JAKARTA—Australia’s consulate in the Indonesian city of Surabaya boosted security measures on Aug. 23 after a social media post urged militants to “kill” its officials there. The nation’s Department of Foreign Affairs updated its travel advisory on Aug. 23, noting that Australian officials in Surabaya would not be attending an event at the Airlangga University […]

The leader of the ISIS terrorist group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has allegedly resurfaced on Aug. 22 for the first time in nearly a year, urging his followers to “persevere” and continue fighting the group’s “enemies” in a purported audio recording. The 54-minute audio was released by the extremist group’s central media arm, al-Furqan Foundation, on […]

Australia has cancelled the citizenship of five individuals due to their involvement with the ISIS terrorist group overseas. Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said in a statement on Aug. 9 that the five individuals, who were dual nationals, have been acting contrary to Australia’s interest by engaging in terrorism. The ISIS terrorist group “is opposed to […]

The Syrian military is preparing to push out remaining ISIS terrorist fighters, who still control a small piece of territory in the south. ISIS has ramped up its violence as its forces dwindle. Last month ISIS killed more than 200 civilians and abducted more than 30 people, mostly women and children in Syria’s southeastern Suwayda […]

WeChat is a behemoth among the many social media apps developed in China. Chinese citizens use it not only to keep in touch with their friends and family, but also to read the news and make online transactions. For many Chinese who decide to study abroad or immigrate overseas, WeChat remains their main source of news, and […]

A car bomb killed at least 26 people on Saturday and wounded dozens more during an unprecedented ceasefire between the Taliban and Afghan forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar in Afghanistan, an official told Reuters. Earlier in the day, unarmed Taliban members gathered in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and other cities to celebrate the […]

KUALA LUMPUR—Malaysia has detained 15 suspected Islamic extremists including a teenager and a housewife accused of plotting separate “lone wolf” attacks on places of worship around the capital, Kuala Lumpur, police said on Friday. Police rounded up the 15, including nine foreigners, in several security operations between March 27 and May 9, Inspector-General of Police […]

MISRATA, Libya—Libya will return to Egypt on Monday the bodies of 20 Egyptian Christians killed in 2015 by ISIS in its former Libyan stronghold of Sirte, a Libyan security official said. The bodies were recovered in October after the area where they were buried was recaptured from the jihadist group. The Coptic Christians were beheaded […]

PARIS — An assailant shouting “Allahu Akbar” killed a passer-by in a knife attack that also wounded four others in the heart of Paris late on Saturday, May 12, before he was shot dead by police, French authorities said. The assailant, who has not yet been named, was born in 1997 in Chechnya, a judicial source […]

BAGHDAD—Iraqi agents are holding a top aide to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and used an app on his mobile phone to lure four commanders from the group into a trap, a security advisor to the Iraqi government said on Thursday. Ismail al-Eithawi, who also uses the alias Abu Zaid al-Iraqi, was captured in February […]

WASHINGTON—A 17-year-old boy in Plano, Texas, has been arrested and charged with plotting a mass shooting inspired by the ISIS at a shopping mall, law enforcement agencies said on Wednesday. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and police said high-school student Matin Azizi-Yarand had planned the attack for mid-May and had sought to recruit others for […]

KABUL–Afghanistan forces killed an important ISIS commander in an air strike, one year after he defected from the Taliban and established a new ISIS foothold in the country, security officials said. Qari Hekmat was killed in a drone strike on Thursday afternoon in the Darz Aab district of Afghanistan’s northern Jawzjan province, said Hanif Rezaee, […]

A man who brutally mutilated and murdered his wife in front of their three children — all under six — has been sentenced to life in prison. The 36-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the children, was sentenced on Thursday, March 29, for violently attacking his 27-year-old wife. He mutilated her […]

PARIS–France will pay a national tribute to a security officer who died from gunshot wounds after voluntarily taking the place of a female hostage during a supermarket siege by an Islamist terrorist, President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday. Arnaud Beltrame, 44, a gendarme who once served in Iraq, had been raced to hospital fighting for […]

MANILA—At least 44 pro-ISIS terrorists were killed and 26 more were wounded when Philippine soldiers shelled positions held by the rebels in southern Maguindanao province, the army said on Sunday. The fighting, initially with about 50 members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), broke out in a remote village in Datu Saudi Ampatuan town […]

ADEN—At least 14 people were killed and 40 wounded when Islamist car suicide bombers and gunmen tried to storm the headquarters of a counter-terrorism unit in the southern port city of Aden on Saturday, security and medical sources said. The ISIS terrorist group, in a statement carried by its Amaq news agency, claimed responsibility for […]

Iraqi security services have included the daughter of the late Saddam Hussein on its most wanted list, along with 59 other individuals. Authorities say the 60 people are wanted on suspicion of belonging to ISIS, al-Qaeda, or the the former Iraqi regime’s Baath Party, reports AFP. Raghad Saddam Hussein, the fallen Iraqi dictator’s eldest daughter, responded […]

A New York man has pleaded guilty to trying to help ISIS by traveling to Turkey with the goal of entering Syria and fighting for the militant group, federal prosecutors announced on Tuesday. Arafat Nagi, 47, entered his plea on Monday before U.S. District Judge Richard Arcara in Buffalo, New York, the U.S. Department of […]

MARAWI CITY, Philippines–Islamist terrorists looted cash, gold and jewelry worth tens of millions of dollars when they occupied a southern Philippines town last year, treasure one of their leaders has used to recruit around 250 fighters for fresh attacks. The military said Humam Abdul Najib escaped from Marawi City, which the terrorists had hoped to establish […]

NEW YORK–The Bangladeshi man accused of attempting a suicide bombing in a busy New York City commuter hub in the name of ISIS in December was indicted on U.S. terrorism charges by a grand jury on Wednesday. Akayed Ullah, 27, faces charges that include supporting a foreign terrorist organization, using a weapon of mass destruction […]