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Is ‘The Kerala Story’ about ‘three young girls’ from Kerala or ‘32,000’? Is the film based on a true story?
After an uproar over the trailer of ‘The Kerala Story’, it has been changed on YouTube to state that the movie tells the ‘true stories of three young girls from different parts of Kerala’. So was the earlier claim that 32,000 women had joined the Islamic State fake? Is the film a work of fiction?
Suspected Islamic State group chief killed in Syria by Turkey's intelligence agency, says Erdogan
Turkey has deployed troops in northern Syria since 2020 and controls entire zones with the help of Syrian auxiliaries
Key cross-examination phase of 2016 Brussels attacks trial ends
The suicide explosions on 22 March 2016, at the airport and the metro system of Brussels, resulted in 32 fatalities and hundreds of injuries. The Islamic State organisation took ownership
Defendants on trial for 2016 Brussels attack say West's bombing of Islamic State fuelled hate
Nine defendants are now on trial over the suicide bomb attacks on 22 March 2016, claimed by the terrorist organisation that murdered 32 people at Brussels airport and the city's metro
Man charged with terrorism after knife attack in Canada
The suspect initially threatened a man at a bus stop by holding a knife to his throat on Saturday morning near the city of Surrey, a suburb of Vancouver in British Columbia
US extends carrier deployment after Syria attack
President Joe Biden warned Iran last week that the United States would act forcefully to protect Americans. The Pentagon has estimated eight militants were killed during retaliatory US air strikes against two Iran-linked facilities in Syria
Afghan Taliban raid in Kabul kills 3 Islamic State members
The regional affiliate of the Islamic State group — known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province — has been the key rival of the Taliban since their takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021
Belgium: 8 arrested in counterterrorism raids
Brussels federal police carried out raids in the nearby localities of Zaventem, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek and Schaerbeek as part of a separate case, and arrested three people
Six killed in IS-claimed suicide blast in Afghan capital
Afghan forces identified the attacker and shot at him in front of a business centre near the foreign ministry
US will continue Syria mission despite deadly attacks: White House
A one-way attack drone struck a U.S. base in Syria on March 23, killing an American contractor, injuring another and wounding five U.S. troops
US warns Iran after tit-for-tat strikes in Syria
The violence could further aggravate already strained relations between Washington and Tehran, as attempts to revive a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and major powers stalled, and Iranian drones being used by Russia against Ukraine
US vows to protect personnel in Syria after deadly attack
Just a day after the deadly attack on U.S. personnel in Syria, which Washington blamed on a drone of Iranian origin, sources said a U.S. base in Syria's northeast was targeted with a new missile attack. U.S. officials said there were no U.S. casualties in the incident on Friday
Islamic State claims responsibility for east Congo attack that killed 19
Officials said on Sunday that suspected Islamist militants killed at least 19 people and burned a medical facility in a raid on Kirindera village in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Afghanistan: At least 1 killed, several wounded a blast rocks Mazar-i-Sharif
Saturday's blast took place during an event honouring Afghanistan's media at a cultural centre in Mazar-i-Sharif. Police said a security guard was killed and that five journalists were among the wounded
US will continue to have boots on ground in Iraq, says Lloyd Austin on unannounced trip to Baghdad
The United States currently has 2,500 troops in Iraq - and an additional 900 in Syria - to help advise and assist local troops in combating the Islamic State (ISIS), who seized swathes of territory in 2014 in both countries
Afghanistan: Top Islamic State leaders killed in Kabul, says Taliban
This was announced by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, which claimed that its forces killed two top Islamic State (ISIS) commanders during a raid in Kabul a few days ago
Taliban gives major relief to Pakistan, promises action against TTP bases in Afghanistan
The Pakistan government informed in a statement that a delegation led by Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif had discussed the threat posed by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Islamic State (ISIS-K) during their dialogue with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers in Kabul
Shamima Begum loses bid to restore UK citizenship after joining Islamic State
Begum was aged 15 when she left her east London home for Syria with two school friends in 2015. While there, she married an IS terrorist and had three children, none of whom survived
Time for India to keep an eye on Kabul as all’s not well in Afghanistan and Taliban-Pakistan ties
It would be prudent for India to pursue its traditional policy of building contacts with all segments of Afghan society and polity and of undertaking a liberal visa policy while naturally taking Indian security interests into account
Afghanistan: Several killed as Taliban raids Islamic State hideout in Kabul
The affiliate of the Islamic State (IS) group in Afghanistan - which is known as the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) - is one of the main surviving rivals of the Afghan Taliban