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New Orleans Attack Puts Spotlight On Islamic State Comeback Bid
A U.S. Army veteran who flew a black ISIS flag on a truck that he rammed into New Year's revelers in New Orleans shows how the extremist group still retains the ability to inspire violence.
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US Embassy Warns "Extremists" Planning Attack On Moscow Concert
The US embassy in Russia warned that "extremists" had imminent plans for an attack in Moscow, hours after Russian security services said they had foiled a planned shooting at a synagogue by a cell from the Afghan arm of Islamic State.
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Man Who Stabbed French Schoolteacher To Death Linked To ISIS: Prosecutor
The man who killed a schoolteacher in northern France last week was charged with terror offences on Tuesday, a prosecutor said, after revealing that he had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State extremist group in an audio recording before his attack.
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Afghanistan: A Year Later, US Relies On Drones To Battle Extremist Groups
One year after US forces retreated from Afghanistan, Washington now counts only on its drones to continue the fight against the Islamic extremist groups that drew it to invade the country 21 years ago.
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16 Graves Belonging To Minority Community Vandalised In Pakistan: Report
Sixteen graves of the Ahmadi community in Pakistan's Punjab province have been allegedly desecrated by religious extremists for using Islamic symbols on gravestones at a cemetery, a spokesman of the minority community said on Wednesday.
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What Nitish Kumar's Party Said On Row Over Bihar Police Officer's Remark
A top leader of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) on Friday asserted that a senior IPS officer's controversial comparison of Islamic extremist organisation PFI with the RSS, was "not a political issue".
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France Claims Capture Of Key Islamic State Figure In Mali: Report
French troops deployed in Mali have captured a senior figure in the branch of the Islamic State extremist group in the Sahel region of Africa, the military said Wednesday.
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Supporting Taliban Means Supporting Anti-India Acts: Yogi Adityanath
Supporting the Taliban means supporting anti-India, anti-humanity, anti-women and anti-children acts, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday, cautioning people to be wary of sympathisers of the Islamic extremist group.
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Probe Agency Conducts Searches In Tamil Nadu Over Facebook Posts On ISIS
The National Investigation Agency conducted searches at 6 locations in 4 districts of Tamil Nadu in a case related to Facebook posts by an extremist advocating the ideology of Islamic State terror group and fundamentalist organisation Hizb-Ut-Tahrir.
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Islamist Motive 'Likely' In Deadly German Knife Attack: Investigators
German investigators said Tuesday they suspected an Islamic extremist motive behind a knife attack last week by a Somali man that left three women dead in the southern city of Wuerzburg.
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Bomb Attack On Ex-Maldives President Linked To Islamic Extremists: Police
Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed is conscious after life-saving surgery, his family said on Saturday, as police made two arrests in connection with a blast they said was being treated as a terror attack.
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Saudi Crown Prince Vows "Iron Fist" Against Extremists After Attack
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pledged Thursday to strike extremists with an "iron fist", after a bombing against a gathering of diplomats was claimed by the Islamic State group.
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US Doubles Reward For IS Leader To $10 Million
The United States on Wednesday doubled to $10 million its reward for the capture of the supremo of the Islamic State extremist movement, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced.
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ISIS Claims Attack On Gurdwara In Kabul: Monitor
The Islamic State or ISIS group has claimed an attack on a gurdwara in central Kabul, according to the SITE intelligence group, in the latest assault by the extremist outfit targeting a minority group in Afghanistan.
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More Than 100 ISIS Prisoners Have Escaped In Syria: US Envoy
More than 100 prisoners of the Islamic State (ISIS) extremist movement have escaped in Syria in the chaos since Turkey's incursion, a senior US official said Wednesday.
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New Orleans Attack Puts Spotlight On Islamic State Comeback Bid
A U.S. Army veteran who flew a black ISIS flag on a truck that he rammed into New Year's revelers in New Orleans shows how the extremist group still retains the ability to inspire violence.
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US Embassy Warns "Extremists" Planning Attack On Moscow Concert
The US embassy in Russia warned that "extremists" had imminent plans for an attack in Moscow, hours after Russian security services said they had foiled a planned shooting at a synagogue by a cell from the Afghan arm of Islamic State.
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Man Who Stabbed French Schoolteacher To Death Linked To ISIS: Prosecutor
The man who killed a schoolteacher in northern France last week was charged with terror offences on Tuesday, a prosecutor said, after revealing that he had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State extremist group in an audio recording before his attack.
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Afghanistan: A Year Later, US Relies On Drones To Battle Extremist Groups
One year after US forces retreated from Afghanistan, Washington now counts only on its drones to continue the fight against the Islamic extremist groups that drew it to invade the country 21 years ago.
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16 Graves Belonging To Minority Community Vandalised In Pakistan: Report
Sixteen graves of the Ahmadi community in Pakistan's Punjab province have been allegedly desecrated by religious extremists for using Islamic symbols on gravestones at a cemetery, a spokesman of the minority community said on Wednesday.
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What Nitish Kumar's Party Said On Row Over Bihar Police Officer's Remark
A top leader of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) on Friday asserted that a senior IPS officer's controversial comparison of Islamic extremist organisation PFI with the RSS, was "not a political issue".
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France Claims Capture Of Key Islamic State Figure In Mali: Report
French troops deployed in Mali have captured a senior figure in the branch of the Islamic State extremist group in the Sahel region of Africa, the military said Wednesday.
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Supporting Taliban Means Supporting Anti-India Acts: Yogi Adityanath
Supporting the Taliban means supporting anti-India, anti-humanity, anti-women and anti-children acts, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday, cautioning people to be wary of sympathisers of the Islamic extremist group.
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Probe Agency Conducts Searches In Tamil Nadu Over Facebook Posts On ISIS
The National Investigation Agency conducted searches at 6 locations in 4 districts of Tamil Nadu in a case related to Facebook posts by an extremist advocating the ideology of Islamic State terror group and fundamentalist organisation Hizb-Ut-Tahrir.
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Islamist Motive 'Likely' In Deadly German Knife Attack: Investigators
German investigators said Tuesday they suspected an Islamic extremist motive behind a knife attack last week by a Somali man that left three women dead in the southern city of Wuerzburg.
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Bomb Attack On Ex-Maldives President Linked To Islamic Extremists: Police
Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed is conscious after life-saving surgery, his family said on Saturday, as police made two arrests in connection with a blast they said was being treated as a terror attack.
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Saudi Crown Prince Vows "Iron Fist" Against Extremists After Attack
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pledged Thursday to strike extremists with an "iron fist", after a bombing against a gathering of diplomats was claimed by the Islamic State group.
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US Doubles Reward For IS Leader To $10 Million
The United States on Wednesday doubled to $10 million its reward for the capture of the supremo of the Islamic State extremist movement, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced.
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ISIS Claims Attack On Gurdwara In Kabul: Monitor
The Islamic State or ISIS group has claimed an attack on a gurdwara in central Kabul, according to the SITE intelligence group, in the latest assault by the extremist outfit targeting a minority group in Afghanistan.
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More Than 100 ISIS Prisoners Have Escaped In Syria: US Envoy
More than 100 prisoners of the Islamic State (ISIS) extremist movement have escaped in Syria in the chaos since Turkey's incursion, a senior US official said Wednesday.
