WORLD ISIS again active in Iraq- Fresh spurt of violence kills a dozen policemen in Kirkuk The Islamic State - also known as ISIS, ISIL, or Daesh - held about a third of Syria and 40 per cent of Iraq. By December 2017 it had lost 95
NATION Terror Group ISIS Says Its Leader Killed In Battle Abu al-Hasan al-Hashmi al-Qureshi, the leader of the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS), has died in the fight. ISIS spokesperson gave this information in an audio message posted on Telegram channel. He said that the group has elected Abu al-Hussein al-Hussaini al-Qureshi as the new leader of the terrorist organization. The spokesman said that Abu al-Hasan al-Hashmi al-Qurayshi was killed fighting the enemies. No information has been given about the new IS leader in the audio.
CURRENT AFFAIRS Karnataka HC dismisses plea challenging enforcement of ban on PFI The Karnataka High Court dismissed a plea today challenging the Popular Front of India's (PFI) ban. Nasir Pasha, the organization's state president in Karnataka, filed the petition. The
WORLD Iran: Bomb attack foiled in Shiraz Area of Iran, Supreme Commander Khamanei Relates it to present protests, Turns a Blind Eye to Major Causes Iran: A perpetrated ‘bomb attack’ has been foiled on the southern city of Shiraz in Iran by the alert of Iran's Revolutionary Guards
NATION NIA arrests ISIS operative from Varanasi NIA, announced today that it had carried out searches at two places in Varanasi and Delhi and had arrested a 24-year-old highly radicalized youth named Basit Kalam Siddiqui.
WORLD Top ISIS Leader Dies in US Strike on Tuesday Maher al-Agal, one of the five leaders of the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria, was killed in a US drone strike on Tuesday.
CURRENT AFFAIRS Delhi: ISIS Terrorist Arrested In Delhi, Was Plotting Attack Delhi: Police arrested an ISIS operative after an encounter near Ring Road in the national capital. The also police recovered two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), weighing approximately 15 kilogrammes in two pressure cookers, from his possession. Besides, a pistol was also recovered from him post-firing.