Islamic State Strategy

Shortly after US President Donald Trump announced in May he would reimpose sanctions on Iran, the State Department began telling countries around the world the clock was ticking for them to cut oil purchases from the Islamic Republic to zero. The strategy is meant to cripple Iran's oil-dependent economy and force Tehran to quash not only its nuclea...

The boy looked scared and younger than 16 when Iraqi police grabbed him on the street in the northern city of Kirkuk. Pulling off his shirt, they found a two-kilogram bomb strapped to his skinny frame.

In the hours after the blasts that killed at least 31 people in Brussels Tuesday, investigators began piecing together how the Islamic State managed to detonate three bombs in the span of roughly an hour across the city.

In the wake of the Brussels terror attacks, Donald Trump fleshed out aspects of his national security strategy that include weighing whether NATO is obsolete, an emphasis on the virtues of unpredictability on the part of an American president, the potential use of nuclear weapons against Islamic State as a last resort and a single-minded focus of e...

Hopes for a year less defined by international terrorism threats were dashed Monday by the European law enforcement agency, which warned that there was "every reason" to expect attacks in Europe.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi planted the national flag in Ramadi on Tuesday after the army retook the city centre from Islamic State a day earlier, a victory that could help vindicate his strategy for rebuilding the military after stunning defeats.

US Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton backed elements of President Barack Obama's strategy to fight ISIS militants in a debate on Saturday in which she clashed with top rival Bernie Sanders over national security and the economy.

Working to ease public jitters ahead of the holidays, President Barack Obama will use visits to the Pentagon and the National Counterterrorism Center this week to try to explain his strategy for stopping the Islamic State group abroad and its sympathizers at home.

The government has initiated a series of steps to check the spread of ISIS in India, including the launch of a de-radicalisation strategy, the Lok Sabha was informed today.

The US is at war with "radical Islamic terrorism," Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said today as he criticised President Barack Obama for not having a strategy to fight against the dreaded Islamic State terror group.

Describing the California shooting as a terrorist act, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton today sought to ramp up military action against the Islamic State - the dreaded terrorist organisation which claimed that the attackers were its supporters.

Union Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said today that the central government is working on strategies in curbing the IS threat to India.

British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed Monday to make his case for Britain joining air strikes on Syria this week as he unveiled a new defence strategy stressing counter-terrorism and intelligence.

The Paris attacks may have thrust ISIS into headlines around the world, but they face a renewed backlash in what has been a core area of strength: the online space.

For much of the past seven years, President Obama has labored to move the United States off a war footing abroad and keep the threat of terrorism in perspective at home.

Shortly after US President Donald Trump announced in May he would reimpose sanctions on Iran, the State Department began telling countries around the world the clock was ticking for them to cut oil purchases from the Islamic Republic to zero. The strategy is meant to cripple Iran's oil-dependent economy and force Tehran to quash not only its nuclea...

The boy looked scared and younger than 16 when Iraqi police grabbed him on the street in the northern city of Kirkuk. Pulling off his shirt, they found a two-kilogram bomb strapped to his skinny frame.

In the hours after the blasts that killed at least 31 people in Brussels Tuesday, investigators began piecing together how the Islamic State managed to detonate three bombs in the span of roughly an hour across the city.

In the wake of the Brussels terror attacks, Donald Trump fleshed out aspects of his national security strategy that include weighing whether NATO is obsolete, an emphasis on the virtues of unpredictability on the part of an American president, the potential use of nuclear weapons against Islamic State as a last resort and a single-minded focus of e...

Hopes for a year less defined by international terrorism threats were dashed Monday by the European law enforcement agency, which warned that there was "every reason" to expect attacks in Europe.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi planted the national flag in Ramadi on Tuesday after the army retook the city centre from Islamic State a day earlier, a victory that could help vindicate his strategy for rebuilding the military after stunning defeats.

US Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton backed elements of President Barack Obama's strategy to fight ISIS militants in a debate on Saturday in which she clashed with top rival Bernie Sanders over national security and the economy.

Working to ease public jitters ahead of the holidays, President Barack Obama will use visits to the Pentagon and the National Counterterrorism Center this week to try to explain his strategy for stopping the Islamic State group abroad and its sympathizers at home.

The government has initiated a series of steps to check the spread of ISIS in India, including the launch of a de-radicalisation strategy, the Lok Sabha was informed today.

The US is at war with "radical Islamic terrorism," Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said today as he criticised President Barack Obama for not having a strategy to fight against the dreaded Islamic State terror group.

Describing the California shooting as a terrorist act, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton today sought to ramp up military action against the Islamic State - the dreaded terrorist organisation which claimed that the attackers were its supporters.

Union Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said today that the central government is working on strategies in curbing the IS threat to India.

British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed Monday to make his case for Britain joining air strikes on Syria this week as he unveiled a new defence strategy stressing counter-terrorism and intelligence.

The Paris attacks may have thrust ISIS into headlines around the world, but they face a renewed backlash in what has been a core area of strength: the online space.

For much of the past seven years, President Obama has labored to move the United States off a war footing abroad and keep the threat of terrorism in perspective at home.