Islamic State

Bangladesh cafe attack ‘mastermind’ killed

DHAKA: Bangladesh security forces killed four militants on Saturday, including the alleged mastermind of an… Read More

US seeks to soothe Turkey ties, press fight against Islamic State

ISTANBUL: The last time US Vice President Joe Biden flew to Turkey, in January, he… Read More

Gujranwala: Court grants physical remand of Daesh suspect

GUJRANWALA: Anti-terrorism court Gujranwala handed over a suspected Islamic State (IS) terrorist to counter-terrorism department… Read More

Turkey launches artillery strikes on IS, Kurdish PYD in north Syria: TV

DAMASCUS: Turkish armed forces on Monday launched artillery strikes on separate targets of Islamic State… Read More

Turkey vows to cleanse Islamic State from border after wedding attack

ANKARA: Turkey vowed on Monday to "completely cleanse" Islamic State militants from its border region… Read More

At least 50 killed in Turkey wedding attack near Syria border

ANKARA: At least 50 people were killed and dozens more wounded late Saturday in an… Read More

Germany proposes burqa ban in public places

BERLIN, GERMANY: Germany's interior minister on Friday proposed partially banning the full-face burqa veil, as… Read More

Political consensus necessary for eliminating terrorism, says Kamal

QUETTA: Reiterating Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) was funding militancy plots in Pakistan; Mustafa Kamal… Read More

Trump now promises to work with NATO to defeat Islamic State

YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO: Republican Donald Trump said on Monday he would work closely with NATO allies… Read More

Trump rails against press in response to reports of chaos

FAIRFIELD: U.S. Republican Donald Trump on Saturday repeated his attack on President Barack Obama that… Read More

Another French Riviera resort bans burkinis

NICE, FRANCE: A second resort on France's Riviera coast, Villeneuve-Loubet, announced on Saturday a ban… Read More

IS claims latest Quetta bomb attack that targeted ‘judge’

ISLAMABAD: The Islamic State group said on Friday it was behind a roadside bomb that… Read More

Retreating Islamic State abducts 2,000 Syrians as ‘human shields’

DAMASCUS: Islamic State group fighters seized around 2,000 civilians to use as "human shields" Friday… Read More

London schoolgirl who travelled to Syria to join Islamic State dead

LONDON: One of three schoolgirls who left London in February 2015 to join the Islamic… Read More

Clinton, Trump spar over Islamic State claim, economy

WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton admonished Donald Trump on Thursday for claiming she and President Barack Obama… Read More

Canada police thwart potential attack, suspect ‘shot dead’

OTTAWA: Canadian police shot dead an alleged Islamic State sympathiser who was about to activate… Read More

U.S. says 300 Islamic State fighters killed in Afghan operation

NEW DELHI: United States and Afghan forces have killed an estimated 300 Islamic State fighters… Read More

Lawyers across Pakistan boycott courts after Quetta blast

QUETTA: Top lawyers in the country are boycotting court proceedings throughout much of the country… Read More

IS militants claim capture of US weapons in Afghanistan

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: Militants linked to Islamic State have released photos that purport to show weapons… Read More

Syria army redeploys as rebels battle to retake Aleppo

ALEPPO: Syrian regime forces redeployed on Sunday to try to avoid being surrounded in neighbourhoods… Read More