Islamic State militants kill ten Iraqis in ‘fierce clashes’

At least ten members of an Iraqi militia group have been killed in an attack by Islamic State militants.

A statement released by the Shia-dominated Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) said the deaths came during “fierce clashes” with IS.

Boko Haram/ISWAP recruiting in Lake Chad region, says MNJTF

The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has raised the alarm on Boko Haram/Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists’ recruitment drive in the Lake Chad region to replace its lost fighters.

Nemesis as military airstrike kills ISWAP leaders in Borno, in one of many wins for troops

Nigeria - Scores of Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) leaders have been killed in a recent airstrike by the Nigerian Military, it was learnt.

Busted? UK rapper Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary arrested on suspicion of fighting for Islamic State (PHOTOS)

A former London rapper has been arrested on suspicion of joining Islamic State fighters in Syria.

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Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary was arrested on Monday in southern Spain, according to The Associated Press, which cited two sources close to the investigation.

And ISIS claims responsibility for Thursday morning rocket attack on US base in Afghanistan

[By NewsNow, The Forefront] ISIS has claimed responsibility for a rocket attack on Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan early Thursday morning.

Nigerian troops eliminate another top Boko Haram commander Abu Usamah

The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) have eliminated another top Boko Haram commander, Abu Usamah in an encounter on March 22 at Gorgi in Borno.

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Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Benard Onyeuko, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.

KABOOM! 'Islamic State-infested' island wiped out by 40 tonnes of explosives

US warplanes have dropped 40 tonnes of explosives on an island in northern Iraq to annihilate an Islamic State hideout.

F-15 and F-35 fighter jets were used in the joint operation between US-led coalition forces and the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service, which targeted Qanus Island in the Tigris River.

Iraq condemns German woman to death for belonging to IS

An Iraqi court said Sunday it had condemned to death by hanging a German woman of Moroccan origin after finding her guilty of belonging to the Islamic State jihadist group.

She is one of hundreds of foreign jihadists held by Iraqi authorities, who in December announced the defeat of IS after a gruelling three-year battle.

US carries first airstrikes against IS in Somalia

The US military has conducted for the first time two airstrikes against Islamic State group fighters in Somalia, where the group is a growing presence in a country long threatened by the al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab.

A US official said the strikes were carried out in northeastern Somalia, with the first around midnight local time and the second later Friday morning. The official was not authorized to discuss the mission publicly so spoke on condition of anonymity.

Police discover IS note in New York's Manhattan attack truck that killed 8

A man suspected of killing eight people and injuring at least ten more in a vehicle truck attack left a note pledging allegiance to Islamic State, US media has reported.

Officials have said they discovered the note, which one officer said was written in a foreign language, in the truck Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov allegedly drove through a busy Manhattan cycle route on Tuesday afternoon.

Iraq forces defeat IS group incursion near Ramadi

Islamic State group fighters seized areas around Ramadi, west of Baghdad, on Wednesday in an apparent attempt at a diversion from offensives on its last Iraqi footholds but were swiftly defeated, security sources said.

The jihadist infiltrators briefly occupied three areas near the city, which is the capital of mainly Sunni Arab Anbar province, long a bastion of insurgency, the sources said.

Police make third arrest in London Tube bombing

British police on Tuesday arrested a third suspect over the bombing of a packed London Underground train which injured 30 people last week.

The 25-year-old man was detained by anti-terror officers in Newport, Wales, London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement.

Second man arrested over London Tube terrorist attack

London police say a second man has been arrested in connection with the Parsons Green subway attack.

British police said Sunday they had made a second arrest in connection with the bombing of a London Underground train, as their probe into the terror attack widened.

Islamic State group claims friday London attack

The Islamic State group on Friday claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on a packed London Underground train the same day that injured at least 29 people.

Scores killed in twin southern Iraq attacks claimed by IS group

Gunmen and suicide car bombers killed at least 74 people Thursday near the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, in the deadliest attack claimed by the Islamic State group since it lost second city Mosul.

The assailants struck at midday, opening fire on a restaurant before getting into a car and blowing themselves up at a nearby security checkpoint, officials said.

Syrian army retakes strategic military airport from Islamic State group

Syrian troops broke the Islamic State group's siege of Deir Ezzor military airport Saturday, dealing a fresh blow to the jihadists who also face a new offensive from US-backed fighters elsewhere in the province.

Oil-rich Deir Ezzor province borders Iraq and is a strategic prize for both the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Russian-supported government troops.

Iraq declares victory over IS group in 'liberated' Tal Afar

Iraqi Prime Minister Hayder al-Abadi declared victory over Islamic State militants in Tal Afar and the entire province of Nineveh on Thursday, despite continued fighting in the small town of al-‘Ayadiya.

Tal Afar had become the next target of the US-backed war on the jihadist group following the capture of Mosul, where it had declared its “caliphate” over parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014.

US-led coalition strikes at IS fighters being evacuated from Lebanon

The US-led coalition carried out two sets of air strikes on Wednesday to block Islamic State group fighters evacuated from Lebanon from reaching eastern Syria, its spokesman told AFP.

Hundreds of IS fighters and civilians were evacuated Monday from the border region between Lebanon and Syria under a ceasefire deal and were headed to an IS-held town near Syria's eastern frontier with Iraq.

Tal Afar’s historic city centre recaptured from IS group, say Iraqi forces

Iraqi forces announced Saturday the ouster of Islamic State (IS) group fighters from central Tal Afar and its historic citadel, leaving them poised to fully recapture one of the jihadist group’s last urban strongholds in the country.

The advance, less than a week into an assault on the strategic city, came after Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory in Mosul, where the IS group declared its "caliphate" in 2014.

Several dead after IS militants storm Shiite mosque in Kabul

A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in Kabul as other attackers stormed the building, killing at least 30 people including worshippers gathering for Friday prayers, officials said.

Islamic State, which has launched several attacks against minority Shi’ite targets in Afghanistan, claimed responsibility, the jihadist group’s news agency said.