IS

Taliban kill IS ‘mastermind’ of Kabul airport attack: White House

Taliban government forces have killed the Islamic State mastermind of a devastating suicide bomb attack… Read More

Pakistan hopes attack on Kabul embassy to be thoroughly probed

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Monday said it was in active contact with the… Read More

IS claims responsibility for attack on Pakistani embassy in Kabul

Islamic State (IS) Khorasan Province claimed responsibility for an attack on Pakistan's embassy in the… Read More

US says Islamic State leader killed in Syria raid

AMMAN/WASHINGTON: The leader of the militant group Islamic State died in a US special forces… Read More

US releases Baghdadi raid video

The declassified, grainy, black-and-white aerial videos from Saturday’s raid showed U.S. special operations forces closing… Read More

TikTok removes propaganda videos

TikTok, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, claimed some 500 million users globally last… Read More

Explosions in Afghanistan wound dozens on 100th Independence Day

The Jalalabad bombs were planted near a market where hundreds of people had congregated after… Read More

Dutchman held by IS-linked rebels killed

Horn was on an expedition to photograph rare birds on the remote Tawi-Tawi island group… Read More

Taliban storm checkpoints in Afghanistan, kill 7 policemen, says official

Both the Taliban and IS are active in eastern Afghanistan, especially in Kunar and neighbouring… Read More

Sri Lanka raids headquarters of suspects in church bombings

Armed police in the town of Kattankudy searched the headquarters of the National Thawheedh Jamaath Read More

15 dead as Sri Lanka forces raid militant hideout

Fifteen people including six children have died during a Sri Lankan security forces operation in… Read More

Five ‘militants’ associated with Daesh arrested in Karachi raid

Explosive material, arms and ammunition as well as laptops were seized from their possession Read More

IS runaway teen Shamima Begum’s baby dies

Children should not suffer, so if a parent does lose their British citizenship it does… Read More

Area under IS control ‘less than a percent of original’: US-led coalition

The militant proto-state proclaimed by IS in June 2014 straddled swathes of land in Syria… Read More

Australia strips citizenship from alleged Islamic State recruiter Neil Prakash

SYDNEY: The Australian government has stripped citizenship from a man it believes is a top… Read More

Operations against IS in Afghanistan to intensify, US general says

BRUSSELS: The United States intends to step up military operations against Islamic State militants in… Read More

Iraq court sentences French woman to life for IS membership

An Iraqi court sentenced a French woman to life in jail for membership of the… Read More

Three dead in France in IS-claimed shooting spree

TREBES: At least three people were killed Friday when a man claiming allegiance to the… Read More

Guantanamo ‘prepared’ for new inmates: US admiral

WASHINGTON: A top US military official said Thursday the prison at Guantanamo Bay is "prepared"… Read More

Defeated militarily in 2017, IS remains a global threat

PARIS: The year 2017 saw significant destruction to the Islamic State (IS), which lost almost… Read More