Islamic State Funding

Iran has moved five Americans from jail to house arrest, officials and family members said Thursday, in the first step of a delicate deal that would unfreeze billions of dollars in Iranian funds and allow the prisoners to leave the Islamic republic.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday arrested a radicalised and active member of Islamic State (ISIS) from his residence in Delhi for his involvement in the collection of funds for the terrorist outfit.

Singapore has detained three Indonesian maids without trial under tough security laws over allegations they donated funds to support the Islamic State (ISIS) group, authorities said.

Fourteen men from Tamil Nadu who were arrested by the National Investigation Agency raised funds in Dubai to set up a cell of the terror group in ISIS in India, sources in the probe agency have said.

At Barabanki's oldest Madrasa or Islamic Seminary, implementing the Uttar Pradesh government's new compulsory Maths and Science teaching order for students above Class 8 - using NCERT textbooks - is likely to pose a headache for Abdul Mujeeb Qasmi, the acting principal and sole religious teacher at the 70-year-old state government funded Darul Uloo...

Qatari banks have around 60 billion riyals ($16 billion) in funding in the form of customer and interbank deposits from other Gulf states, Chiradeep Ghosh, banking analyst at SICO Bahrain, said.

Two key operatives of the Islamic State of Syria and Egypt have been arrested from Hyderabad, sources in the National Investigation agency has said. They are Niamatullah Husseini, 42, who was contributing funds to the Hyderabad cell of the group, and Athaullah Rehman, 30, a motivator and fundraiser.

Is the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq getting monitory support from sympathisers in India? This is an angle that National Investigative Agency, which arrested five men from Hyderabad on Wednesday, will be looking at keenly. Investigations have revealed the cell had sent around Rs 5 lakh to Dubai recently.

Islamic State has cut its fighters' salaries by 50 percent in Syria as air strikes continue to target oil fields, supply lines and cash stores, affecting its revenue streams, The Independent reported.

Republican-backed legislation that would slow the entry of Syrian refugees into the United States will not be included in a must-pass spending bill and is likely to die in Congress, lawmakers and aides said on Tuesday, as they rushed to finalise the funding measure.

A special meeting of the Security Council will try to bolster efforts to cut off revenues that the Islamic State raises in its territory.

By most estimates, the Islamic State is the world's richest terrorist organization. But it appears to be wrestling with money problems that could affect its ability to wage war while trying to govern millions of people in its self-declared caliphate.

US warplanes have destroyed 283 fuel tankers that were being used to transport oil to help fund the Islamic State group in eastern Syria, officials said Monday.

Weapons, vehicles, employee salaries, propaganda videos, international travel - all of these things cost money. The recent terrorism attacks in Paris, which the Islamic State has claimed as its own work, suggest the terrorist organization hasn't been hurting for funding. David Cohen, the Treasury Department's Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financ...

A lower court in Kuwait today sentenced five men to 10 years in jail each for raising funds for the Islamic State terrorist group.

Iran has moved five Americans from jail to house arrest, officials and family members said Thursday, in the first step of a delicate deal that would unfreeze billions of dollars in Iranian funds and allow the prisoners to leave the Islamic republic.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday arrested a radicalised and active member of Islamic State (ISIS) from his residence in Delhi for his involvement in the collection of funds for the terrorist outfit.

Singapore has detained three Indonesian maids without trial under tough security laws over allegations they donated funds to support the Islamic State (ISIS) group, authorities said.

Fourteen men from Tamil Nadu who were arrested by the National Investigation Agency raised funds in Dubai to set up a cell of the terror group in ISIS in India, sources in the probe agency have said.

At Barabanki's oldest Madrasa or Islamic Seminary, implementing the Uttar Pradesh government's new compulsory Maths and Science teaching order for students above Class 8 - using NCERT textbooks - is likely to pose a headache for Abdul Mujeeb Qasmi, the acting principal and sole religious teacher at the 70-year-old state government funded Darul Uloo...

Qatari banks have around 60 billion riyals ($16 billion) in funding in the form of customer and interbank deposits from other Gulf states, Chiradeep Ghosh, banking analyst at SICO Bahrain, said.

Two key operatives of the Islamic State of Syria and Egypt have been arrested from Hyderabad, sources in the National Investigation agency has said. They are Niamatullah Husseini, 42, who was contributing funds to the Hyderabad cell of the group, and Athaullah Rehman, 30, a motivator and fundraiser.

Is the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq getting monitory support from sympathisers in India? This is an angle that National Investigative Agency, which arrested five men from Hyderabad on Wednesday, will be looking at keenly. Investigations have revealed the cell had sent around Rs 5 lakh to Dubai recently.

Islamic State has cut its fighters' salaries by 50 percent in Syria as air strikes continue to target oil fields, supply lines and cash stores, affecting its revenue streams, The Independent reported.

Republican-backed legislation that would slow the entry of Syrian refugees into the United States will not be included in a must-pass spending bill and is likely to die in Congress, lawmakers and aides said on Tuesday, as they rushed to finalise the funding measure.

A special meeting of the Security Council will try to bolster efforts to cut off revenues that the Islamic State raises in its territory.

By most estimates, the Islamic State is the world's richest terrorist organization. But it appears to be wrestling with money problems that could affect its ability to wage war while trying to govern millions of people in its self-declared caliphate.

US warplanes have destroyed 283 fuel tankers that were being used to transport oil to help fund the Islamic State group in eastern Syria, officials said Monday.

Weapons, vehicles, employee salaries, propaganda videos, international travel - all of these things cost money. The recent terrorism attacks in Paris, which the Islamic State has claimed as its own work, suggest the terrorist organization hasn't been hurting for funding. David Cohen, the Treasury Department's Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financ...

A lower court in Kuwait today sentenced five men to 10 years in jail each for raising funds for the Islamic State terrorist group.