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Islamic-State

World 5 years ago

Two arrested after four killed in Vienna attack

Police confirmed on Tuesday that three civilians - two men and a woman - had been killed, and at least 15 others wounded, including a police officer. The national broadcaster ORF later said a fourth civilian, a woman, had died.

World 5 years ago

IS attack on Kabul University kills 22

The attack on Kabul University, which came as violence surges across Afghanistan, marked the second time in less than two weeks that an educational institution was targeted in the capital by IS extremists.

World 5 years ago

Islamic State expanding globally amid setbacks: US official

The Islamic State group continues to expand globally with some 20 affiliates, despite being forced out of Syria and the killing of its leaders, a top US counter-terror official said Thursday.

Opinion 5 years ago

PREMIUM
Jolo attack: Future trend of suicide bombings in Philippines

Suicide bombing can be seen as an incremental innovation that gained traction after it was introduced into IS propaganda and among its operatives.

SE Asia 5 years ago

IS militants claim responsibility for Sulu blasts

Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for the two powerful bomb explosions that killed 15 people and wounded 75 more – many of them civilians – on Jolo island in Sulu on Monday.

World 5 years ago

Mass jailbreak in Afghanistan, at least 24 die in Islamic State attack

A gunbattle between Islamic State fighters and Afghan security forces raged at a prison in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Monday, with at least 24 people killed after the militants' overnight assault led to a mass jailbreak.

World 5 years ago

Mawla the 'Destroyer', brutal new head of IS group

Amir Mohammed Said Abd al-Rahman al-Mawla replaced Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after his death in a raid by US special forces last October.

World 5 years ago

Italy seizes IS-made drugs worth one billion euros

Italian police said Wednesday they had seized a 14-ton haul of amphetamines made by the Islamic State group in Syria, calling it the biggest seizure of such drugs in the world.

National 5 years ago

Indonesian policeman killed by sword-wielding militant

The attacker was shot dead during the early morning raid at a police post in South Daha district on Kalimantan -- Indonesia's section of Borneo island.