Terrorists

The Islamic State (IS) militants Monday kidnapped 56 Syrian Christians of Assyrian minority in Al-Hasakah province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Assyrians were abducted from the town of Tal Shamiram in the…

A court in Pakistan Friday rejected the bail plea of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attack, in an abduction case. Lakhvi's counsel submitted the application and said the kidnapping case registered against his…

Newsweek magazine Tuesday was the target of a cyberattack when its Twitter account was hacked into by a group allegedly affiliated with the Islamic State (IS), who called for a "cyberjihad" against the US, published documents apparently…

At least 13 people were killed and 46 injured in two separate bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad Monday. In one attack, a suicide bomber detonated himself at the Adan Square in the Kadhmiyah area, where 12 people were killed and…

At least 11 people were killed and 33 wounded in two suicide bomb attacks in Iraq's capital Baghdad Saturday. A suicide bomber blew up an explosive vest in the crowded market of al-Arabi in downtown Baghdad, leaving at least five people…

Jordan executed two convicted jihadis in retaliation for the killing of one of its air force pilots by the Islamic State (IS) militants, BBC reported Wednesday. The executed terrorists included Sajida al-Rishawi, a woman, whose release the…

A Tripura-based terrorist outfit abducted a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) engineer and his driver in Mizoram, police said Tuesday. "Armed militants kidnapped Hokum Singh and his driver Mohammad Buizul Islam from Tuipuibari village in…

Two convicted terrorists affiliated with Lashkar-e-Jhangvi were hanged Tuesday in Pakistan, a media report said. The hangings took place in Karachi's central jail, Dawn online reported. The two militants - Attaullah and Mohammad Azam - were…

The UN Security Council (UNSC) Friday condemned "in the strongest terms" the terrorist attacks in Egypt's North Sinai peninsula, which killed over 30 people and injured several others. In a statement released here, the UNSC underlined the…

French anti-terrorist police Tuesday arrested at least five people in the southeastern town of Lunel for alleged involvement in a network that recruits jihadis to fight in Syria. According to the website of the local Midi Libre newspaper,…