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Maharashtra-based ISIS suspect Mudbabir Shaik (Accused No. 3) also took part in the meeting, the chargesheet says. (Photo: AP)

The global war on terror seems paralysed

The Islamic summit of Sunni nations along with the US vowed to target Iran as the supporter of global terror.

16 Jun 2017 2:17 AM IST

Jack Letts. (Photo: Facebook)

I hate them more than Americans do: 21-year-old Jihadi Jack' escapes...

Jack Letts from Oxford, says he has left the ISIS territory and is now being held by Kurdish forces fighting the group.

14 Jun 2017 10:08 AM IST

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh (Photo: PTI)

States, Centre to meet on security issues

The issue of better co-ordination among different states on security matters will also be taken up.

14 Jun 2017 2:32 AM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks about the U.S. role in the Paris climate change accord. (Photo: AP)

US President Trump vows to fight terrorism, cut funding by starving...

In Saudi Arabia, Trump had singled out Iran, blasting its alleged support to terrorist groups.

13 Jun 2017 9:54 AM IST

Chancellor Philip Hammond and Home Secretary Amber Rudd have struck a deal to raise the Home Office budget from 707 million pounds to 757 million pounds in 2018. (Photo: AP)

London to increase counter-terror spending by 50 million pounds

The rise follows warnings from police and security services of a step change in the threat from Islamist terrorism in...

17 Dec 2017 6:51 PM IST

ISIS has been turning its sights on targets outside its base in the Sinai, putting more pressure on the government and presenting extra challenges for security services. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

Homegrown extremists bigger threat than ISIS fighters in US, Europe

Experts say that kind of self-radicalised attacker, completely unknown to authorities, is the main threat countries face...

17 Dec 2017 12:46 PM IST

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

White House receives Pentagon's new anti-IS plan: official

One of Trump's central campaign pledges was to quicken the fight against IS and he berated Obama administration for...

28 Feb 2017 2:51 PM IST

French Far-right leader presidential candidate Marine Le Pen (Photo: AP)

French vote: Islam plays key role

Muslims in France are second after Catholics, and, estimated at five to six million, are about 10 per cent of the...

28 Feb 2017 2:48 AM IST

Journalist Shifa Gardi (Photo: Instagram)

Iraqi Kurdish woman TV reporter killed in Mosul: channel

She was killed by an explosive device on the road while her cameraman was wounded.

25 Feb 2017 8:23 PM IST

Documents show that the Islamic State group has built deeper connections with Bangladeshi militants than was previously known. (Photo: AFP/File)

IS militants kill 11 in mosque ambush: Afghan official

IS-linked militants have been active in Afghanistan's eastern regions, but have also recently begun operating in the...

25 Feb 2017 2:59 PM IST

Islamic state fighters. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

Under Trump's administration, it's ISIS, not ISIL

ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) was the preferred acronym under the Obama administration.

25 Feb 2017 10:59 AM IST

Turkish medics carry a wounded Syrian woman, evacuated from Aleppo, to a field hospital near Idlib, Syria, Friday, December 16, 2016. (Photo: AP)

51 killed in suicide bombing near Syria town recaptured from ISIS

Earlier, reports said that 42 people, mainly rebels, had died, but later clarified to say the majority of those killed...

24 Feb 2017 8:09 PM IST