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Why the US new military operation against Latin American drug cartels stokes regional tensions

The US president, Donald Trump, has signalled a new approach to tackling the “narco-terrorists” in Latin America, and particularly Venezuela, making it clear he is willing to use military force against them. A report in the New York Times that Trump had issued a “secret directive” to the Pentagon to…

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Islamic State Claims Deadly Attack On Pakistan Rally

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Wednesday for a suicide bombing that authorities said killed 15 people and wounded dozens more at a political rally in southwestern Pakistan.

International Business Times

Islamic State massacres in eastern DRC: who are the insurgents and why are they killing civilians?

More than 100 civilians have perished in a spate of attacks by Islamic State-backed rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in mid-2025. The Islamic State’s Central African Province – known locally as Allied Democratic Forces – claimed an attack on Christian worshippers in late July which killed at least…

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Islamic State extremists exploit instability in Africa and Syria, UN experts say

U.N. counterterrorism experts warn that Islamic State extremists are exploiting instability in Africa and Syria and remain a significant threat in Afghanistan, Central Asia and Europe

The Independent UK

Trump administration cuts to terrorism prevention departments could leave Americans exposed

Staff at the State Department’s Office of Countering Violent Extremism and Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, which led U.S. anti-violent extremism efforts, were laid off, the units shuttered, on July 11, 2025.

The Conversation

Islamic State and al-Qaida threat is intense in Africa, with growing risks in Syria, UN experts say

The threat from Islamic State and al-Qaida extremists and their affiliates is most intense in parts of Africa, and risks are growing in Syria, which both groups view as a “a strategic base for external operations,” U.N. experts said in a new report

The Independent UK

Iraq's prime minister seeks closer US ties while keeping armed groups at bay

The prime minister of Iraq has kept his country on the sidelines as military conflicts raged nearby for almost two years

The Independent UK

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An attack on a Congolese church killed nearly 40 worshippers. Here's what to know

Islamic State-backed rebels have killed nearly 40 people during an attack on a church in eastern Congo

The Independent UK

At least 34 killed in attack on east Congo church by Islamic State-backed rebels, civil leader says

At least 34 people were killed in an attack on church premises in eastern Congo by Islamic State-backed rebels, according to a civil society leader

The Independent UK

UK special forces carry out secret 'kill' operation against top Isis bomb-maker in Syria

The hit was arranged to protect UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy ahead of his visit to Syria

Evening Standard

Under Patel, FBI heightens focus on violent crime, illegal immigration. Other threats abound, too

The FBI under the leadership of Director Kash Patel has made fighting violent crime and illegal immigration top priorities

The Independent UK

OPINION - Keir Starmer is planning the biggest shake-up of defence for fifty years — to Trump-proof Britain

The government’s new defence review will be announced on Monday by Keir Starmer on low expectation – but it is likely to be the most far reaching reform of the way Britain manages its defences for half a century.

Evening Standard

Where do jihadist groups in the Sahel get their weapons?

Jihadist groups in the Sahel region are arming themselves largely through looting their countries' own military stockpiles, new research reveals, debunking theories that jihadists are being supplied by foreign weapons pipelines such as France.

Radio France Internationale

US to withdraw 600 troops from Syria, leaving fewer than 1,000 to help counter IS militants

The U.S. will withdraw about 600 troops from Syria, leaving fewer than 1,000 to work with Kurdish allies to counter the Islamic State group

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How the small autonomous region of Puntland found success in battling Islamic State in Somalia

On Feb. 24, 2025, members of the Puntland Defense Forces posed next to a sign in Arabic that proclaimed the mountain town of Sheebaab as a “province” of the Islamic State group. The town, located in Somalia’s autonomous northeastern region of Puntland, was one of numerous areas that soldiers from…

Radio France Internationale

Prosecutors call for life sentences in Islamic State Syria kidnappings trial

Prosecutors have called for a life sentence without parole for the Frenchman on trial for holding French journalists and aid workers hostage in Syria for the Islamic State armed group. The four other men on trial face sentences of 20 years to life.

The Conversation

Islamic State in Somalia: the terrorist group’s origins, rise and recent battlefield defeats

The Islamic State in Somalia is an affiliate of the transnational jihadist group Islamic State, known in short as ISIS. Based in the semi-autonomous northern Somalia territory of Puntland, the terrorist group was the target of the first foreign combat operation of the Trump administration in February 2025. Previously, the…

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Senior Islamic State leader killed in US-Iraq joint operation

US President Donald Trump on Saturday informed that the head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, along with another unidentified member of the ISIS, was killed in US-led operation. Read further on Dynamite News:

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The Independent UK

Head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed, Iraqi prime minister says

Iraqi Prime Minister Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has said that the head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria was killed in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, or “Abu Khadija,” was “one of the most…

The Independent UK

Morocco says it dismantled Islamic State cell that was planning attacks

Moroccan authorities have arrested a dozen people they said were planning attacks on behalf of the Islamic State in the Sahel

Radio France Internationale

Future of US troops in Syria in question, under pressure from Turkey and Israel

The future of American troops in Syria is in the spotlight, as Turkey and Israel push competing agendas with the Trump administration regarding the role of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in countering the Islamic State group.

The Guardian - US

Trump fires Black joint chiefs chair Hegseth accused of promoting diversity

US secretary of defense had questioned whether history-making air force general CQ Brown Jr got job because of race

The Independent UK

Trump's aid freeze shocks a Syria camp holding families linked to the Islamic State group

The Trump administration’s unprecedented freeze on foreign aid has caused chaos and uncertainty in a camp holding thousands of people with alleged links to the Islamic State group in Syria

The Independent UK

Who is Jo Ellis, the transgender pilot wrongly named in DC crash?

She served in the Iraq War and the fight against the Islamic State. Now she is the latest victim of a far-right hoax machine that has repeatedly smeared trans people as killers

The Guardian - US

Role of US servicemen in acts of extremist violence under scrutiny

Active duty servicemen and veterans statistically most likely demographic to be ‘mass casualty offender’

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