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Spreading fear of ISIS

Nov 20, 2015 - 12:55 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

Post Paris, when the Union Home Ministry said that an “IS-backed attack is possible in India” and went on to talk of the Islamic State’s “success in radicalizing some youth and attracting some sections of the […]

Kurdish Iraqis enter Sinjar in push to oust IS fighters

Nov 15, 2015 - 8:22 am EST @theindpanorama 0

SINJAR(IRAQ) (TIP): Iraqi Kurdish militias battling to take back Sinjar from Islamic State militants raised a Kurdish flag and fired off celebratory gunfire in the center of town Nov 13, though US and Kurdish officials […]

Islamic State’s attacks in Saudi Arabia test security of haj

Sep 11, 2015 - 7:10 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

DUBAI (TIP): The Islamic State group is extending its reach in Saudi Arabia, expanding the scope of its attacks and drawing in new recruits with its radical ideology. Its determination to bring down the US-allied […]

Report: ISIS Has More US Weapons Than Previously Thought

ISIS fighters flaunt American M16 rifles in new video

Sep 5, 2015 - 6:28 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): In a new Islamic State video, jihadist fighters are shown flaunting the American M16 rifles that may have been seized by them from Iraqi soldiers or found in weapons caches dropped by the […]

Both PMs will have to move from their rigid stand and be ready to accommodate one another's point of view

Breaking the India-Pak Logjam

Sep 5, 2015 - 6:08 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

On both sides of the India-Pakistan border, columns were written after the aborted National Security Advisers’ meeting. Most retired Indian diplomats and analysts argued that flip-flops on Pakistan betrayed the absence of coherence and strategy. Journalist-apologists […]

Transnationals | Tax Havens | Terrorism

Jul 24, 2015 - 6:06 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

“Westphalian sovereignty is the principle of international law that each nation state has sovereignty over its territory and domestic affairs, to the exclusion of all external powers. The principle of non-interference in another country’s domestic affairs, […]

Greek Debt Mess: Uncertainty over Europe

Jul 3, 2015 - 8:00 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

On Monday, June 29, global stock markets were reeling from the news out of Greece. Dow Jones was down by 350 points. With many global crises like Ukraine, ISIS, Syria, Iran nuclear deal already threatening […]

2 Indian-origin Youths from South Africa Die Fighting for ISIS

May 31, 2015 - 1:58 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

Two youths belonging to the Muslim community of a small Indian township south of Johannesburg have died allegedly fighting for the Islamic State, becoming one of the first South Africans to have died in Syria. […]

Bobby Jindal slams Republican presidential opponent

May 30, 2015 - 3:18 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): Moving closer to a formal announcement of his US presidential bid, Indian-American Bobby Jindal has slammed his fellow Republican and presidential aspirant Rand Paul for being “unsuited to be the commander in chief.” […]

‘Draw Muhammad’ contest planned in Phoenix

May 29, 2015 - 2:08 pm EDT @theindpanorama 2

PHOENIX (TIP): An anti-Muslim activist is planning a “Draw Muhammad” cartoon contest and rally Friday, May 29 at a Phoenix mosque. The event is being dubbed a “Freedom of Speech Rally” and comes three weeks […]

Taken together, these documents and reading materials paint a complex, nuanced portrait of the world's most wanted man in the years before he was killed in the raid on his compound.

Secrets of the bin Laden ‘treasure-trove’ – 106 documents released

May 22, 2015 - 1:11 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

In his final years hiding in a compound in Pakistan, Osama bin Laden was a man who at once showed great love and interest in his own family while he coldly drew up quixotic plans […]

U.S. Special Forces kill top ISIS commander in secret raid

May 16, 2015 - 12:49 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

U.S. Special Forces have killed a top ISIS commander in charge of their lucrative oil business, and captured his slaver wife in a dramatic overnight raid. Elite forces stormed a residential building in the Syrian […]

ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dead: Claims Radio Iran

Apr 27, 2015 - 10:26 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI: The enigmatic chief of Islamic State jihadist group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, Radio Iran has reported on Monday. Earlier, a Guardian report quoting sources with inside knowledge of the group reported that […]

Bringing Yemen’s tragedy to an end – Need for a fair Shia-Sunni deal

Apr 11, 2015 - 9:30 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

The civil war in Yemen, exacerbated by the intervention of outside powers, is poised at a delicate stage which could impinge on the larger picture of the Middle East’s future trajectory. The truth is that the poorest […]

ISIS claims Tunisia attack that killed 23

Mar 20, 2015 - 4:12 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

TUNIS (TIP): The Islamic State group issued a statement on March 19 claiming responsibility for the deadly attack on Tunisia’s national museum that killed 23 people, mostly tourists. The statement described on March 18 attack […]

US journalist Steven Sotloff kneeling next to a masked Islamic State fighter, known as 'Jihadi John.

Jihadi John aka Mohammed Emwazi – UNMASKED: ‘JIHADI JOHN’ IS IT PROGRAMMER FROM LONDON

Feb 27, 2015 - 8:21 am EST @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): One if the world’s most wanted terrorist, code named “Jihadi John”, has been identified as a British national, a resident of west London. The masked ISIS killer, who has featured in several beheading videos […]

A BENEVOLENT LAW ABUSED – Racketeers use SIJS to make big money

Feb 13, 2015 - 6:55 am EST @theindpanorama 0

ISIS EXPANDING ‘INTERNATIONAL FOOTPRINT’

Feb 6, 2015 - 5:51 am EST @theindpanorama 0

The Islamic State, despite being driven by Kurdish fighters from its one-time Syrian stronghold in Kobani last week, nevertheless is extending its reach well beyond Iraq and Syria, military officials and analysts warn — represented, […]

Europe

AF TALIBAN NOT A TERROR GROUP: WHITE HOUSE

Jan 31, 2015 - 3:46 am EST @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): The US does not consider the Afghan Taliban as a terrorist outfit, describing it as “an armed insurgency”. It called the Islamic State as a “terrorist” group, drawing a controversial distinction between the […]

United States

US SAYS TALIBAN ‘ARMED INSURGENCY’, ISIS ‘TERRORIST’ GROUP

Jan 30, 2015 - 7:57 am EST @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States has described the Afghan Taliban as “an armed insurgency”, while the Islamic State as a “terrorist” group, drawing a controversial distinction between the two militant organizsations. “The Taliban is […]

United States

ISIS-inspired plot to attack Capitol foiled, one held

Jan 16, 2015 - 7:52 am EST @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): A US man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly plotting an attack on Congress inspired by the ISIS jihadis, according to the Justice department and the FBI. Christopher Cornell, 20, was taken into […]

India

MUMBAI: ANOTHER ISIS TERROR MESSAGE IN AIRPORT WASHROOM

Jan 16, 2015 - 7:30 am EST @theindpanorama 0

MUMBAI (TIP): Security was stepped up at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on January 16 after another terror message was discovered by cleaning staff in a washroom in Terminal 1A. The message warned of an […]

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2014-THE YEAR THAT WAS

Jan 9, 2015 - 7:04 am EST @theindpanorama 0

2014 has not been very different from its predecessors. It has been, like all other years preceding it, a year of mixed events of diverse hues. In India, on the political front, the year proved […]

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Pope’s Christmas address focuses on Pakistani school attack victims

Dec 27, 2014 - 8:14 am EST @theindpanorama 0

VATICAN (TIP): A sombre Pope Francis steeped his Christmas message to the world in sadness for those with little cause for joy — abused children, refugees, hostages and others suffering from violence in the Middle […]

Europe

‘300 Chinese fighting for ISIS in Mideast’

Dec 19, 2014 - 8:54 am EST @theindpanorama 0

BAGHDAD (TIP): About 300 Chinese people are fighting alongside the ISIS in Iraq and Syria, a Chinese state-run newspaper said on Monday, December 15, a rare tally that is likely to fuel worry in China […]

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