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Munich gunman’s spree linked to Norwegian mass murderer, not IS
A teen gunman who killed nine people in a rampage in Munich was “deranged”, police said Saturday, linking his actions to Norwegian far-right mass...
Saudi attacks bear IS ‘hallmark’, says CIA director
CIA Director John Brennan the other day said that three bomb attacks which struck Saudi Arabia last week bore the “hallmark” of the Islamic...
Singapore court jails four Bangladeshis linked to IS
Four Bangladeshi workers who allegedly planned attacks linked to the militant Islamic State (IS) group in their own country were sentenced Tuesday to jail...
Turkey proposes cooperation with Russia in fighting IS
Turkey said on Monday it wanted to cooperate with Moscow in combating the miltiant Islamic State (IS) group in Syria but denied having suggested...
Syrian forces advance on IS-held air base
Syrian government forces advanced to within six miles of the militant Islamic State-occupied Tabqa air base in the northern part of the country on...
Orlando killer had no links to IS: CIA chief
CIA chief John Brennan has told the Senate intelligence committee that his agency found no evidence of a connection between Omar Mateen and the...
Thousands trapped in besieged IS bastion in north Syria
A siege by US-backed Kurdish and Arab forces of the key miltants-held city of Manbij in northern Syria left tens of thousands of civilians...
Blasts near Hazrat Zainab’s shrine in Syria kill 20, IS claims...
Islamic State claimed responsibility for suicide and car bomb blasts that struck a Damascus suburb on Saturday near Syria's holiest Muslim shrine, and a...
IS kills 17 Iraqi soldiers with suicide truck bombs near Ramadi
Islamic State insurgents killed at least 17 Iraqi soldiers with suicide truck bombs on Thursday in a major attack on government forces that recaptured...
Kerry in Iraq: Time to ‘turn up pressure’ on IS extremists
Islamic State extremists are losing ground in Iraq, their leaders and fighters are being eliminated and the group's rank-and-file members are losing hope, US...
250 Syrians missing after IS attack east of Damascus
Some 250 Syrians were missing and feared kidnapped on Thursday after the militant Islamic State (IS) group attacked a cement factory in an advance...
IS claims killing of Christian in Bangladesh as ‘lesson to others’
Islamic State claimed responsibility for stabbing a Christian to death in Bangladesh as a “lesson to others”, an online group that monitors extremist activity...
Turkey blames IS for Istanbul suicide blast
A Turkish Islamic State recruit, Mehmet Ozturk, carried out the suicide bombing that killed four foreigners on a major shopping artery in Istanbul, Interior...
US man gets 22.5 years for recruiting FBI informants to IS
An American man was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison Thursday after trying to recruit FBI informants to the Islamic State (IS) group in...
‘Omar the Chechen’: The notorious IS warlord dies, confirms Pentagon
The Pentagon confirmed on Monday that one of the most notorious faces of the Islamic State, Omar al-Shishani died after being wounded in a...
Syria army retakes key town on road to Aleppo from IS
The Syrian army retook a strategic town from the militant Islamic State (IS) group on Thursday, paving the way for the reopening of its...
Priority of any Syria ground op must be IS: Saudi minister
Any participation by Saudi forces in a US-led ground operation in Syria would focus on fighting the Islamic State group not President Bashar al-Assad,...
