IS

Iran’s supreme leader hails end of IS ‘tumour’

TEHRAN: Iran's supreme leader has praised his country's contribution to the fight against the Islamic… Read More

Was IS claim for Las Vegas attack ‘fake news’?

LAS VEGAS: Claims of responsibility for terror attacks by the Islamic State group were once… Read More

Russian general killed fighting IS in east Syria

DEIR EZZOR: A Russian general was killed while battling Islamic State group militants near the… Read More

Jordan, Iraq reopen only border crossing

AMMAN: Jordan and Iraq on Wednesday reopened their only border crossing, saying security had been… Read More

IS destroys 840-year-old al-Nuri mosque in Mosul

MOSUL: The Islamic State group destroyed Mosul’s al-Nuri mosque and its iconic leaning minaret known… Read More

WATCH: Noreen Laghari says she was to be used as suicide bomber

RAWALPINDI: Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Monday released the confessional video statement of Noreen… Read More

In parts of Mosul, a semblance of normality despite war

MOSUL, Iraq: In some parts of Mosul, you can almost forget that a war is being… Read More

Over 30 dead as IS attacks city in east Syria

BEIRUT: The Islamic State (IS) group launched a ferocious assault on a city in eastern… Read More

Attacker still on run as IS claims Istanbul New Year massacre

ISTANBUL: Islamic State militants on Monday claimed the shooting rampage at a glamorous Istanbul nightclub… Read More

Turkey accuses IS of killing 30 civilians in Syria

ISTANBUL: The Turkish army on Monday accused Islamic State (IS) militants of killing at least… Read More

Armed force alone will never vanquish IS, US experts say

WASHINGTON: If the Islamic State group is to be defeated and prevented from reappearing under… Read More

Shah Noorani shrine temporarily closed for visitors, section-144 imposed

HUB: The shrine of Shah Noorani which was hit by a huge bomb attack on… Read More

Two Yazidi survivors of IS group win Sakharov prize: sources

STRASBOURG, FRANCE: Two Yazidi women activists who escaped the Islamic State group in Iraq won… Read More

Unknown gunmen kill intelligence officer in Charsadda

PESHAWAR: Two gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead an intelligence officer in north-west Pakistan on… Read More

Iraqi Kurds say they captured town near Mosul

ERBIL: Kurdish fighters said they had taken the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from Islamic… Read More

Strike kills 19 civilians in IS-held Syria village: monitor

BEIRUT: Three children were among at least 19 civilians killed in an air strike on… Read More

IS sex slavery survivor named UN goodwill ambassador

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES: Nadia Murad Basee Taha, a young Iraqi woman who survived rape… Read More

Erdogan blames child bomber for Turkey attack that killed 51

GAZIANTEP, TURKEY: A suicide bomber aged between 12 and 14 carried out the attack on… Read More

Some arrests made in Quetta suicide attack, says Nisar

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Tuesday revealed that some suspects were arrested… Read More

IS fights back as Iraqi army enters into Falluja

CAMP TARIQ, IRAQ: Islamic State militants fought back vigorously overnight and parried an onslaught by… Read More