Islamic State (IS)

Where did the IS cap come from?

After a Dhaka tribunal delivered the verdict in the Holey Artisan Café attack case today, one of death row convicts reached into his pocket and brought out a prayer cap emblazoned with the emblem of the Islamic State.

Baghdadi dead in US military raid

Fugitive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died “whimpering and crying” in a raid by US special forces in northwest Syria, President Donald Trump announced yesterday, fulfilling what he called his top national security goal.

IS claims Science Lab bomb attack on cops: SITE

Terrorist outfit Islamic State (IS) has claimed the responsibility of last night's bomb attack at Science Lab intersection in Dhaka, US-based SITE Intelligence Group says.

Islamic State cases: Indian investigators in Sri Lanka

Reflecting enhanced bilateral security cooperation, a team of India's counter-terror agency National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials is in Sri Lanka to probe two Islamic State (IS)-related cases which could have possible links to the April 21 Easter terror attack that killed more than 250 people in the island nation.

3 French IS members sentenced to death in Iraq

An Iraqi court has sentenced three French citizens to death for joining the Islamic State group, the first IS members from France to be handed capital punishment, a court official has said.

​Kerala coastal areas put on high alert as Islamic State terrorists on way to Lakshadweep in boats

Kerala’s coastal areas of India were put on high alert after intelligence reports said that terrorists affiliated to the Islamic State are on their way to Lakshadweep in boats from Sri Lanka.

No IS existence in Bangladesh: Home minister

Terming the claim of Islamic State (IS) presence in Bangladesh a part of an international conspiracy, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan categorically says there is no existence of IS group in the country.

India arrests IS suspect plotting attacks in Kerala

India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) says it has arrested a 29-year-old suspect linked to terror group Islamic State for allegedly conspiring to carry out a suicide attack in the southern state of Kerala.

Islamic State claims responsibility for Sri Lanka bombings

The Islamic State group says it was behind a devastating string of suicide attacks against churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that killed more than 320 people on Easter Sunday.

December 16, 2015
December 16, 2015

Confusion clouds Riyadh’s coalition against militancy

Western nations welcome Saudi Arabia's new Islamic coalition against terrorism, but confusion over its role, even among its own members, may undermine its ambitions of tackling militancy and deflecting international criticism of Riyadh.

December 16, 2015
December 16, 2015

Republican candidates clash over countering IS

Republican presidential candidates spar over national security issues and how best to counter the so-called Islamic State (IS) in the first debate since attacks in California and Paris.

December 15, 2015
December 15, 2015

Bangladesh in 34-state Islamic military alliance

Bangladesh has joined a Saudi Arabia-based 34-state Islamic military coalition to combat terrorism, according to a joint statement published on state news agency SPA.

December 12, 2015
December 12, 2015

70,000 Muslim clerics pass ‘fatwa’ against terrorism

Religious leaders emphasize that they don't consider terrorists to be true Muslims.

December 5, 2015
December 5, 2015

Malaysia arrests 5 with suspected IS, al-Qaeda links

Malaysia's police claims arrest of five people, including a European employed as a teacher, on suspicion of links with militant groups like the Islamic State and al-Qaeda.

December 2, 2015
December 2, 2015

Scottish MPs to take part in Syria air strikes debate

Scottish MPs will take part in the Commons debate and vote later on whether the UK should launch air strikes against so called Islamic State targets in Syria.

November 24, 2015
November 24, 2015

4 IS suspects indicted

A Dhaka court frames charges against four ‘IS’ suspects for their alleged involvement in a conspiracy to topple the democratic government through subversive activities and establish a Khilafat state.

November 23, 2015
November 23, 2015

A world united against terror

We unequivocally welcome the unanimous adoption of a UN Security Council resolution urging the world to unite to defeat IS. The move follows the recent ghastly terrorist attacks in Beirut...

November 19, 2015
November 19, 2015

Islamic State claims attack on Italian missionary in Bangladesh

The Islamic State group claims responsibility for shooting and wounding an Italian priest in Bangladesh.

November 17, 2015
November 17, 2015

Paris attacks: France mobilises 115,000 security personnel

France mobilises 115,000 police, gendarmes and military in the wake of Friday’s attacks by Islamist militants in Paris, says Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve.