A video of his capture has surfaced on Twitter and shows Miah saying he has lived in Syria for nearly four years. read more

A local journalist who witnessed the attack said shots rang out for 10 to 15 minutes and that at least one of the assailants, armed with a Kalashnikov assault rifle, wore the uniform of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. read more

The European Union proposed steps to compel social media websites to remove “terrorist” propaganda within an hour of receiving the order. If they do not, companies such as Facebook and Twitter will risk massive fines. read more

The death toll from a suicide bomb attack at a protest gathering in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Tuesday has risen to 68, with 165 wounded read more

A wave of violence across Afghanistan in recent weeks has claimed the lives of hundreds of civilians and security forces, as the Taliban makes gains on the battlefield and IS launches deadly urban attacks. read more

Police have said Parvaiz Rashid Lone, a former student who was arrested from a bus stop in old Delhi, had links with the Jammu & Kashmir unit of the Islamic State (ISJK). read more

Dnyaneshwar Mulay, secretary, ministry of external affairs and overseas Indian affairs, said: “The current policy of emigration enacted by the government of India is very old and needs to be reworked.” read more

Two alleged operatives of the Islamic State in Jammu & Kashmir (ISJK) have been arrested in Delhi near the Red Fort area by the special cell, police said Friday. Sources said the two suspects are residents of Kashmir’s Shopian, identified as Parwez Rashid and Jamshed Jahoor.

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The Islamic State of Jammu and Kashmir is allegedly a new outfit owing an allegiance to ISIS. read more

The attack bore the hallmarks of the Islamic State group, which has carried out a wave of bombings against minority Shiites in recent years. read more

Two years ago, the Islamic State group offered two successful Iraqi weightlifters a choice -- either they compete in the Rio Paralympics, or stay in Mosul, then controlled by the jihadists read more

The explosion came as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that Washington’s former ambassador to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalizad, would be appointed as an adviser to help with efforts to end the conflict. read more

Scores of jihadist fighters in trucks stormed the base on Thursday in Zari village in northern Borno state in Nigeria and briefly seized it after a fierce battle. read more

With artificial limbs in the place of legs they lost to jihadists, a group of Iraqis plunged into a swimming pool for a special race aimed at helping them overcome the horrors of war read more

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack and said it killed 28 people, contradicting the official death tolls. read more