Islamic State

New Delhi, Dec 16: India will participate in operations against the Islamic State only if this is under the UN flag, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Wednesday. "It is India's policy... If there is a UN resolution, India will…

Moscow, Dec 9: Russia attacked the Islamic State positions in Syria with Kalibr missiles fired by the submarine deployed in the Mediterranean Sea, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday. "It was the first time that Kalibr cruise…

Baghdad, Dec 8: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday said that the Islamic State group smuggled most of its oil through Turkey. A statement from his office said " (Abadi) stressed on the importance to stop oil smuggling of IS…

Paris, Dec 6: French President Francois Hollande and the US President Barack Obama on Saturday expressed determination to boost common efforts in a bid to combat terrorist cells after suspected followers of the Islamic State killed 14…

Washington, Dec 5: US President Barack Obama discussed with British Prime Minister David Cameron, the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group, the White House has said. Obama on Friday "welcomed the outcome of the vote and expressed…

London, Dec 2: The British government published a motion calling for military action against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria. British members of the parliament are scheduled to hold a one-day debate and vote on the motion on Wednesday to…

Washington, Dec 2: US defense chief Ash Carter said the Pentagon was deploying a specialised operations force which would "over time" conduct unilateral operations in Iraq and Syria as part of US military campaign against the Islamic State…

United Nations, Dec 1: India has called upon the UN Security Council to act decisively against the widening arc of terrorism that has struck Paris, Beirut and Syria while the links between the Islamic State and extremists in Afghanistan…

Dhaka, Nov 27: The Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for an attack at a Shia mosque in Bangladesh that killed one person and injured three others, a monitoring group said on Friday. Police said three men carried out the…

London, Nov 27: British Prime Minister David Cameron said that British air strikes against Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria will make his country safer. Launching air strikes against IS militants in Syria would not make Britain a…