New Jersey man admits to helping ISIS
A West New York man has admitted to he helped provide material to the Islamic State of Iraq by flying his brother oveseas to join the terrorist group. Continue reading…
View ArticleFrance bombs Islamic State HQ, hunts attacker who got away
France launched "massive" air strikes on the Islamic State group's de-facto capital in Syria Sunday night, destroying a jihadi training camp and a munitions dump in the city of Raqqa, where Iraqi...
View Articlede Blasio: City won't be intimated by new ISIS video
Mayor Bill de Blasio said New York City will not be intimidated by a newly released Islamic State group video showing images of Times Square, and that residents should continue to go to work and live...
View ArticleUS official: Airstrikes have killed 10 Islamic State leaders
U.S. and coalition airstrikes killed 10 Islamic State leaders over the past month, including several linked to the Paris attacks or other plots against the West, a U.S. military official in Iraq said...
View ArticlePentagon lays out plan to take back Mosul, Raqqa from IS
Defense Secretary Ash Carter laid out broad plans Wednesday to defeat Islamic State militants and retake the group's key power centers in Iraq and Syria. And he announced that a special commando force...
View ArticleFederal agent says Iraqi refugee wanted to bomb Texas malls
An Iraqi refugee who is facing charges that he tried to help the Islamic State group wanted to set off bombs at two Houston malls and was learning to make electronic transmitters that could be used to...
View ArticleIslamic State militants claim deadly attack in Jakarta
The scene had echoes of the Paris attacks: A bustling shopping area shaken by the blasts of suicide bombers and gunfire as onlookers fled in terror. Continue reading…
View ArticleUS struggling to build anti-Islamic State strategy in Libya
U.S. officials have publicly warned of the risks of Libya becoming the next Syria, where the Islamic State flourished amid civil war and spread into Iraq. Continue reading…
View ArticleIntelligence officials: IS determined to strike US this year
Leaders of the Islamic State are determined to strike targets in the United States this year, senior U.S. intelligence officials said Tuesday, telling lawmakers that a small group of violent extremists...
View ArticleTrial to start on IS-linked charges in Texas cartoon contest
Two of the men brought semiautomatic rifles and an Islamic State flag to the May 3 contest featuring cartoons deemed offensive to Muslims and died in a shootout with police before hurting anyone...
View ArticleNJ Air Force vet guilty of trying to join Islamic State
A U.S. Air Force veteran was convicted Wednesday of terrorism charges for attempting to join the Islamic State group and die a martyr, the first verdict from more than 70 cases the government has...
View ArticleUS says IS chem weapons effort "degraded" but not destroyed
The U.S. has "disrupted and degraded" the Islamic State's ability to produce chemical weapons by launching multiple airstrikes in Iraq based on information provided by a militant leader who was...
View ArticleFree speech bill withdrawn after Islamic State comments
A Republican lawmaker on Thursday defended his comments that free speech rights on Tennessee college campuses should apply to everyone -- even recruiters for the Islamic State group. Continue reading…
View ArticleFBI: IS group inspired California student in stabbings
A California college student who went on a stabbing rampage that wounded four people before he was shot down by a campus police officer was inspired by the Islamic State group but acted alone, the FBI...
View ArticleBrussels airport attack is 2nd major bombing for Utah teen
Mason Wells, a 19-year-old from Sandy, Utah, is expected to make a full recovery, after the bombing at the Brussels airport Tuesday left him with a surgery scar, a severed Achilles tendon, a head gash,...
View ArticleBelgian authorities hunt Brussels bombing suspect
Belgian authorities searched Wednesday for a man pictured at the Brussels airport with two apparent suicide bombers, amid growing suggestions that the bombings of the Brussels airport and subway were...
View ArticleIraq says it's launched offensive to recapture IS-held Mosul
The Iraqi military backed by U.S.-led coalition aircraft on Thursday launched a long-awaited operation to recapture the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants, a military spokesman said....
