Sri Lankan bombers were well educated: Minister
Apr 24, 2019, at 04:25 pm
Colombo, Apr 24 (BNS): Sri Lanka's State Defense Minister Ruwan Wijewardene on Wednesday said that majority of bombers, who were involved in the suicide blasts in the country, were well educated.
Sri Lankan authorities were warned about possible attacks: Reports
Apr 24, 2019, at 09:11 am
Colombo, Apr 24 (IBNS): Indian intelligence services had warned Sri Lankan officials before the eight blasts that rocked the Island nation on Easter Sunday, media reports said on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka blasts: As toll reaches 290, ISIS hand is suspected
Apr 22, 2019, at 11:07 am
Colombo, Apr 22 (IBNS): It has been 24 hours since Sri Lanka was hit by series of coordinated blasts that claimed 290 lives, but still now no group has claimed responsibility for the carnage that has disrupted peace in the Island Nation. However, the needle of suspicion is pointing towards a possible ISIS role.
ISIS claims responsibility for attack in DR Congo
Apr 19, 2019, at 03:47 pm
New York, Apr 19 (IBNS): Islamic State on Friday claimed responsibility for the attack in Democratic Republic of the Congo which claimed lives of two Congolese soldiers and a civilian on Thursday, media reports said.
Islamic State claims responsibility for Quetta blast, Haraza community people continue protest
Apr 14, 2019, at 06:15 pm
Islamabad, Apr 14 (IBNS): Terrorist group Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack in Quetta area of Pakistan on Friday which left 20 people killed, media reports said.
Iraqi forces kill three IS militants, arrest two in western Iraq
Apr 13, 2019, at 05:13 pm
Baghdad, Apr 13 (Xinhua/UN) Iraqi security forces on Friday killed three Islamic State (IS) militants and arrested two others in separate operations in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a security source said.
Four IS militants killed in clashes in Iraq's Diyala
Apr 13, 2019, at 05:48 am
Baghdad, Apr 13 (Xinhua/UNI) Four Islamic State (IS) militants were killed Friday in clashes with security forces at a rural area in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, the provincial police chief said.
Twelve IS militants killed in military operation in central Iraq
Apr 12, 2019, at 09:59 am
Baghdad, Apr 12 (Xinhua/UNI) Twelve Islamic State (IS) militants were killed Thursday when Iraqi security forces launched an operation in the Himreen mountain range that stretches in Iraq's central provinces of Salahudin and Diyala.
IS militants kill tribal fighter, wound two in Iraq
Apr 10, 2019, at 05:27 pm
Baghdad, Apr 10 (Xinhua) A paramilitary tribal fighter was killed and two were injured in an attack by Islamic State (IS) militants attack near the city of Fallujah in Iraq's western province of al-Anbar, a security source said on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: Explosion in Jalalabad city kills 2
Apr 09, 2019, at 02:44 pm
Kabul, Apr 9 (IBNS): An explosion rocked Jalalabad city of Afghanistan on Tuesday and left at least two people killed, media reports said.
Afghanistan: 6 ISIS media activists arrested in Kabul city
Apr 05, 2019, at 03:26 pm
Kabul, Apr 5 (IBNS): Security officials in Afghanistan have arrested a group of six media activists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) from Kabul city, media reports said on Friday.
Airstrike in Afghanistan kills ISIS-K commander Sardar Wali
Mar 30, 2019, at 03:36 pm
Kabul, Mar 30 (IBNS): An airstrike conducted by security forces in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province left commander of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) Sardar Wali killed, media reports said on Saturday.
Nine IS militants killed in airstrike in northern Iraq
Mar 15, 2019, at 09:57 am
Baghdad, Mar 15 (Xinhua/UNI) Nine Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in an airstrike by Iraqi airforce and international coalition aircraft in Iraq's northern province of Kirkuk, the Iraqi military said.
IS teenager Shamima Begum's baby dies
Mar 09, 2019, at 08:53 am
London, Mar 9 (IBNS): The son of Shamima Begum, who had once fled the UK to join the Islamic State group has died, media reports said.
Syrians ‘exposed to brutality every day’ as thousands continue fleeing ISIL’s last stand
Mar 02, 2019, at 12:22 pm
New York, Mar 2 (IBNS): In eastern Syria, 13,000 people have arrived at a protection camp in just the last week, after fleeing fighting in the last ISIL extremist stronghold in Deir-Ez-Zor governorate, the UN’s emergency coordination office, OCHA, said on Friday.
