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- Middle East
3 IS militants, 1 soldier killed in Iraq
Baghdad: Three Islamic State (IS) militants and an Iraqi soldier were killed in an airstrike and a separate attack by IS militants in Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk, security sources said. A…
- India
Calcutta HC to decide fate of LET militant on death row on Monday
Kolkata: All eyes will be on Calcutta High Court’s division bench of Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Ananya Bandyopadhyay, which will pronounce its verdict on the death sentence awarded to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET)…
- Middle East
Iraqi soldier, 2 IS militants killed in Iraq
Baghdad: A soldier and two Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in clashes in a rugged area in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, the Iraqi military said. An army force clashed with…
- India
Property attached in J&K’s Bandipora for wilfully sheltering militants
Srinagar: The J&K Police on Sunday attached a residential house in Kashmir’s Bandipora district for wilful sheltering of militants. Police said, “The residential house of one person, namely Bashir Ahmad Mir, son of…
- Middle East
11 Islamic State militants killed in airstrikes in Iraq
Baghdad: Eleven Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in airstrikes in western and eastern Iraq, the Iraqi military said. Seven militants including a local leader were killed and a hideout was destroyed…
- India
Centre likely to sign peace accord with Assam Adivasi militants in September: CM
Kokrajhar: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa on Tuesday said that the Centre is likely to sign a peace accord with militant organisations from the state’s Adivasi communities within September. Addressing a press…
- Middle East
5 IS militants killed in Iraq
Baghdad: A total of five Islamic State (IS) militants, including two local leaders, were killed in an operation to track down IS militants in northern Iraq, the Iraqi military said. A statement…
- Middle East
6 IS militants killed in operations in Iraq: Military
Baghdad: Iraqi forces killed six Islamic State (IS) militants in separate military operations in the north and west of the country, the military said. Acting on intelligence reports, the paramilitary Hashd Shaabi…
- Middle East
Hamas, Islamic Jihad vow resistance to Israeli occupation
Gaza: Militant groups Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) held a joint meeting in the Gaza Strip weeks after deadly Israeli strikes against the PIJ in the besieged enclave, vowing to…
- India
Assam: One madrasa teacher held, 5 others detained on suspicion of terror links
Guwahati: Assam police on Thursday arrested one madrasa teacher and detained five others from another girls’ madrasa in Morigaon district for allegedly having links with some jihadi groups. In Saharai village of the…
- Middle East
13 Islamic State militants killed by Iraqi forces in 3 provinces
Baghdad: Iraqi security forces have killed 13 Islamic State (IS) militants during a series of operations in the provinces of Kirkuk, Nineveh and Diyala, the military has said. Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS),…
- Middle East
Three Islamic State militants killed in western Iraq
Baghdad: Three militants of the Islamic State (IS) group were killed in a clash with paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, a Hashd Shaabi statement said. The clash…
- World
300 Boko Haram terrorists killed in Lake Chad region
Lagos: At least 300 militants of the Boko Haram terror group were killed by troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) on the fringes of Africa’s Lake Chad region, a spokesperson said.…