Islamic State (IS)
39 Indian abducted by IS in 2015 killed: Sushma Swaraj
All the 39 Indians, who were abducted by global terror outfit Islamic State (IS) in Iraq nearly four years ago, are killed and their bodies have been recovered, Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj says.
20 March 2018, 10:53 AM
Teacher tried to create 'army of children' to launch terror attacks in London
A British supporter of Islamic State is found guilty of trying to recruit children he was teaching into an "army" of jihadists to help carry out a wave of attacks across London.
3 March 2018, 06:08 AM
Truck attacker in Sweden's Stockholm wanted to avenge 'caliphate's' dead
An Uzbek asylum seeker who killed five people in a Stockholm truck attack in 2017 testifies that he wanted to pressure Sweden's government to end its support of a coalition fighting the Islamic State group.
20 February 2018, 12:27 PM
Iraqi PM declares 'end of war against IS' in Iraq
Prime Minister of Iraq Haider al-Abadi announces the end of a three-year war by Iraqi forces to drive the Islamic State jihadist group out of the country.
9 December 2017, 12:05 PM
Iranian president declares end of Islamic State
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declares the end of Islamic State in an address broadcast live on state TV.
21 November 2017, 08:41 AM
Islamic State claims attack on TV station in Afghan capital
Militant group Islamic State claims responsibility for an attack on a television station in Kabul, in which gunmen disguised as police killed a security guard and opened fire on staff, the latest assault on media workers in Afghanistan.
7 November 2017, 07:25 AM
ISIS claims responsibility for New York truck attack
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the truck attack in Manhattan that killed eight people, the militant group’s online publication says.
3 November 2017, 05:06 AM
Iraq holding 1,400 foreign wives, children of suspected ISIS fighters
Iraqi authorities are holding 1,400 foreign wives and children of suspected Islamic State fighters in a camp after government forces expelled the jihadist group from one of its last remaining strongholds in Iraq, security and aid officials said.
11 September 2017, 05:52 AM
IS claims attack on Iraq embassy in Kabul
A suicide bomber blows himself up outside the Iraqi embassy in Kabul and militants breach the compound, Afghan officials say, in a complex hours-long attack claimed by the Islamic State group.
31 July 2017, 08:54 AM
‘ISIS local chief recruiter targets youths from Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka’
A fugitive chief recruiter of the Islamic State in the Indian subcontinent has targeted youths from three countries -- India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka -- to involve them with the global terror outfit.
16 June 2017, 08:24 AM
Russia claims to have killed IS leader Baghdadi
Russia's Defense Ministry says it was checking information that a Russian air strike near the Syrian city of Raqqa may have killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in late May.
16 June 2017, 07:36 AM
Number of IS fighters killed by US bomb jumps to 90
The number of Islamic State fighters killed by a massive US bomb in eastern Afghanistan has nearly tripled to at least 90, Afghan officials say.
15 April 2017, 05:57 AM
US drops 'mother of all bombs' on Islamic State in Afghanistan
The United States dropps a massive GBU-43 bomb, the largest non-nuclear bomb it has ever used in combat, in eastern Afghanistan today against a series of caves used by Islamic State militants, the military say.
13 April 2017, 17:37 PM
IS claims responsibility for Sylhet blasts
Islamic State (IS) reportedly claims the responsibility for the bomb blasts near a militant den in Sylhet city's Shibbari that killed at least three people and injured many.
25 March 2017, 20:08 PM
Islamic State’s media reports ‘suicide blast’ at Dhaka Rab barracks
Amaq News Agency, run by the Islamic State (IS) militants, reports the suspected suicide blast at proposed headquarters of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Dhaka’s Ashkona area, according to US-based SITE Intelligence Group.
17 March 2017, 14:47 PM
No IS existence in Bangladesh: Shahriar
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam says that there is no organisational existence of Islamic State (IS) or other international terrorist outfits in Bangladesh.
14 March 2017, 11:16 AM
DMC writes to take away bodies of killed militants
Dhaka Medical College authorities urge police to take away the bodies of killed militants, which neither the families nor anyone is claiming yet.
4 September 2016, 14:41 PM
Sheltering militants: NSU teacher, 2 others get bail
Suspended North South University Professor Gias Uddin Ahsan and two others, arrested on charges of renting flats to Gulshan café attackers and withholding tenants' information from the police, get bail.
21 August 2016, 15:05 PM
IS abducts around 2,000 civilians in north Syria
Islamic State group fighters seize around 2,000 civilians to use as "human shields" Friday as they fled their stronghold of Manbij in northern Syria, according to US-backed forces and a monitor.
12 August 2016, 15:50 PM
Dhaka raid militant Abdullah’s aide held in Dinajpur
Detectives arrest an allegedly close aide of Abdullah, one of the militants killed in Dhaka raid, from Nawabganj upazila of Dinajpur.
2 August 2016, 15:36 PM