Hoda Muthana: Trump bars US-born woman who joined ISIS from returning
Feb 21, 2019, at 08:59 am
Washington, Feb 21 (UNI) US President Donald Trump have said that the woman who left the US to become a propagandist for the Islamic State (IS) group will not be allowed to return to US.
Another Canadian woman who shifted to Syria for ISIS-linked husband misses home
Feb 19, 2019, at 09:22 pm
Ottawa, Feb 19 (IBNS): After Amy, now another Canadian woman, who got married to husband and went to Syria, has confessed that she is missing her country, media reports said.
US President Donald Trump urges European allies to take back 800 IS fighters
Feb 17, 2019, at 05:03 pm
Washington, Feb 17 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump on Sunday urged European allies to "take back over 800" ISIS fighters who were captured from Syria.
Canadian man fighting for ISIS now wants to return home
Feb 13, 2019, at 03:33 pm
Ottawa, Feb 13 (IBNS): Canadian man Mohammed Ali, who fought for ISIS for four years, now wants to return home with the help of the Canadian government, media reports said.
Despite falling attacks, ISIL terrorists remain ‘global threat’: UN report
Feb 12, 2019, at 09:56 am
New York, Feb 12 (IBNS): Though attacks were down last year, a new United Nations report to the Security Council on Monday shows that ISIL is still a global threat, despite evolving into a “covert” terrorism network, with countries continuing to face challenges from the growing scourge of violent extremism.
Former ISIS sex slaves residing in Canada get threat calls, messages
Feb 06, 2019, at 03:34 pm
Ottawa, Feb 6 (IBNS): Former ISIS sex slaves, who have been sheltered by Canada, are getting calls and messages threatening of rape and murder, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Coalition airstrikes lead to killing of five suspected IS, Taliban terrorists
Feb 02, 2019, at 04:21 pm
Kabul, Feb 2 (IBNS): At least five suspected Taliban and ISIS Khurasan terrorists were killed during separate airstrikes conducted by the coalition forces in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, media reports said on Saturday.
ISIS claims responsibility for Philippines Roman Catholic church blasts
Jan 28, 2019, at 06:24 am
Manila, Jan 28 (IBNS): Suspected ISIS terrorists have claimed responsibility for the twin blasts which rocked a Roman Catholic cathedral in southern Philippines on Sunday.
Afghanistan: ISIS leader killed in a coalition strike
Jan 25, 2019, at 05:39 pm
Kabul, Jan 25 (IBNS): An ISIS leader has been killed during a coalition strike in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province, media reports said on Friday.
Libya: ‘Substantial civilian casualties’ in Derna, UN humanitarian chief ‘deeply concerned’
Jan 12, 2019, at 08:45 am
New York, Jan 12 (IBNS): Increasing hostilities in the oil-rich city of Derna are becoming an increasing source of concern said the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya on Friday, following an intensification in fighting which has resulted in “substantial civilian casualties”.
Thousands risk lives fleeing fighting in Syria’s last ISIL stronghold
Jan 12, 2019, at 08:29 am
New York, Jan 12 (IBNS): North-east Syria is seeing increasing numbers of civilian casualties and large-scale displacement amid intensifying efforts to defeat extremists from ISIL, otherwise known as Da’esh, in Deir-ez-Zor governorate, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
After US, China develops its own "Mother of All Bombs"
Jan 04, 2019, at 04:38 pm
Beijing, Jan 4 (IBNS): China's arms industry giant NORINCO recently displayed a new massive aerial bomb which they called as the Chinese version of the "Mother of All Bombs", media reports said.
Afghanistan: 16 members of the suicide squad of ISIS-K killed
Dec 29, 2018, at 04:17 pm
Kabul, Dec 29 (IBNS): During an operation conducted by Afghan armed forces in eastern Nangarhar province, at least 16 members of the suicide squad of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) were killed, media reports said on Saturday.
US airstrike kills local ISIS-K spokesman in Afghanistan
Dec 28, 2018, at 09:48 am
Kabul, Dec 28 (IBNS): A US force conducted airstrike in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province left local spokesman of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) Sul Aziz Azam killed, media reports said on Friday.
Deadly bombing in Iraq's Tal Afar kills 2, ISIS claims responsibility
Dec 26, 2018, at 09:33 am
Baghdad, Dec 26 (IBNS): At least two people were killed when a car bomb exploded in an outdoor market in the city of Tal Afar in northwestern Iraq on Tuesday, media reports said.