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"Russia Worse Than ISIS": Ukraine As Beheading Video Of Captive Emerges
Ukraine compared Russia on Wednesday to Islamic State, after a video emerged online showing apparent Russian soldiers filming themselves beheading a Ukrainian captive with a knife.
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Woman, Son Walked 53 Hours, Passed By Corpses As They Fled From ISIS
The walk to freedom lasted 53 hours, and the little boy cried all the way. It wasn't their first escape attempt - she'd tried five times before to flee the Islamic State - but they would be shot on the spot if the militants caught them now.
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Nadia Murad: From ISIS Slave To Nobel Laureate
Nadia Murad survived the worst cruelties ever inflicted on her people, the Yazidis of Iraq, before becoming a global champion of their cause and winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Harjit Masih, Who Escaped ISIS In Mosul, Describes Shooting Of Indians
In 2014, 40 Indian construction workers went missing outside the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. The city had fallen to the Islamic State militant group just days before. Relatives said they received panicked calls from some of the workers, begging for help
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Islamic State Captive Buried Head of Fellow Hostage
Nine months of torture at the hands of Islamic State fighters, in which he buried the decapitated head of a fellow detainee, are written on the gaunt face of Afghan student Mohammed Yousuf.
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Beijing Vows Justice After Islamic State Executes Chinese Captive
China vowed today to bring to justice those responsible for executing one of its citizens after Islamic State said it had killed a Chinese captive, the only known Chinese hostage to have been held by the group.
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Syria Rebels Using Caged Captives as 'Human Shields': Reports
A major Syrian rebel group is using dozens of captives in metal cages as "human shields" in the largest opposition stronghold on the outskirts of Damascus, a monitor said today.
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Islamic State Kills 3 Assyrian Christian Captives: Activists
Islamic State militants have killed three Assyrian Christian captives who were among nearly 200 Christians abducted earlier this year in northeastern Syria, two human rights monitoring groups said today.
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For Family of Indian Doctor Who Went To Libya, A World of Worry
The family of Ramamurthy Kosanam, an Indian kidnapped in Libya, is extremely worried. The doctor from Andhra Pradesh was taken by suspected Islamic State terrorists earlier this week along with another person from Odisha who has reportedly managed to escape.
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Sushma Swaraj Meets Relatives of 39 Indians Kidnapped in Iraq
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today met the relatives of 39 Indians held captive by Islamic State militants in Iraq for over 15 months and assured them that the government was continuing to make efforts to locate the men.
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39 Indians, Held Hostage by ISIS in Iraq, Are Alive: Sushma Swaraj
All 39 Indians held hostage in Iraq by the terror group, Islamic State, for more than a year are alive, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told the families of the victims today, said sources.
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Islamic State Releases 22 of More Than 150 Christian Captives - Monitor
Islamic State has released 22 of the dozens of Assyrian Christians it abducted from villages in northeastern Syria earlier this year, a monitoring group said on Tuesday.
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'They Admitted Kidnapping Us a Mistake,' Says Indian Released From IS Captivity in Libya
For an Indian who returned from Libya today after being freed by the Islamic State terror group, memories of his captivity are most innocuous. "The sheikh of the captors brought me chappals when I wanted to go to the washroom," Lakshmikant Ramakrishna shared.
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7 Indians Currently With ISIS; 6 Others Dead
13 Indians, all of them Muslim and in most their early twenties traveled abroad in the last 18 months to join the Islamic State, and six of them are reported killed, according to government sources.
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Efforts for Release of Captive Nationals in Libya On: Centre
India is making all efforts to ensure the safe release of two teachers still held captive by Islamic State (IS) terror group in Libya, even as the two others freed were on their way to Tunis.
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"Russia Worse Than ISIS": Ukraine As Beheading Video Of Captive Emerges
Ukraine compared Russia on Wednesday to Islamic State, after a video emerged online showing apparent Russian soldiers filming themselves beheading a Ukrainian captive with a knife.
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Woman, Son Walked 53 Hours, Passed By Corpses As They Fled From ISIS
The walk to freedom lasted 53 hours, and the little boy cried all the way. It wasn't their first escape attempt - she'd tried five times before to flee the Islamic State - but they would be shot on the spot if the militants caught them now.
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Nadia Murad: From ISIS Slave To Nobel Laureate
Nadia Murad survived the worst cruelties ever inflicted on her people, the Yazidis of Iraq, before becoming a global champion of their cause and winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Harjit Masih, Who Escaped ISIS In Mosul, Describes Shooting Of Indians
In 2014, 40 Indian construction workers went missing outside the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. The city had fallen to the Islamic State militant group just days before. Relatives said they received panicked calls from some of the workers, begging for help
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Islamic State Captive Buried Head of Fellow Hostage
Nine months of torture at the hands of Islamic State fighters, in which he buried the decapitated head of a fellow detainee, are written on the gaunt face of Afghan student Mohammed Yousuf.
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Beijing Vows Justice After Islamic State Executes Chinese Captive
China vowed today to bring to justice those responsible for executing one of its citizens after Islamic State said it had killed a Chinese captive, the only known Chinese hostage to have been held by the group.
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Syria Rebels Using Caged Captives as 'Human Shields': Reports
A major Syrian rebel group is using dozens of captives in metal cages as "human shields" in the largest opposition stronghold on the outskirts of Damascus, a monitor said today.
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Islamic State Kills 3 Assyrian Christian Captives: Activists
Islamic State militants have killed three Assyrian Christian captives who were among nearly 200 Christians abducted earlier this year in northeastern Syria, two human rights monitoring groups said today.
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For Family of Indian Doctor Who Went To Libya, A World of Worry
The family of Ramamurthy Kosanam, an Indian kidnapped in Libya, is extremely worried. The doctor from Andhra Pradesh was taken by suspected Islamic State terrorists earlier this week along with another person from Odisha who has reportedly managed to escape.
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Sushma Swaraj Meets Relatives of 39 Indians Kidnapped in Iraq
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today met the relatives of 39 Indians held captive by Islamic State militants in Iraq for over 15 months and assured them that the government was continuing to make efforts to locate the men.
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39 Indians, Held Hostage by ISIS in Iraq, Are Alive: Sushma Swaraj
All 39 Indians held hostage in Iraq by the terror group, Islamic State, for more than a year are alive, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told the families of the victims today, said sources.
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Islamic State Releases 22 of More Than 150 Christian Captives - Monitor
Islamic State has released 22 of the dozens of Assyrian Christians it abducted from villages in northeastern Syria earlier this year, a monitoring group said on Tuesday.
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'They Admitted Kidnapping Us a Mistake,' Says Indian Released From IS Captivity in Libya
For an Indian who returned from Libya today after being freed by the Islamic State terror group, memories of his captivity are most innocuous. "The sheikh of the captors brought me chappals when I wanted to go to the washroom," Lakshmikant Ramakrishna shared.
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7 Indians Currently With ISIS; 6 Others Dead
13 Indians, all of them Muslim and in most their early twenties traveled abroad in the last 18 months to join the Islamic State, and six of them are reported killed, according to government sources.
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Efforts for Release of Captive Nationals in Libya On: Centre
India is making all efforts to ensure the safe release of two teachers still held captive by Islamic State (IS) terror group in Libya, even as the two others freed were on their way to Tunis.
