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Topic: ISIS

UP ATS says arrested dental student recruited people for ISIS, incited them to carry out fidayeen attacks

Haris Ali used encrypted media applications, was in touch with Pakistan-based handlers, alleges UP Anti-Terrorism Squad.

US isn’t really leaving Africa—Trump’s Christmas strikes in Nigeria are proof

The Nigerian authorities seem to have realized that the Trump administration’s interest in the plight of Nigerian Christians is durable.

Bondi attack shows marginalisation isn’t driving ISIS. Extremism must be stopped from within

Without falling into a cycle of hatred, we can name what we are confronting — the ideological framework of ISIS for which the world is divided into believers and non-believers.

Father-son behind Bondi beach terror ‘linked’ to Wissam Haddad, the radical anti-Jew Islamic preacher

Australian police investigating if the mass shooters of Indian origin had ISIS links and were inspired by Haddad's lectures denouncing Jews as 'mischief makers'. Who is Haddad?

US Army veteran flying ISIS flag from truck rams into New Orleans crowd killing 15, 30 injured

The suspect, identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a U.S. citizen from Texas who once served in Afghanistan, was killed in a shootout with police after ramming the crowd.

Calling ISIS unislamic isn’t enough. Muslim intellectuals must address root cause

The argument that ISIS's actions have nothing to do with Islam overlooks the existence of violent Islamic doctrines upon which extremist groups rely.

Pune doctor’s arrest in Maharashtra ISIS module case shows extremists aren’t always ‘victims’

Dr Adnan Ali Sarkar was living what many would call a ‘dream life’. So where did things go wrong?

Tamil Nadu multiplexes cancel screening of ‘The Kerala Story’, cite ‘law-and-order problems’

'The Kerala Story' has led to a polarised reaction, with critics including Kerala CM dismissing it as propaganda, while others — including BJP members — have said it comes with a message.

The Kerala Story is comically exaggerated propaganda made worse by graphic scenes, poor writing

Sudipto Sen used multiple graphic scenes of rape, gore, and mutilation, which were not just uncomfortable but also unnecessary. Bad CGI only made it worse.

NIA raids 40 locations in Coimbatore & Mangaluru blast probes, seizes digital devices

Raids carried out in Kerala, Karnataka & TN Wednesday in connection with October's Maruti blast & November's autorickshaw explosion. Accused in both cases alleged to have ISIS links.

On Camera

How West Asia crisis can play out for PM Modi and BJP in Assembly polls

While the Russia-Ukraine war saw the BJP projecting PM Modi as a ‘vishwaguru’ who could end international conflicts, the party has made a nuanced shift in its electoral strategy vis-à-vis the West Asia war.

Foreign investors dump record $12 bn India stocks in March on war

Soaring energy costs have hurt oil-importing Asian peers, but the scale of outflows from India points to already bearish global sentiment.

India developing lethal autonomous weapon systems, database of citizens’ crime risk—House Panel report

Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.