Islamic State extremists are exploiting instability in Africa and Syria and remain a significant threat in Afghanistan, ...

Nigeria's military says it has used precision airstrikes to kill at least 35 Islamic militants in the country's northeast.

The Pentagon provided few details about the operation. But counterterrorism raids — as opposed to airstrikes — typically ...

Syrian state media and a war monitor say a U.S.-led coalition has captured a senior member of the Islamic State group in ...

A 17-year-old boy made a brief appearance Thursday at Montreal's courthouse on terrorism charges. The accused faces three ...

The Islamic State in Somalia is an affiliate of the transnational jihadist group Islamic State, known in short as ISIS. Based in the semi-autonomous northern Somalia territory of Puntland, the ...

The IS jihadist group broke away from al-Qaeda more than a decade ago and attracted supporters from around the world after it ...

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo says that Islamic State-backed rebels in the eastern part of the country ...

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi officials have begun the excavation of what is believed to be a mass grave left behind by the ...

The Islamic State in Somalia broke away from al-Shabab in 2015; its secretive, henna-bearded leader, Abdulqadir Mumin, is now the Islamic State’s global caliph, the U.S. military says.

The Islamic State group’s ruthless credo and military successes have helped spur affiliated groups in Africa, Asia and Europe. It’s a greatly decentralized alliance.

A banner of the Islamic State was found in the truck used to kill 14 people during on New Years’ Day in New Orleans, officials say. By The Associated Press Wire Service Jan. 1, 2025 ...