Ahead of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) action in West Bengal on Saturday, the Union home ministry sanctioned 34 special public prosecutors (SPPs) across states. Eight of them were allocated to West Bengal and seven to Delhi, where the agency is headquartered. According to the order: “The central government hereby appoints advocates as special public … Read more
‘What they were doing with ISIS, they’re still doing. Killing, stealing, burning tents, and especially in the foreign families’ section, which is the most dangerous and where no one can enter on foot,” Sarah Derik tells me as we sit in her office at the Al-Hawl refugees camp in northern Syria. It is … Read more
A mysterious writer making propaganda for an Afghan branch of ISIS claimed to be based somewhere in Canada which, experts say, could be cause for concern for authorities. Voice of Khurasan, an online publication used by the Islamic State of Khorasan (ISIS-K), which is suspected of being behind the Moscow attack that killed at least 140 … Read more
In February 2015, at just 15 years old, Shamima Begum left the UK to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Years later, in 2019, Begum was found in the al-Roj camp in northern Syria following the defeat of ISIS. From the camp, the former terror bride has made multiple attempts to return … Read more
Four suspects have been detained for a Friday attack that left 115 dead at a Moscow concert hall, Russian authorities said Saturday. Intelligence and law enforcement agencies in the Bryansk region detained four suspects in the attack on Crocus City Hall music venue, “not far from the border with Ukraine,” the Investigative Committee of Russia … Read more
A United Nations mission set up to help Iraq investigate alleged Islamic State genocide and war crimes is being forced to shut prematurely before it can finish its probes, following a souring of its relationship with the Iraqi government. The removal of the UN mission set up in 2017 comes nearly a decade after … Read more
This year marks ten years since Islamic State (IS) fighters killed, raped and enslaved thousands of the Yazidi population, an ancient religious minority that had lived in parts of Iraq and Syria for nearly 6,000 years. After declaring the caliphate in August 2014, the Islamic State for Iraq and Syria (ISIS) launched a genocidal campaign … Read more
Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim calendar and the holy month of fasting, began on March 10 and will finish on April 9. The end of the Ramadan period will be celebrated with Eid Mubarak, set to take place on April 10 and 11. While Muslims all over the globe will be observing the … Read more
In a report headlined “The War In Gaza Is Changing The Muslim World,” Islamabad-based Journalist Umer Farooq said that Israel’s ceaseless bombardment of the Gaza Strip “will boost fundamentalist tendencies in Muslim societies.” Since Israel declared war on Gaza, triggered by Hamas’ on the ground massacre and gruesome assault of Israeli’s, world leaders have been … Read more
A new restaurant in Jordan has sparked outrage after it revealed its name is October 7. The restaurant was slammed for celebrating Hamas’ on-the-ground massacre and capture of Israelis, which resulted in more than 1,200 people being killed, hundreds of women being raped and around 250 civilians being kidnapped. The new establishment, which also revealed … Read more
