Sathasivam at the Raj Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram today.

Israel Sees Assad Winning Syria War, Urges More US Involvement

World News | Reuters | Tuesday October 3, 2017

Israel's defence minister said on Tuesday President Bashar al-Assad was winning Syria's civil war and urged the United States to weigh in as Damascus's Iranian and Hezbollah allies gain ground

No Reports Of Any Indian Affected In Las Vegas Shooting: Government

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Monday October 2, 2017

There have been no reports of any Indian casualty in the mass shooting in Las Vegas, the External Affairs Ministry said today. "No reports have been received of any Indian nationals amongst those affected in the Las Vegas shooting incident," External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said.

Las Vegas Shooter Killed Himself Before Police Could Get Him: 10 Points

World News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Tuesday October 3, 2017

Stephen Craig Paddock, a 64-year-old Nevada resident identified as the gunman in America's worst mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert on Sunday, had more than 10 guns including machine guns in the hotel room from where he killed at least 59 people and wounded over 500. There have been no reports of any Indian casualty in the mass shooting that US P...

Las Vegas Shooting: US President Trump Says Shooting An 'Act Of Pure Evil' - Highlights

World News | Tuesday October 3, 2017

At least 59 people were killed and over 500 wounded were hospitalised after a shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas. Police swarmed the south end of the Las Vegas strip late on Sunday night (US time) following reports of multiple shots fired from the Mandalay Bay casino where there was a concert under way, police said. The shooter had o...

59 Dead, Over 500 Injured In Las Vegas Shooting, ISIS Claims Responsibility

World News | Reuters | Tuesday October 3, 2017

Some 59 people died and more than 500 were hurt when a 64-year-old gunman with an arsenal of at least 10 rifles fired on a Las Vegas country music festival. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the shooting, and said the attacker had converted to Islam a few months ago

ISIS Claims Deadly Marseille Knife Attack

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday October 2, 2017

A knifeman killed two women at the main train station in the French Mediterranean city of Marseille on Sunday in an attack claimed by the ISIS, before being shot dead by soldiers on patrol.

2 Women Killed In France Train Station Knife Attack, Attacker Shot Dead

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday October 1, 2017

The French army shot dead a man on Sunday after he killed a person with a knife at Marseille's main train station in southern France, a police source said

Anti-ISIS 'Sheikh Of Snipers' Killed In Battle In Iraq

World News | Agence France-Presse | Sunday October 1, 2017

A veteran fighter known as "the sheikh of snipers" has been killed in Iraq's battle to retake the town of Hawija from the ISIS group, his paramilitary force announced Saturday.

Turkey's Erdogan Says Iraqi Kurdish Authorities 'Will Pay Price' For Vote

World News | Reuters | Saturday September 30, 2017

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Iraqi Kurdish authorities would pay the price for an independence referendum which was widely opposed by foreign powers

Iraqi Forces Attack One Of The Last Bastions Held By ISIS

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday September 29, 2017

Iraqi forces Friday launched an assault on the northern town of Hawija, one of the last bastions in the country still held by the ISIS, which is also under attack in neighbouring Syria

Father Tom Uzhunnalil Meets Priests In Bengaluru

Karnataka News | Press Trust of India | Friday September 29, 2017

Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was freed after being kept in captivity suspectedly by the ISIS for 18 months in strife-torn Yemen, today reached Bengaluru, where he met priests of his religious order. "I thank God almighty. I thank everybody in the name of Jesus," Father Uzhunnalil, who had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister...

Liberation From ISIS Brought Relief. Then Came Flashes Of Revenge

World News | Kareem Fahim, The Washington Post | Friday September 29, 2017

The scene in Muneira, on the Tigris River in northern Iraq, offered a glimpse into the struggles of one Sunni Arab village in the year since the government drove the militants away: a place beset by suspicions, troubled by violence while coping, like much of the country, with death and loss.