Islamic State

German prosecutors said Tuesday they have filed an indictment against a man who allegedly joined the Islamic State group in Iraq and planned to carry out an attack in Germany on its behalf.

The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday that two targeted airstrikes in Syria eliminated 37 terrorists aligned with the Islamic State and al-Qaeda, including several senior leaders.

The stepped-up security comes after an August attack by a Syrian asylum seeker in Solingen that left three dead and eight wounded.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani told Bloomberg News in an interview published Tuesday that he believes there “is no need” for troops from America or other members of the coalition against the Islamic State to remain in the country, suggesting he will soon expel them.

Specialist police have taken over the investigation after a migrant knifeman shouting “Allahu Akbar” raided a police station.

A September report from Open Doors International details the dire situation faced by Christians hunted to the verge of extinction in Nigeria.

The suspects in the foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna earlier this month sought to kill “tens of thousands” of fans before the CIA discovered intelligence that disrupted the planning and led to arrests, the agency’s deputy director said.

Snipers from Russia’s national guard on Friday killed four inmates who had seized prison guards as hostages and declared allegiance to ISIS.

Two men have been charged in Germany with planning an attack in Sweden for an ISIS affiliate in response to Qur’an burnings.

The Taliban on Wednesday celebrated the three-year anniversary of the disastrous Biden-Harris withdrawal that gave them power in Afghanistan, more secure in power than ever despite constant complaints from the international community about their appalling human rights offenses.

A leading South African bishop has warned of a mounting presence and increased financial activity of individuals linked to the Islamic State.

U.N. experts warn the Islamic State and its affiliates are gaining power in West Africa and the Sahel region.

The prime suspect in bomb plot to kill Taylor Swift fans at a concert in Vienna “today or tomorrow” has been revealed.

VIENNA — Organizers of three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna this week called them off on Wednesday after officials announced arrests over an apparent plot to launch an attack on an event in the Vienna area such as the concerts.

An Islamist cleric reportedly called upon his followers to raise money to buy an island in Scotland to establish a de facto Islamic State.

Terrorists opened fire on a Shiite mosque outside of Muscat, Oman, launching a ten-hour siege that concluded with at least nine dead.

The Supreme Judicial Council of Iraq setenced an unnamed wife of former Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to death.

Iranian man charged with terrorism over 2022 attack at LGBTQ+ festival in Norway, in which two people were killed and nine seriously wounded.

Officials say 18 people died Saturday when female suicide bombers targeted people in northern Nigeria, leaving community members on edge.

15-year-old boy handed four-year sentence for planning to drive a rented truck into a Christmas market and kill as many visitors as possible.

Sergei Melikov, the governor of Dagestan, said on Monday that Islamic “sleeper cells” under foreign direction carried out the bloody attacks on churches and synagogues that killed at least 21 people on Sunday.

Iraqi man accused of standing by to carry out attacks for the Islamic State group after he arrived in Germany in 2022 has been arrested.

Germany’s spy chief admitted that Islamist terrorists have likely infiltrated the European Union through the Ukraine refugee scheme.

A liberal, women-led Berlin mosque known as a haven for gay Muslims was a target for an Islamic State terror cell in Germany, prosecutors say.

Gunmen attacked the United States embassy building in Lebanon on Wednesday morning, according to a statement from the U.S. government.

Kurdish citizens protested across Turkey after a court sentenced former HDP leader Selahattin Demirtas to 42 years in prison.

Nigerian Christians took the streets on Tuesday to protest their government’s incompetence in containing the threat of radical Islamist terrorism, marking the 21st birthday of Christian longtime Boko Haram captive Leah Sharibu.

Two men accused of plotting to gun down Jews in an Islamic State-inspired attack in northwest England held without bail.

The Taliban junta is putting some effort into reviving tourism in Afghanistan, and “adventure tourism” companies say it is working.

Authorities in Turkey have arrested more than 100 people in the past week accused of having ties to the Islamic State terrorist organization, including eight detained on Monday allegedly plotting a bomb attack on communist May Day marches in Istanbul.

An organization tracking violence in Syria reported on Monday that Islamic State jihadists killed four of dictator Bashar Assad’s soldiers in an attack intentionally targeting the military, the latest in what experts fear is an accelerating escalation in ISIS activity in the country.

German police arrested three teenagers accused of planning a knife or firebomb attack on churches and police stations for the Islamic State. 

Two Iraqis accused of being members of the Islamic State group and keeping two young Yazidi girls as slaves.

ISIS-linked media published calls to attack high-profile football matches expected to be attended by tens of thousands of fans this week.

Maysr al-Jabouri, a leading Iraqi jihadist widely known by the alias “Abu Maria al-Qahtani,” was killed on Thursday by a suicide bomber.

The government of Iran reportedly warned Russia about an impending terrorist attack days before the Crocus City Hall massacre.