View ArticleSyrian forces poised to retake IS-held Palmyra
Syrian government forces were on the verge Thursday of recapturing Palmyra, an ancient town in central Syria controlled by the Islamic State group, having pushed closer to its outer edges with the...
View ArticleUS moving to increase troops in Iraq; IS leader killed
The Pentagon said Friday it was moving to increase the number of American troops in Iraq amid new strikes this week that killed the Islamic State's finance minister and other senior leaders. Still, top...
View ArticleTense commuters, politicians: No more 'normal' in Brussels
Investigators say they are still looking for at least one suspect in the attacks seven days ago, when suicide bombers killed 32 people at Brussels' airport and in a subway station near the European...
View ArticleMan charged with threatening to shoot, blow up Walgreens
A Minnesota man accused of lying to the FBI about when he last contacted the Islamic State group was charged Tuesday in state court after allegedly threatening to "shoot up" a Walgreens. Continue reading…
View ArticleSeeing slow progress, leaders face disparate nuclear threats
Dozens of world leaders assembling Friday for a nuclear security summit will confront a disparate array of modern-day threats, ranging from government actors like North Korea to murkier groups like the...
View ArticleUS says Iran forces pulling back in Syria; others say no
The Obama administration is making the case that Iran is drawing down its elite fighting force from Syria in an effort to allay fears that Tehran is using its powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...
View ArticleCapitol plot suspect appears competent; Nov. 1 trial set
A suburban Cincinnati man, the beard and long hair he had when arrested gone, has been calling himself again by his birth name and appears competent to stand trial on charges that he plotted to attack...
View ArticleFeds: Minnesota men spoke of terrorist attacks in US
Some of the four Minnesota men facing trial next month for conspiring to join the Islamic State group had discussed the possibility of attacks in the United States, according to a document filed by...
View ArticleFBI head: Islamic State brand losing attraction in US
Fewer Americans are traveling to fight alongside the Islamic State and the power of the extremist group's brand has diminished in the United States, FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday. Continue...
View ArticleUS envoy in anti-IS battle: 'perverse caliphate' shrinking
The Obama administration's diplomatic point man in the international fight against the Islamic State group says the extremists have been losing control over territory and that "this perverse caliphate...
View ArticleIraqi forces push into Fallujah as IS bombings kill 24
Iraqi forces started pushing into the city of Fallujah on Monday as a wave of bombings claimed by the Islamic State group in Baghdad and near the Iraqi capital killed at least 24 people. Continue reading…
View Article3 guilty of conspiracy to commit murder abroad in IS case
Three Minnesota men accused of plotting to go to Syria to join the Islamic State group were convicted Friday of conspiracy to commit murder overseas. Continue reading…
View ArticleSuspected IS attack kills dozens at Istanbul's airport
Suspected Islamic State group extremists have hit the international terminal of Istanbul's Ataturk airport, killing dozens of people and wounding many others, Turkish officials said Tuesday. Continue...
View ArticleNJ airports increase security after Istanbul attack
Additional police officers are being deployed to airports in New York City and New Jersey after an attack at an airport in Istanbul, Turkey. Continue reading…
View ArticleBase in Turkey used for US-led missions still without power
The air base at Incirlik, Turkey, used to launch U.S.-led coalition airstrikes and other missions against Islamic State militants remains without power four days after a failed coup. Continue reading…
View ArticleUS launches airstrikes targeting IS militants in Libya
The United States launched multiple airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Libya on Monday, opening a new, more persistent front against the group at the request of the United Nations-backed...
View ArticleObama: Islamic State likely to continue to threaten US
The Islamic State group will probably continue to be a threat to the U.S. even after it is ousted from key strongholds in Iraq and Syria, President Barack Obama said Thursday, warning that lone-wolf...
View ArticleMost Islamic State-related defendants get maximum sentence
The majority of terrorism defendants in the United States who have been sentenced for supporting the Islamic State group received the maximum 15 years in prison, according to a summary filed Friday by...
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