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ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Photo: AP)

In farewell speech, ISIS chief Baghdadi accepts defeat in Iraq

It is not clear if he is in the besieged city, where he declared his Caliphate in 2014 after the ISIS seized territory.

2 March 2017 9:49 AM IST

Women holding guns in Jawzjan province in northern Afghanistan. (Photo: Twitter)

In northern Afghanistan, bereaved women take up arms to fight ISIS

Nearly all of the women have lost a husband, son or brother to the Taliban or the newly active Islamic State in the...

15 Jan 2017 3:41 PM IST

File photo of Tabrez Tambe posing in front of a bike before he went abroad to join the ISIS. He was arrested in Libya on Friday.

Centre yet to receive details of ISIS Mumbai recruit

Tambe's family is in trauma as they too are not getting any confirmation about their son's whereabouts.

15 Jan 2017 2:46 AM IST

Internally displaced people flee fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants on a road in eastern Mosul, Iraq. (Photo: AP)

UN warns of oil spill south of Mosul

The warnings came in report released on environmental damages caused by oil fires intentionally started by retreating IS...

13 Jan 2017 1:28 PM IST

Abdeslam received messages from a number of correspondents but only replied to one woman, the newspaper wrote. (Photo: AFP)

'I'm not ashamed' says Paris attacks suspect

Salah Abdeslam has refused to respond to questions from French judges about the November 13, 2015 attacks in which 130...

13 Jan 2017 1:15 PM IST

The militants then pushed the prisoner off the building in front of a baying crowd gathered below the building. (Photo: Twitter)

ISIS militants accuse prisoner of being gay, throw him off a roof in...

According to Islamic State's rules and regulations, homosexuality is punishable by death.

11 Jan 2017 3:41 PM IST

Since December, ISIS has also targeted Christians in other parts of the country, including in Cairo, killing dozens. (Photo: Representational/File)

Egypt: 7 dead in car bomb in North Sinai

The jihadists have threatened to carry out further attacks on Christians, who make up about 10 percent of Egypt's 90...

25 July 2017 9:46 AM IST

Smoke from an explosion rises during fighting against Islamic State militants in the old city of Mosul, Iraq. (Photo: AP)

After Mosul victory, Iraq mulls future of Shiite militias

The government-sanctioned groups became known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, known as Hashed al-Shaabi in Arabic.

24 July 2017 5:54 PM IST

German broadcasters NDR and WDR and newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung said they had interviewed Linda W in the infirmary of a military complex in Baghdad and she told them she wanted to leave. (Photo: Facebook)

I just want to go home, says German girl who joined ISIS

The girl, named only as Linda W, said she wanted to be extradited to Germany and would cooperate with Iraq authorities.

24 July 2017 10:29 AM IST

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)

Don't politicise Badush

The relatives of the Indian workers have been living in hope over the fate of their dear ones.

24 July 2017 12:30 AM IST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (Photo: PTI)

Sushma to hold talks with Iraqi counterpart on 39 missing Indians

In talks, the two sides will take stock of bilateral relations and explore ways to enhance cooperation in areas of...

23 July 2017 9:09 PM IST

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj with Minister of State for External Affairs M J Akbar and genera V.K. Singh pose for group photo after the meeting with family members of 39 Indian men missing in Iraq since June 2014 in Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Search ops on for 39 missing Indians abducted by ISIS: Iraq Embassy

The Government of India has already sent two high-level senior delegations to Iraq to follow up on this matter.

23 July 2017 4:05 PM IST