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Battle for Mosul: Facing imminent defeat, Islamic State fighters attempt to flee across Tigris

Islamic State militants threw themselves into the River Tigris on Sunday, trying to flee the battlefield in Mosul as they faced imminent defeat by Iraqi forces fighting to dislodge them from their last pocket in the city

Indian-origin man arrested for making false statements on his application to join US army

An Indian-origin Muslim convert, who had voiced support for ISIS and had searched online for ways to join the terror group.

11 suspected Islamic State operatives held from across country sent to 7-day NIA custody

Eleven suspected Islamic State operatives, who were arrested from across the country for allegedly recruiting and financing people to join the Middle-East terror group, were on Friday remanded in seven days NIA custody by a Delhi court.

You taught our students, so we are releasing you: Islamic State to Indians abducted in Libya

Two Indian teachers from Karnataka, kidnapped in Libya allegedly by Islamic State (IS) terror group and released subsequently, were reunited with their families as they arrived home on Tuesday.

Indian student from Hyderabad who joined Islamic State dies in Syria

An Indian student from Hyderabad who had joined terror group Islamic State has died in Syria, according to Intelligence sources.

US govt seeks dismissal of a lawsuit that wants to classify RSS as terror group

The US government has asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed against Secretary of State John Kerry by a Sikh rights group that wants RSS to be designated as a "foreign terrorist organisation"

Declare TMC a 'terrorist party', urges West Bengal BJP

In the memorandum Sinha alleged that a section of TMC leaders had links with terrorists organisations like Jamat-ul-Mujahideen of Bangladesh.

Pakistan Taliban switches side: Vows to send jihadists to help Islamic State

The Pakistani Taliban has switched allegiance to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and vowed to send jihadists to help the ruthless terror group

Nigerian military claims 135 Boko Haram fighters surrendered

More than 130 Boko Haram Islamist fighters have surrendered to Nigerian forces, and a man posing as the group's leader in numerous videos had been killed in clashes, the military said on Wednesday.

Boko Haram chief Abubakar Shekau killed in clashes, claim Nigerian military

Nigerian forces have killed a man claiming to be the leader of Islamist Boko Haram militants, Abubakar Shekau, the country's defence authority said on Wednesday.