Irish-language rap band Kneecap said on Thursday that a charge of a terrorism offence against one of its members for displaying a flag of banned terrorist group Hezbollah represented an attempt to prosecute artists who speak out.

The police said that they were investigating the case and initial reports suggest that Ajaz, who appears to be in his 20s, was killed in a crossfire.

After fighting terrorism for decades, Punjab now has an elite force of commandos, trained and equipped to contain, counter and neutralize non-traditional terror threats in the state, called the special operation group

The Narendra Modi government has given the security forces a free hand in taking the strongest action against those indulging in terrorism, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Friday.

Egypt accused Qatar on Thursday of adopting a "pro-terrorist" policy that violated United Nations Security Council resolutions and described it as "shameful" that the 15-member body had not held Qatar accountable.

Days after security forces in Jammu and Kashmir killed eight top Hizb-ul-Mujahideen terrorists, a photo that is in wide circulation online shows a new batch of terror recruits.

Bangladesh police said Friday they had arrested the "spiritual leader" of a banned Islamist outfit alleged to have carried out a series of deadly attacks in the country.

At least 21 people were killed and 45 wounded in twin bombings near the Afghan parliament in Kabul on Tuesday, a security official told AFP.

A suicide bomber targeted Baghdad's main vegetable market Sunday, killing at least 12 people in the latest attack claimed by the ISIS group as Iraqi forces battle the jihadists for Mosul.

An ISIS supporter who was shot dead in Russia after he attacked police officers with an axe had planned to travel to Germany to join members of his family there, two people who knew him told Reuters.

Singapore sentenced four Bangladeshis to between two and five years jail today after they pleaded guilty to raising money for an alleged Islamist terror plot in their home country.

India and China today agreed to form a ministerial-level mechanism headed by their home ministers for the first time to step up cooperation and coordination on a host of security-related issues, including cross-border terrorism, smuggling and drug trafficking.