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Pakistan

US working with partners to counter terror breeding grounds in Afghanistan, State Dept says

Patel says US will continue to work with partners in the region

Updated 02 Aug, 2024 05:52pm

World

Oman Shi’ite mosque attackers were Omani citizens, police say

Islamic State on Tuesday said that three of its "suicide attackers" fired on worshippers

Published 18 Jul, 2024 04:42pm

World

Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly attack on Shi’ite mosque in Oman

Police have not said whether they have identified a motive for the attack

Published 17 Jul, 2024 10:47am

World

Pakistani doctor sentenced to 18 years in US for attempting to join IS

He was arrested in 2020 from Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport

Updated 27 Aug, 2023 10:01am

Pakistan

Outlawed TTP extends ‘condolence’ to JUI-F over Bajaur suicide attack

The suicide attack claimed the lives of 63 people including children

Updated 05 Aug, 2023 12:32pm

Pakistan

Ideology, sect or politcs: Why is IS-K targeting JUI?

The attack in Bajaur is believed to have been the work of IS-KP

Updated 31 Jul, 2023 06:11pm

World

Islamic State leader killed in Syria by Turkish intelligence services: Erdogan

The raid took place in the northern Syrian town of Jandaris

Published 01 May, 2023 10:59am

World

Embassy attack: Pakistan ‘verifying’ veracity of reports of IS claim

Group claims the attack was carried out by two of its members armed with 'medium and sniper weapons'

Updated 04 Dec, 2022 11:56am

World

Erdogan moots putting Turkey headscarf reform to referendum

Turkey president vows to protect family concepts from 'perverse trends'

Published 03 Nov, 2022 01:12pm

World

‘Empress of Islamic State’ jailed for brainwashing young girls to be killers

Allison Fluke-Ekren has been sentenced to 20 years in jail

Updated 02 Nov, 2022 06:29pm

World

Taliban kill six Islamic State members in raid in Kabul: spokesman

Members of group killed in raid were involved in two major attacks in recent weeks, says Qari Yusuf Ahmadi

Published 22 Oct, 2022 11:26am

World

US says failed rocket attack targeted American troops in Syria

Additional rockets were found at launch site, says US military

Published 09 Oct, 2022 11:07am

World

Australia to ‘repatriate’ citizens from Syria

Media reports govt has decided to bring home about 20 Australian women and 40 children from camps

Published 03 Oct, 2022 01:54pm

World

Thirty-five civilians killed in IED blast in Burkina Faso

Military led convoy was supplying towns in north on a road between Bourzanga to Djibo

Published 06 Sep, 2022 01:22pm

World

Islamic State claims Kabul Sikh temple attack

IS group said Saturday’s attack targeted Hindus and Sikhs and the “apostates”

Published 19 Jun, 2022 03:11pm

World

France captures Islamic State figure in Mali: military

Capture comes as France prepares to complete its withdrawal from Mali

Published 15 Jun, 2022 06:11pm

World

Second bombing in two days in Kabul on eve of Eidul Fitr holiday

Islamic state claims responsibility for attack

Published 01 May, 2022 10:10am

World

Islamic State claims deadly bomb blasts on minibuses in Afghan city

Thursday's blasts occurred within minutes of each other in different districts of Mazar-i-Sharif.

Published 29 Apr, 2022 04:30pm

World

Mosque blast kills 33 including children in Afghanistan

Explosion comes a day after separate attacks in Kunduz and at another mosque in Mazar-e-Sharif

Updated 22 Apr, 2022 09:16pm

World

One Palestinian killed in Israel army raid on refugee camp: officials

Saturday's raid comes a day after Israel said it had killed Raad Hazem, 28, the alleged gunman who went on a shooting spree on Thursday in a popular nightlife district of Tel Aviv

Updated 09 Apr, 2022 05:53pm

World

Gunmen shoot dead two police officers in Israel

Islamic State have claimed responsibility for the attack

Updated 28 Mar, 2022 03:48pm

World

'Staying alive' is Islamic State group's new chief's priority

IS group reveals name of new leader Abu Hasan al-Hashemi al-Qurashi

Updated 12 Mar, 2022 03:03pm

Pakistan

IS militants on the run after evading police raid in Quetta

The counterterrorism police killed six militants, but "around four to five managed to escape"

Published 10 Jan, 2022 03:16pm

World

Islamic State in Afghanistan could be able to attack U.S. in 6 months: Pentagon official

The U.S. intelligence community has assessed that Islamic State in Afghanistan could have the capability to attack...

Published 27 Oct, 2021 03:57pm

World

Taliban say forces destroy Islamic State cell hours after Kabul blast

Taliban government forces destroyed an Islamic State cell in the north of Kabul late on Sunday, a spokesperson for...

Updated 04 Oct, 2021 04:16pm

World

A French court artist stares into the eyes of an Islamic State militant

By Michaela Cabrera PARIS: French court artist Elisabeth de Pourquery stared intently into the eyes of the...

Published 30 Sep, 2021 04:07pm

World

US launches drone strike on Islamic State after Kabul airport blast

Western forces running the Afghan airlift braced on Saturday for more attacks after the United States launched a...

Updated 28 Aug, 2021 11:21am

World

Is Islamic State planning an attack at Kabul airport? Western powers think so

The United States and allies urged people to move away from Kabul airport on Thursday due to the threat of a terror...

Published 26 Aug, 2021 12:28pm