Tunisia has banned wearing niqab at the public institutions for security reasons after terror attacks, said a report.

President Maithripala Sirisena told diplomats on Monday that Sri Lanka, which faced deadly terror attacks on Easter Day, is 99% safe. He urged countries to lift travel ban imposed for the safety of the travellers.

According to the news report, a group of Christians wanted to inspect the vehicle owned by a Muslim, refusing to which, they entered into a heated argument. Soon after, an angry mob gathered and ravaged the neighbourhood, attacking properties owned by Muslims.

The NIA on Monday arrested Riyas Aboobacker for allegedly being in touch with some of the Islamic State operatives who were planning Sri Lanka like suicide bombing in Kerala.

The men set off explosives after an hour-long gun battle with police Saturday, inside what was believed to be a jihadist hideout near the eastern town of Kalmunai, in the latest fallout from the Easter attacks.

Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility of serial blasts in Sri Lanka which killed over 320 people and injured more than 500 people. The Sri Lankan government has blamed the two domestic Islamist extremist groups for carrying out the attack, but they believe that it was done with the help of an international network.

A Delhi court on Thursday sent 10 persons, arrested on the suspicion that they are part of a module of the Islamic State (IS), to police custody for 12 days, officials said.

The United States of America President Donald Trump ordered US military to completely withdraw from Syria, according to an official, as the America has defeated Islamic State in Syria.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday awarded the Peace Prize to Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and former Islamic State (IS) sex slave turned activist Nadia Murad for their efforts to end the use of rape and sexual abuse against women in times of war and armed conflict.

Breaking news south-western Iran reports that Gunmen fired on a military parade, killing 24 members of the semi-official. It is one of the worst attacks ever on the elite force. “There are a number of non-military victims, including women and children who had come to watch the parade,” the IRNA news agency quoted an unnamed official source as saying.