The Latest Breaking News from Islamic State

Blast at Afghanistan journalist event kills at least one, injures eight

A blast hit a cultural centre during an event for journalists in northern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least one person and wounding eight, according to authorities and journalists, a few days after the province's governor died in an explosion claimed by Islamic State.

Reuters · Mar 11, 2023

Suspected ISIS member denies funding terrorism

A west London-born man suspected of being part of Islamic State in Syria has pleaded not guilty to terror funding charges.

Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2023

ISIS bride chained up five-year-old girl in sun and let her die of thirst

Jennifer Wenisch, 31, and her husband, an ISIS fighter, bought the five-year-old girl and her mother as slaves in Iraq before they chained her up in the scorching sun and left her to die

Daily Mirror · Mar 10, 2023

Jury mulls death penalty or life for man in bike path attack

A New York jury has begun deliberating whether to impose the death penalty on a Uzbekistan citizen who killed eight people on a Manhattan bike path in a terrorist attack five years ago

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023

Militant Islamist violence in Africa surges – deaths up nearly 50%, events up 22% in a year

Militant Islamist violence in Africa set new records for violent events and fatalities this past year. This continues a relentless decade-long upward trend. To give a sense of the accelerating pace of this threat, both violent events and fatalities have almost doubled since 2019.

The Conversation · Mar 7, 2023

Al Qaeda leader in North Africa grants exclusive interview to FRANCE 24

Algerian Islamist Abu Obeida Youssef al-Aanabi, the current leader of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), granted an exclusive interview to FRANCE 24 in which he officially confirmed his group is holding French journalist Olivier Dubois, who was kidnapped in Mali in 2021, and discussed the role of jihadism…

France 24 · Mar 6, 2023

Pakistan's police in crosshairs of terrorists

Pakistan has witnessed a surge in terror attacks on its security officials over the past few months as the country struggles to fight back the Pakistan Taliban, Islamic State and other terror outfits that are slowly expanding their foothold in areas bordering Afghanistan.

The Times of India · Mar 6, 2023

Pakistan bomb attack kills at least 10 policemen, wounds 12

A bomber riding on a motorcycle has rammed into a police truck in Pakistan, killing at least 10 policemen and wounding 12 officers

The New Daily · Mar 6, 2023

Suicide bombing in southwestern Pakistan kills 10 policemen

Pakistani officials say a suicide bomber riding on a motorcycle targeted a police truck in the restive southwestern Baluchistan province, killing at least 10 policemen and wounding 12 officers

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2023

To stop the next Manchester attack, MI5 must find the next young man growing up in a petri dish of hate

Salman Abedi’s family radicalised him, and the security services failed to contain that threat,, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2023