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Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azhar was designated as a global terrorist by the UN on May 1. (Representational Image)

Pak-American man suspected of links to JeM arrested in US

A 35-year-old Pakistani-American national has been arrested by the FBI for being in contact with the ISIS and the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).

04 May 2019 11:48 AM

However, the Sri Lankan government has not banned the controversial Peace TV. (File Photo)

Sri Lanka block Zakir Naik's TV channel after terror attack: Report

Two of Sri Lanka's major cable TV operators have dropped controversial preacher Zakir Naik's Peace TV from their list of channels.

01 May 2019 5:24 PM

He told the militant group to 'leave my country alone'. (Photo:AP)

'Leave my country alone': SL President tells Islamic State

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said a foreign mastermind may have planned the Easter Sunday bombings, claimed by Islamic State.

01 May 2019 2:25 PM

Saudi Arabia, Spain and Turkey lost two nationals each. Bangladesh, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, United States, all lost one national. (Photo:AP)

SL confirm as many as 42 foreigners killed in Easter blasts

Sri Lankan authorities have identified 42 foreign nationals among the 253 people killed in the string of Easter suicide bombings.

30 Apr 2019 3:36 PM

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested the man who was allegedly conspiring to commit a terrorist attack in Kerala, reportedly inspired by the alleged mastermind of the Sri Lanka bombings, in Kasaragod ISIS module case. (Photo: File)

Influenced by Lanka bomber, man plots attacks in Kerala; arrested

The accused, Riyas Aboobacker or known as Riyas A, would be produced before the NIA Court in Kochi on Tuesday.

30 Apr 2019 11:40 AM

The elusive chief of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has purportedly appeared for the first time in five years in a propaganda video released Monday by the jihadist organisation. (Photo: AFP)

For first time in 5 yrs, IS chief Baghdadi appears in propaganda video

Baghdadi, 47, had long grey beard that appeared dyed with henna and spoke slowly.

30 Apr 2019 8:10 AM

Sirisena on Friday said that Jayasundara had resigned but he never sent the letter and remained in his official residence. (Photo:AP)

SL President suspends police chief over blasts, names successor

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has suspended police chief Pujith Jayasundara, his office announced on Monday.

29 Apr 2019 4:17 PM

Sri Lankan soldiers stand guard outside a closed church in Colombo on April 28, 2019, a week after a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka.(Photo: AFP)

Sri Lanka bars Muslim women from wearing veils in public after Easter bombings

'The ban is to ensure national security... No one should obscure their faces to make identification difficult,' the statement said.

29 Apr 2019 9:55 AM

The agency said in a statement that it had conducted the searches at the houses of three suspects — two in Kasaragod and one in Palakkad.

Targets linked to ISIS are raided by NIA in Kerala

The searches assume significance given the recent attacks in neighbouring Sri Lanka and the devastating bomb blasts there last Sunday.

29 Apr 2019 3:12 AM

The Galle police are conducting further investigations. (Photo:AP)

Tamil medium teacher among 106 suspects held in Sri Lanka bombings

A total of 106 suspects, including a Tamil medium teacher and a school principal, have been arrested in Sri Lanka.

28 Apr 2019 11:52 AM

The violence came six days after the Easter Day bombings on three churches and three luxury hotels. (Photo:AP)

ISIS claim 3 terrorists blew themselves in Sri Lanka raids

The ISIS group has claimed responsibility for three men who blew themselves up in clashes with Sri Lankan police.

28 Apr 2019 10:20 AM

Places of religious importance in Sri Lanka are under strict security check. Churches have been ordered to stay closed until further notice. (Photo: AP)

Sinister message to western world

The use of C4 explosive in the blasts is a clear indication that the bomb making expertise came from sources well outside Sri Lanka.

28 Apr 2019 6:46 AM

The gun battle comes six days after a rash of suicide bomber attacks that killed more than 250 people. (Photo: AFP)

15 killed, including 6 children, in raids at IS hideout in Sri Lanka

The gun battle between troops and suspected Islamist militants erupted on Friday evening in Sainthamaruthu in Ampara.

27 Apr 2019 9:16 AM

The blasts killed more than 250 people in churches and luxury hotels, one of the deadliest-ever such attacks in South Asia. (Photo:AP)

The mastermind behind SL's Easter bombings -- Black Sheep

There were nine suicide bombers who blew apart men, women and children as they sat to pray or ate breakfast.

27 Apr 2019 8:36 AM

Damaged St Sebastian's Church in Negombo after the Easter Sunday attack, north of Colombo. (Photo: AP)

India in terror crosshairs

A couple of "handlers" were said to have been present on the island to direct the local radical Islamist outfit NTJ's suicide bombers.

27 Apr 2019 12:47 AM

He also blamed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's government for weakening the intelligence system. (Photo:AP)

Search ongoing for 140 people with links to ISIS: SL President Maithripala Sirisena

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Friday police are looking for 140 people believed to have links with the ISIS group.

26 Apr 2019 2:55 PM

Hashim's role was in the attack on the Shangri-La, one of six bomb blasts that killed over 250 people on Sunday. (Photo:AP)

Wanted extremist cleric Hashim died in hotel attack: SL Prez Sirisena

An Islamic extremist believed to have played a key role in SL's bombings died in an attack on a Colombo hotel.

26 Apr 2019 10:41 AM

Top officials have acknowledged that Sri Lanka received intelligence about possible terror strikes ahead of the attacks. (Photo:AP)

Sri Lanka can't arrest citizens who joined ISIS: PM Ranil Wickremesinghe

Sri Lankan nationals who joined ISIS could not be arrested as joining a foreign terrorist organisation is not against the law.

26 Apr 2019 9:50 AM

Intelligence officials and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe believe that Hashim, a Tamil-speaking preacher from the east of the country, may have been the mastermind. (Representational Image)

Family of Sri Lanka's Easter bombings mastermind missing: Reports

Mohomed Hashim Madaniya, sister of the suspected mastermind behind the blasts on Easter, said her family is missing since the attacks.

26 Apr 2019 8:57 AM

Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith, the head of the local catholic church, has asked all churches to stop masses until the situation improved, his office said. (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka releases pictures of 6 suspects that killed nearly 250

Police on Thursday released the names and pictures of the suspects and sought information regarding them from public.

26 Apr 2019 8:30 AM

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