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The clip surfaced after a recent move by Hurriyat leaders to downplay fears of the growing influence of the ISIS in the Valley. (Photo: AP)

Celebrate the fall of ISIS

Unless the US and Russia come to an understanding on West Asia, it's unlikely total peace will ever come about.

25 March 2019 12:02 AM IST

A day earlier, President Donald Trump declared that Islamic State militants no longer control any territory in Syria. (Photo:AP)

US-backed Syrian force claims victory over Islamic State

US-backed forces in Syria announced they have liberated the last area held by the Islamic State in the eastern Syrian...

23 March 2019 3:33 PM IST

European Union and United Kingdom flags fly above the EU Commission offices in London. (Photo: AP)

UK scrapes citizenship of 2 Pakistan-origin ISIS brides: Report

Reema Iqbal, 30, and her sister Zara, 28, left east London for Syria in 2013, and between them now have five boys under...

11 March 2019 8:33 AM IST

2 Pakistani-origin ISIS brides lose British citizenship: Report

Reema Iqbal and her sister, Zara, have five boys under the age of eight between them and are being held in a Syrian...

10 March 2019 4:37 PM IST

The announcement comes after the US government offered a USD 1 million reward for information leading to Hamza bin Ladens capture as part of its Rewards for Justice program. (Photo: AP | File)

UNSC blacklists 'possible' Al-Qaida successor, Hamza Bin Laden

The UN Security Council has designated Hamza bin Laden, the son of slain Al Qaida chief Osama bin Laden.

2 March 2019 10:43 AM IST

ISIS brides: A problem for the West and Muslim world

In recent interviews, Shamima has stated that going public with her plea to the British government was likely not in her...

1 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

Sri Lankan authorities have started an investigation into how warnings about possible attacks were not passed to top ministers. (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...

30 April 2019 3:36 PM IST

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 April 2019 11:40 AM IST

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 April 2019 8:10 AM IST

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 April 2019 4:17 PM IST

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...

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

29 April 2019 9:55 AM IST

The National Investigation Agency. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

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...

29 April 2019 3:12 AM IST