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  3 British teens suspected of trying to join ISIS arrested after being deported from Turkey

  World | March 16, 2015 8:10 IST

  London: Three British teens who were believed to be on their way to Syria to join militants there were detained in Turkey and quickly returned to the UK and arrested on suspicion of planning terrorist

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  Japan mourns Kenji Goto as caring and courageous reporter

  World | February 01, 2015 15:23 IST

  Tokyo: Whether in tsunami-stricken northeastern Japan or conflict-ridden Sierra Leone, the stories of the vulnerable, the children and the poor drove the work of journalist Kenji Goto.The news of his purported killing by Islamic State

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  21 IS militants killed in clashes in Iraq

  World | January 18, 2015 7:39 IST

  Baghdad: Iraqi security forces killed 21 Islamic State (IS) militants in security operations in Salahuddin and Anbar provinces, defence ministry said Saturday.The security forces launched a number of military operations in the areas to the

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  ISIS plans attack on Queen's guards: Report

  World | December 28, 2014 13:58 IST

  London: Soldiers guarding key Royal palaces in the UK are on high alert following reports of a planned attack on the Queen's guards by Islamic State militants.The Queen's Guard have been warned about the threat

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  Barack Obama signs massive defense spending bill

  World | December 20, 2014 7:13 IST

  Washington: President Barack Obama on Friday signed into law a massive U.S. defense policy bill that endorses his plan to fight Islamic State militants, including air strikes and training Iraqis and moderate Syrian rebels.The law

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  Govt trying its best to prevent radicalisation in India: Rajnath Singh

  World | November 09, 2014 13:05 IST

  Tel Aviv: India is confident that the Islamic State militants will not be able to make a "big impact" in the country and the government is trying its best to prevent radicalisation among the youth,

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  Syrian army recaptures key gas fields in Homs

  World | November 06, 2014 7:47 IST

  Damascus: The Syrian troops have wrested back control over key gas fields in the country's central province of Homs after battles with the Islamic State militants ( IS), state media and activists reported.The army units

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  3 US girls who wanted to join ISIS victims of online predator, say officials

  World | October 23, 2014 12:01 IST

  Denver: The case of three teenage girls being investigated for trying to join Islamic State militants poses vexing questions for US officials about the use of social media by terror groups to recruit people inside

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  IS Jihadists Execute Iraqi Journalist, 12 Other People

  World | October 11, 2014 10:05 IST

  Samarra: Islamic State militants have executed an Iraqi news cameraman and 12 other people in several towns and villages north of Baghdad, officials, relatives and witnesses said.The jihadists yesterday shot dead Raad al-Azzawi, a 37-year-old

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  Hagel, French minister talk about Syria strikes

  World | October 03, 2014 6:40 IST

  Washington: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he spoke with the French defense minister on Thursday about the possibility of France participating in airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria, something the French have so far

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  Modi holds talk with Obama

  World | September 30, 2014 22:34 IST

  Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held talks with US President Barack Obama on “substantive” bilateral, regional and international issues including defence, security, trade and situation in West Asia in view of threat by Islamic

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  Will dismantle Islamic State 'network of death' with force: Obama at UN

  World | September 24, 2014 21:08 IST

  United Nations: President Barack Obama is telling the United Nations amid a US-led bombing campaign against Islamic State militants that he will build a coalition to "dismantle this network of death."Obama told the assembled leaders

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  Series of attacks kills at least 36 in Iraq

  World | September 19, 2014 6:35 IST

  Baghdad: A series of bomb and mortar shell attacks in and around Baghdad killed at least 36 people, Iraqi officials said today, in an assault that underscored the threat posed to the Iraqi capital by

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  British hostage's family appeal to IS

  World | September 13, 2014 12:41 IST

  London: The family of a British man being held hostage by Islamic State (IS) militants have appealed to his captors to make contact with them, media reported Saturday.A statement from the family of David Haines

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  Hillary Clinton wants more done to halt kidnappings

  World | September 13, 2014 9:06 IST

  NEW YORK: Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday urged the United Nations to come up with a more robust strategy to combat the growing use of kidnappings of girls and women as a war tactic across

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  More US air strikes on Islamic State militants in northern Iraq

  World | September 01, 2014 8:36 IST

  Washington: US forces continued their attack on Islamic State (IS) militants in northern Iraq with two more air strikes conducted Sunday, the army said.The two air strikes carried out by fighter jets include one near

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  Senator: Obama may be too cautious with militants

  World | August 31, 2014 19:31 IST

  Washington: Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein says President Barack Obama may be too cautious in his approach to dealing with Islamic State militants.The chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Feinstein told NBC's "Meet the Press" that

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  85 Syrian soldiers killed by Islamic State militants

  World | July 26, 2014 18:59 IST

  Damascus: As many as 85 Syrian soldiers have been killed over the past two days in attacks launched by the so-called Islamic State (IS) on a military base in Syria's northern al-Raqqa province, activists said