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A purported claim of responsibility circulated online attributed the attack to the Islamic State group, though it could not be immediately verified by The Associated Press.

Islamic State names new leader after Quraishi blew himself up when surrounded

IS selected Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Quraishi as its new leader, a spokesman for the group said in a recording. He did not offer further details on the new leader.

Mosque blast kills 33 including children in Afghanistan

A blast ripped through a mosque during Friday prayers in northern Afghanistan killing 33 people and wounding 43 more, a Taliban spokesman said, just a day after the Islamic State group claimed two separate deadly attacks.

Islamic State Leader Dies During US Raid in Syria

US President Joe Biden said in a statement that the terrorist leader, identified by the Islamic State as Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, was killed.

Govt has info that some individuals, including from South, joined IS: G Kishan Reddy

Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered 17 cases related to the presence of IS in the southern states of Telangana, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, and arrested 122 accused.

Afghanistan turns down Pakistan's demand to handover mastermind of Kabul gurudwara attack

A heavily armed Islamic State-Khorasan suicide bomber stormed the gurdwara in the heart of Afghanistan's capital on March 25, killing 25 Sikhs and injuring eight others.

Attack on Sikh Gurdwara in Kabul 'extremely reprehensible': Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

The Islamic State (IS) terror group, which has targeted Sikhs before in Afghanistan, claimed responsibility for the attack on the gurdwara in Shor Bazar area at about 07.45 am (local time) as 150 worshippers were inside the building.

Gunmen attack gurdwara in Afghanistan, massacre 25 worshippers

The Islamic State (IS) terror group, which has targeted Sikhs before in Afghanistan, claimed responsibility for the attack on the gurdwara in Shor Bazar area at about 07:45 (local time) as 150 worshippers were inside the building.

Explained: Turkey set to redraw map of Syrian war once more

Damascus has long viewed Turkey as an occupying power with designs on northern Syria. It has also at times suggested a willingness to strike a deal with the Kurds, though their last negotiations got nowhere.

'You had the Nobel Prize?' Trump learns of Yazidi activist Nadia Murad

Trump, who has boasted of crushing the self-styled caliphate of the Islamic State group that once stretched across Iraq and Syria, also appeared at a loss when Murad asked him to press the Iraqi and Kurdish governments to create safe conditions for the Yazidis to return.

Want to meet West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee: Mosul victim's wife

Dipali Tikadar will seek a government job from Banerjee to support her children, after it was announced that her husband who was kidnapped in Mosul, was killed by Islamic State militants.

Devastated Iraq seeks USD 90 billion for reconstruction

Baghdad declared victory against IS in December, after Iraqi forces, backed by a US-led coalition, regained control of the large parts of the country seized by IS in mid-2014.

ISIS on the run, will soon be wiped out: Donald Trump

Iraq has declared victory over the ISIS (another name for the Islamic State) in Mosul, retaking full control of the country's second-largest city three years after it was seized by the terror group.

Why Middle East is a bigger risk than Russia

"The Middle East and Africa, no question about it, is a greater systemic risk. Flare-ups in Nigeria, Syria, Iraq, potentially Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait are far more significant than Russia and Ukraine," said Viktor Shvets, head of Asia strategy research at Macquarie.