One officer killed in the latest Islamic State attack in Egypt´s Sinai Peninsula
The Islamic State group has claimed an attack this week in Egypt´s restive Sinai Peninsula that killed an officer and wounded three others. A statement...
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Islamic State terrorists attack Hashd al-Shaabi fighters near Khanaqin
The pro-Iranian Hashd al-Shaabi came under attack by the Islamic State (IS) jihadists near the disputed town of Khanaqin on Thursday. Confirming to BasNews, Adnan...
Australian bank accused of millions of money laundering and terrorism financing breaches
Australia’s second-biggest bank, Westpac, has been accused of 23 million breaches of anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing laws. Westpac is likely to be hit with...
Islamic State recruiter detained in Moscow who is on international wanted list
One of the recruiters of the international terrorist organization Islamic State (outlawed in Russia) that were detained in the Moscow Region was on the international...
Netherlands cuts aid to Palestinian authority over terrorist salaries
The Dutch government has cut funding for the Palestinian Authority over its salaries to terrorists serving time in Israeli jails. The aid ministry announced the...
Pakistani authorities arrested two terrorism suspects with arms
The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) foiled a terrorism plan in Dera Ghazi Khan in an intelligence based operation by arresting two suspected terrorists of proscribed organisation...
Taliban overtakes Islamic State as world’s deadliest terrorist group
The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday published the 2019 edition of its Global Terrorism Index. The survey of terrorist...
How the Islamic State terrorist group used culture to fund its terrorism activities
An important source of Daesh’s funding came from the looting and illicit sale of cultural artefacts in Syria and Iraq. It is estimated that the...
Islamic State terrorists are moving from Nangarhar to adjacent Kunar and Nooristan
Fighters loyal to the Daesh terrorist group are moving from Nangarhar province (their main haven) to its neighboring provinces of Kunar and Nooristan in the...
Twenty-year-old Chicago man charged with writing code to spread Islamic State propaganda
U.S. authorities have arrested a 20-year-old Chicago man for allegedly writing computer code to help the Islamic State terrorist group spread propaganda. Thomas Osadzinski, a...
The Taliban were deadlier than the Islamic State in 2018
Attacks by the Taliban were deadlier than those committed by any other group in 2018, according to a report released by an international think tank...
Turkish authorities send two Islamic State women and two children back to the Netherlands
Turkey has sent two Dutch women who joined IS forces in Syria five and six years ago back to the Netherlands, Dutch media said on...