Following clash in Kashmir region, Islamic State claims it has created a 'province' in India
The Islamic State (IS) on Friday claimed for the first time that it has established a "province" in India, after a clash between militants and security forces in the contested Kashmir region killed a militant with alleged ties to the group. IS's Amaq News Agency ...
Wounded and alone, children emerge from last Islamic State enclave
Hareth Najem fled Islamic State's last enclave in eastern Syria wounded and alone. The Iraqi orphan's family had died two years earlier in airstrikes across the border in al-Qaim region. "I had two brothers and a sister. They all died, and then I was by ...
Morocco links suspect in Scandinavian women's slaying to militant group and probes grisly video
A man suspected in the killing of two female tourists, from Norway and Denmark, in Morocco's Atlas Mountains belongs to a militant group, a prosecutor said on Wednesday, without identifying the group. The women's bodies were found on Monday in an isolated area near Imlil, ...
Philippine Islamist militants free Korean and Filipino from cargo ship
Islamist militants in the Philippines allied with Islamic State freed on Saturday a South Korean cargo ship captain and a Filipino member of his crew held captive for more than three months on a southern island, an army spokesman said. Park Chulhong, skipper of the ...
Gun woman used in foiled copter skyjacking tied to Greek anarchists
Greece's anti-terrorism squad is investigating the attempted hijacking of a helicopter by a woman armed with a gun that police have linked to a domestic militant anarchist group. Police say the pilot wrestled with the woman and — although she fired three shots — safely ...
U.S. presses Toyota over how Islamic State got its truck fleet
Toyota has spoken with U.S. officials about the prominent use of its vehicles by militants in Syria, Iraq and Libya. "We are supporting the U.S. Treasury Department's broader inquiry into international supply chains and the flow of capital and goods in the Middle East," Toyota ...
Pakistan says its airstrikes killed 65 militants near Afghan border
Pakistani airstrikes killed 65 militants on Monday in two tribal regions along the Afghan border, the army said, part of a yearlong campaign against insurgents in rugged areas where they have long sheltered. Strikes in two areas of North Waziristan killed 50 militants and destroyed ...
Australian IS militants who displayed severed heads reportedly killed in Iraq
Australia is close to confirming the reported death in Iraq of two home-grown militants who shot to infamy last year after being photographed holding the severed heads of Syrian soldiers, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Tuesday. Australia issued arrest warrants for suspected Australian Islamic ...
Tunisia forces killed nine Islamist militants, including a top commander, during a raid late on Saturday, the government said, hours before world leaders were due to march in Tunis in solidarity after an attack on the Bardo museum this month. French President Francois Hollande was ...
Boko Haram militants stage attacks in northern Cameroon, briefly hold army camp
Some 1,000 suspected Boko Haram fighters from Nigeria attacked five towns in northern Cameroon over the weekend and briefly occupied a military camp on Sunday before being dislodged by the air force, an army spokesman said. The heavily armed group attacked the military camp in ...
Al-Shabab militants attack AU Somalia base; at least five dead
Gunmen attacked the African Union's main base in Mogadishu on Thursday, leading to an exchange of gunfire between militants and soldiers that left at least five militants dead, an official with the mission in Somalia said. Somali extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack ...
Somali militants behead two policewomen; cop retaliates with prisoners
Al Shabaab militants have beheaded two Somali policewomen, prompting a policeman to kill five women linked to the group who were being held for a possible swap of captives, an official said on Wednesday. The policeman killed the women — all wives of rebels from ...
