Islamic State

Jundullah vows allegiance to Islamic State

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A splinter group of Pakistan's Taliban has pledged support to Islamic State… Read More

Police arrest two suspects for 'ties' with Daesh

LAHORE: Police on Monday arrested two suspects for their alleged ties with global terror outfit,… Read More

IS executes nearly 1,500 people in Syria in 5 months: monitor

LIBAN: The jihadist Islamic State group (IS) has executed nearly 1,500 people in Syria in… Read More

Obama condemns as IS beheads US aid worker Kassig

BEIRUT: US President Barack Obama condemned as "pure evil" the Islamic State's beheading of American… Read More

IS claims beheading of US aid worker, 18 Syrians

BAGHDAD: The Islamic State jihadist group on Sunday claimed to have executed Peter Kassig, a… Read More

Dempsey says battle with Islamic State starting to turn

BAGHDAD: The United States' top military officer told American troops on a surprise visit to… Read More

Islamic State commanders liable for mass war crimes: U.N.

NEW YORK: Islamic State commanders are liable for war crimes on a "massive scale" in… Read More

Iraqi government forces close to Baiji refinery: officers

BAGHDAD: Iraqi government forces got within a kilometer (half a mile) of the country's biggest… Read More

Islamic State leader urges attacks in Saudi Arabia

BEIRUT: Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called for attacks against the rulers of Saudi… Read More

IS releases audio of chief Baghdadi after death rumours

BAGHDAD: The Islamic State group released a defiant audio recording Thursday it said was of… Read More

UK woman jailed for sending cash to jihadist husband in Syria

LONDON: A British woman who tried to send 20,000 euros ($25,000) to her husband fighting… Read More

Iraq PM sacks 36 army officers in anti-corruption drive

His office said that Abadi, who also serves as armed forces commander in chief, and… Read More

German police arrest nine suspected IS supporters

BERLIN: German police arrested nine suspects Wednesday accused of supporting extremist group Islamic State (IS)… Read More

Bomb attacks kill 23 people in Iraq

BAGHDAD: Suicide bombings and car bombs, including an attack on federal police headquarters, killed 23… Read More

First female fighter join Kurds against IS

JERUSALEM: A Canadian-born immigrant to Israel has become the first foreign woman to join Kurds… Read More

Kurds gain ground but not control in struggle for Syrian border town

BEIRUT/MURSITPINAR: Syrian Kurds backed by fighters from northern Iraq have gained ground towards breaking the… Read More

U.N. Syria envoy says Islamic State threat may encourage local truces: BBC

BEIRUT: A common threat posed by Islamic State militants to Syria's warring factions may help… Read More

Nisar denies existence of Daesh in Pakistan

KARACHI: Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan said on Tuesday that a terrorist outfit Daesh,… Read More

US uncertain about status of Baghdadi after strike

BEIJING: The United States cannot yet confirm whether the Islamic State commander, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,… Read More

Egypt's main jihadist group pledges allegiance to IS

CAIRO: Egypt's deadliest militant group, Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, pledged its allegiance to the Islamic State… Read More