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ISLAMIC STATE

A picture shows a promotional poster bearing the portrait of Syria's interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, next to a defaced portrait of U.S. President Donald Trump in Damascus on Wednesday.
WORLD
Jul 12, 2025
U.N. report sees no active Syrian state links to al-Qaida
The finding could strengthen an expected U.S. push for removing U.N. sanctions on Syria.
People and rescuers inspect the damage at the site of a reported suicide attack at the Saint Elias church in Damascus on Sunday.
WORLD
Jun 23, 2025
Twenty killed in suicide bombing at Damascus church
It was the first suicide bombing in Damascus since Bashar Assad was toppled by an Islamist-led rebel insurgency in December.
Islamic State billboards are seen along a street in Raqqa, eastern Syria, which is controlled by the Islamic State, on Oct. 29, 2014. The billboard (R) reads: "We will win despite the global coalition."
WORLD
May 11, 2025
Qataris search for bodies of Americans killed by Islamic State in Syria
Islamic State, which controlled swathes of Syria and Iraq from 2014-2017, killed numerous people in captivity and released videos of the murders.
A soldier from the U.S.-led coalition holds the hand of a boy during a joint U.S.- Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces patrol in the countryside of Qamishli in northeastern Syria in February 2024.
WORLD
Apr 19, 2025
U.S. to withdraw some 1,000 troops from Syria
President Donald Trump has long been skeptical of Washington's presence in Syria.
A patch of the Islamic State group is seen on a fighter's uniform in Damascus on Dec. 27, 2024.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 6, 2025
The quiet financier: Islamic State group's elusive strongman
Abdul Qadir Mumin may already be running the group's general directorate of provinces from Somalia, even if he lacks an official title.
Police officers on Bourbon Street, hours after a man drove a pickup truck into people in the French Quarter of New Orleans, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 4, 2025
How the Islamic State radicalizes people today
On New Year’s Day, a man with an Islamic State group flag killed at least 14 people when he drove into a crowd in New Orleans.
A police officer enters a vehicle on Thursday at the location where a truck was driven into a crowd of New Year's Day revelers in New Orleans, Louisiana, a day earlier.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 3, 2025
Texas man behind New Orleans attack acted alone, FBI says
The suspect, identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Texan who once served in the U.S. Army in Afghanistan, had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group.
Abdur Rahim Jabbar, half-brother of the man accused of the New Orleans truck attack, sits in the garage of their house in Beaumont, Texas, on Thursday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 3, 2025
Investigators seek clues to New Orleans attacker's path to radicalization
It is still unclear what contact Shamsud-Din Jabbar might have had with overseas extremist groups.
Police officers investigate the scene after 15 people were killed by a man driving a truck in an attack during New Year's celebrations, in New Orleans on Thursday.
WORLD
Jan 3, 2025
New Orleans attack shows enduring influence of Islamic State group
Since 2019, when then-U.S. President Donald Trump declared the group’s so-called caliphate had been defeated, Islamic State has "metastasized” elsewhere.
New Orleans' French Quarter following an early-morning attack on Jan. 1
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 2, 2025
‘No terrorist to me’: Relatives and friends saw few signs before attack
The violence appeared to explode out of nowhere to those who had known Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar as a quiet and caring person. But there were also signs of growing instability.
Police tape and vehicles are seen on Canal Street and Bourbon Street in New Orleans, where a pickup truck barreled through a crowd on Wednesday, killing at least 15 and injuring scores others.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 2, 2025
Attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas rattle U.S. over security threats
Investigators are searching for possible links between the two events, which come less than a month before Donald Trump is sworn in as president.
Police investigators surround a white truck in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 2, 2025
FBI probes New Orleans truck ramming as IS-inspired terrorist attack
A U.S. Army veteran drove into the city's French Quarter on New Year's Day, killing 15 in what officials suspect might be a coordinated attack inspired by the Islamic State group.
The ancient city of Hatra, Iraq, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 27, 2024
Why cultural heritage must be protected in wartime
Attacks on cultural sites are acts of cultural erasure, born of the same eliminationist motives that also drive genocide.
Syrian President Bashar Assad's downfall stemmed from his failure to reform the country's corrupt, sectarian regime and an economy ravaged by war, leaving his government unable to withstand the recent rebel offensive.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 13, 2024
Syria’s kleptocratic rule and a house of cards
Like the fictional mafia family, Assad’s regime relied on kickbacks from wealthy business owners and shaking down foreigners.
People gather at Umayyad Square in Damascus on Sunday. The Islamist-led rebels declared that they have taken the city.
WORLD
Dec 8, 2024
Syrian rebels topple President Assad; prime minister calls for free elections
Syrian rebels seized Damascus, ending President Bashar Assad's 13-year rule and raising uncertainty over a transition led by Islamist group HTS in a war-torn nation.
The agreement follows more than six months of talks between Baghdad and Washington, initiated by Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (center) in January amid attacks by Iran-backed Iraqi armed groups on U.S. forces stationed at Iraqi bases.
WORLD
Sep 7, 2024
U.S.-Iraq deal would see hundreds of troops withdraw in first year
The plan has been broadly agreed but requires a final go-ahead from both capitals and an announcement date.
An ISIS flag hangs in the bombed-out remains of a palace that militants used as a headquarters in Mosul, Iraq, in 2017.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 26, 2024
Islamic State supporters turn to AI to bolster online support
Digital experts say groups like IS and far-right movements are increasingly using AI online and testing the limits of safety controls on social media platforms.
Police escort a 26-year-old Syrian man who is a suspect in a stabbing rampage in the western German city of Solingen, in which several individuals were killed, as he leaves the Federal Public Prosecutor in Karlsruhe, Germany, on Sunday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 26, 2024
Suspect in German stabbing rampage is Syrian man who confessed
After the stabbing, some German politicians have urged enhanced security, stiffer punishment for violent crimes and limits to immigration.
Police officers at the scene of a stabbing in Solingen, Germany, on Saturday.
WORLD
Aug 25, 2024
German police arrest suspect in stabbing rampage
The Islamic State group earlier claimed responsibility for Friday's knife attack that also wounded eight people.
Qatari and French officers patrol on horseback down a street in central Paris on Friday, a week ahead of the opening ceremony for the Summer Olympics.
WORLD
Jul 20, 2024
France races to head off Islamic State group threat to Paris Olympics
The outreach comes in the wake of two major attacks this year that authorities say were carried out by Tajik members of the militant group.
Students in Japan struggle with Japanese language and math sections on national exam
The correct answer rate for the Japanese language section on a national test dropped to 67.0% from 67.8% the previous year among elementary school sixth-graders.
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Japan researchers identify gut bacteria strain that boosts anticancer drugs
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say a new type of gut bacteria named YB328 could help unlock the potential of cancer immunotherapy.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
Japanese scientists discover clue to why women burn more fat than men
Scientists say a recently-published study could help explain why women are typically less prone to weight-related conditions and may lead to new therapies that target calorie-burning mechanisms.
Music idol and anime fandom merch is big business
Businesses who cater to fandoms gathered at Tokyo Lifestyle Week for the second annual Oshikatsu — Merch Collection Expo, a trade show devoted to fandom goods.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.

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