Islamic State

Islamic State kills 'Israeli spy'

Islamic State (IS) jihadists have posted a video online appearing to show the killing of an Israeli Arab man whom they accused of being a spy
11 March 2015, 04:32 AM

Two Bangladeshis, not one, abducted by IS in Libya

Two Bangladeshi nationals have been identified to be among the nine people abducted from an oilfield in Libya on Friday, the Bangladesh embassy has confirmed.
10 March 2015, 10:19 AM

IS takes Bangladeshi hostage in Libya

A Bangladeshi national along with eight other foreigners has been taken hostage allegedly by Islamic State from an oil field, south of Sirte in Libya
9 March 2015, 09:48 AM

Air strike on Islamic State-run refinery in Syria kills 30

US-led coalition air strike in Syria hits an oil refinery run by the Islamic State militant group killing 30 people
9 March 2015, 07:49 AM

Boko Haram pledge to Islamic State

Nigerian militant group Boko Haram pledges allegiance to Islamic State (IS) via Twitter post
8 March 2015, 05:38 AM

I would have shot Barack Obama: Ohio man

An Ohio man claiming sympathy with Islamic State militants and charged with plotting to attack the U.S. Capitol says he would have shot President Barack Obama in the head
7 March 2015, 05:30 AM

Iraqi army drives IS out of key town

Iraqi forces pushes Islamic State (IS) fighters out of the western town of al-Baghdadi
7 March 2015, 04:39 AM

Life inside Islamic State for young female recruits

Melanie Smith monitors around 90 women daily who are believed to be living with Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq and depicts an idea into what life really is like inside IS
5 March 2015, 05:33 AM

Former UK marine 'killed in Syria'

A former Royal Marine became the first Briton to be killed while fighting alongside Kurdish forces against Islamic State in Syria, the Kurdish militia
4 March 2015, 08:00 AM

Iraq launches Tikrit operation

Iraq has launched a military operation to recapture Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit from Islamic State (IS)
2 March 2015, 09:10 AM

IS frees 19 of 220 abducted Assyrian Christians

Nineteen of 220 members of an Assyrian Christian community kidnapped by Islamic State (IS) in Syria released
2 March 2015, 05:17 AM

Jihadi John 'felt like dead man walking'

The man identified as extremist "Jihadi John" said he felt like a "dead man walking" after being contacted by UK security services
1 March 2015, 06:46 AM

CCTV shows UK girls en route to Syria

CCTV pictures have emerged showing three UK schoolgirls on the Turkish leg of what is believed to have been their journey to join Islamic State in Syria
1 March 2015, 05:17 AM

IS militant 'Jihadi John' named as Mohammed Emwazi from London

The masked Islamic State militant known as "Jihadi John", who has been pictured in the videos of the beheadings of Western hostages, has been named.
26 February 2015, 14:47 PM

New York trio 'tried to join IS'

FBI arrests three foreign nationals living in Brooklyn who agents say sought to join the Islamic State
26 February 2015, 05:21 AM

Amnesty calls on UN powers to lose veto on genocide votes

Amnesty International urges the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to give up their power of veto in situations of mass atrocities
25 February 2015, 05:59 AM

2 Bangla speaking girls among 3 teens ‘on way to join IS'

Fears are growing for the safety of three east London schoolgirls who police believes are trying to cross the Turkish-Syrian border to join Islamic State (IS).
21 February 2015, 11:40 AM

Christian captives 'killed by IS'

Video emerges shows beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians who had been kidnapped by Islamic State (IS) militants in Libya
16 February 2015, 05:38 AM

The rise of IS

Islamic State (IS) shocked the world when they took control of Mosul, Iraq's second city, in June of this year.
11 October 2014, 09:28 AM

How IS works

The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has a detailed structure that encompasses many functions and jurisdictions, according to ISIS documents seized by Iraqi forces and seen by American officials and Hashim Alhashimi, an Iraqi researcher.
10 October 2014, 18:20 PM