Global experts attend Paris conference to combat terrorist financing
Ministers from 80 countries and nearly 500 experts gathered in Paris on Wednesday and Thursday for a conference on combating the financing of terror groups...
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In the first quarter of 2018 Facebook finds 1.9mln terror posts using new algorithms
New anti-terror algorithms have discovered 1.9 million social-media posts by the Islamic State and al Qaeda terrorists during the first three months of 2018, which...
Iraqi forces to strike the Syrian sites in search of ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Iraq is planning to carry out new air raids inside the Syrian territories to eliminate chief of the Islamic State (IS) group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,...
Facebook: “We developed software better at tackling terror propaganda materials”
Facebook on Monday said new detection tools wielded by its counterterrorism team are quickly detecting and removing extremist propaganda for the Islamic State group and
The Islamic extremism is still a leading source of Christian persecution despite the defeat of ISIS
Christian charity Open Doors has warned that Islamic extremism is still one of the main sources of persecution of Christians across the world despite the...
Al-Qaeda-linked group surfaces as strongest jihadist group in Syria
A jihadist group linked to al-Qaeda has capitalized on the international troops’ near single-minded focus to defeat the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) to consolidate its po
New terrorist group is popping up in Syria and capitalising on ISIS defeat
With up to 90% of its territory lost, ISIS appears effectively defeated as a conventional foe. But while the black flag of ISIS is being...
ISIS bomb maker who planned attacks on Australia claims he only travelled to Syria to play soccer with children
A terrorist who fled to Syria has claimed he never fought in the country but spent most of his days there lying around or playing...
Pentagon: “The Islamic State is expanding its influence and is plotting attacks against the U.S. troops in Yemen”
Rival terrorist groups Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are capitalizing on the security vacuum created by deterior
Yazidis who suffered under ISIS control face forced conversion to Islam amid fresh persecution in Afrin
The Yazidis, who were recently the target of massacre, rape and sex slavery by Isis, are now facing forcible conversion to Islam under the threat...
Iran hurls ‘support for terrorism’ charge back at rival Saudi Arabia
Iran on Wednesday hit back at Saudi accusations that Tehran provides “support for terrorism,” pointing at alleged links between Riyadh and jihadists such as Al-Qaeda
UK Security Minister: London’s transport network purging potential terrorists
With a number of Britons returning home from Syria and Iraq after joining the ISIS terror group, UK police and counter-terrorism forces are on high...