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Melbourne: An Australian court has sentenced a Bangladeshi woman to 42 years in jail after she was found guilty of engaging in a terrorist act in the country. more
Three IS militants killed in western Iraq

Baghdad (Xinhua/UNI) A total of three Islamic State (IS) militants, including a would-be suicide bomber, were killed on Tuesday in two separate incidents in Iraq's western province of ...

Four soldiers, three IS militants killed in clash in central Iraq

Baghdad (Xinhua/UNI) At least four Iraqi soldiers and three Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Tuesday in a clash in north of the capital Baghdad, the Iraqi military said.

Children of ISIL terrorists likely held in ‘secret detention facilities’, UN human rights office warns

New York: In Syria, it is suspected that children whose fathers fought for terrorist group ISIL are being held in unidentified “settlements” and “secret detention facili ...

UN sanctions committee warns of threats of IS and al-Qaida

United Nations (Xinhua/UNI) A UN sanctions committee against the Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaida warned on Monday that the IS is evolving into a global network while al-Qaida may grow str ...

Heads of German, Iraqi Govts want anti-IS fight to continue in light of Baghdadi video

Berlin (Sputnik/UNI) German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi have called for the continuation of the fight against the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, ...

Islamic State 'leader' al-Baghdadi appears in first video since 2014, refers to Lanka attacks

New York: Days after Islamic State claimed responsibility for the terror attack in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday claiming over 250 lives, the dreaded terrorist group, which was in retreat af ...

Pompeo says 'every indication' Sri Lanka terror attacks at least inspired by Islamic State

Washington (Sputnik/UNI) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the initial evidence suggests that the Sri Lanka terrorist attacks on Easter Sunday were at least inspired by the Islamic S ...

45 children killed in Sri Lankan blasts: UNICEF

New York: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)  said 45 children were killed in the eight blasts that rocked Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.

ISIS claims responsibility for Sri Lanka blasts

Colombo: Ending all speculations, Islamic State on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the Sri Lankan blasts which left 321 people killed.