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This file image released by the Department of Defence on October 30, 2019, and displayed at a Pentagon briefing, shows an image of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. An Iraqi court issued a death sentence against one of the wives of the late brutal Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, alleging that she was…
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A view shows plumes of smoke rising, in Derbent, Russia, June 23, 2024, in this still image obtained from a video. | Photo Credit: Reuters More than 15 police officers and several civilians, including an Orthodox priest, were killed by armed militants in Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan on Sunday, its governor Sergei Melikov said…
The four men charged with the Moscow attack have been identified by as Tajikistan citizens. | Photo Credit: AP The alleged involvement of four Tajiks in a deadly attack in Moscow has shaken Tajik society, highlighting the risks posed by Central Asia’s jihadist legacy. The region’s five former Soviet republics, led by Tajikistan, have had…
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Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Congress on March 23 condemned the “dastardly” terror attack in Moscow and said “we strongly stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of Russia”. “Assailants burst into a large concert hall in Moscow on March 22 and sprayed the crowd with gunfire, killing more…
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an explosion in a Shiite Muslim neighbourhood in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul that killed at least four people. Seven others were critically wounded in the attack on October 26, according to Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the Kabul police chief. Islamic State affiliates claimed responsibility for the attack in…
With tensions spiking in the Middle East, U.S. forces in the region are facing increasing threats as a Navy warship shot down missiles appearing to head toward Israel on October 19 and American bases in Iraq and Syria were repeatedly targeted by drone attacks. Later on October 19, a U.S. official said there had been…
