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Two Islamic State women who returned to Sweden from Syria have been released from police custody after being held on suspicion of engaging in war crimes.

Rebels shot or hacked to death at least 30 people in a new massacre in northeastern DR Congo, and the attack has been attributed to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a group linked to the Islamic State,

New Zealand authorities imprisoned a man inspired by the Islamic State after catching him with a hunting knife and extremist videos — but at a certain point, despite grave fears he would attack others, they say they could do nothing but free him

(AFP) – Sri Lanka will cooperate with New Zealand’s investigation into a knife rampage by an Islamic State-inspired assailant from the South Asian nation, authorities said Saturday.

Islamic convert from Luton Ibrahim Roger Anderson has been jailed for seven years for terrorism offences after sending undercover officers extremist material.

Six people have been stabbed by a Sri Lankan terrorist in Auckland, New Zealand, who was a “known threat to New Zealand”.

In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News on Thursday, former commander of British forces in Afghanistan Colonel Richard Kemp blasted President Biden’s exit from Afghanistan, claiming it was worse than 9/11 and calling it “the greatest victory for jihadists” and “a blow for American prestige” which won’t recover for decades.

Thirteen U.S. military servicepersons killed in the suicide bombing attacks in Afghanistan would be alive if former President Donald Trump was still the commander-in-chief, Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) stated on Tuesday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.

Now Britain is at peace with the Taliban, attention has shifted to splinter group ISIS-K, which claimed responsibility for the Kabul bombing. 

The Pentagon on Monday said it was “continuing to assess” whether it killed Afghan civilians in a drone strike on Sunday.

Multiple Afghan news organizations reported on Monday that an airstrike in Kabul ordered by President Joe Biden appeared to have killed at least ten civilians, including several children.

BERLIN (AP) — A German woman was arrested Monday on suspicion of helping the Islamic State group by backing efforts to transfer money to militants, prosecutors said.

A U.S. over-the-horizon missile strike Sunday destroyed a vehicle carrying Islamic State – Khorasan (ISIS-K) terrorists heading for Kabul airport.

(AFP) – French president Emmanuel Macron was to pay a visit Sunday to the Islamic State group’s former Iraqi stronghold Mosul, a day after vowing to keep troops in the country.

Central Command announced late Friday the U.S. had conducted an “over-the-horizon” counterterrorism strike against an ISIS planner in Afghanistan.

The Pentagon said it expected more terrorist attack attempts at the Kabul airport, where there are more than 5,000 American troops stationed.

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby confirmed Friday that “thousands” of Islamic State prisoners were freed after the United States handed over bases to the Afghan government.

The British Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary has confirmed that two British citizens and the child of a British citizen were murdered in the Kabul airport bombing. 

Traumatized survivors of Thursday’s suicide bombings at Kabul’s international airport have begun sharing their experience with international media, describing horrific scenes of scores of corpses and flying body parts in the aftermath of the explosion.

Pope Francis met Thursday with Nadia Murad, a Yazidi activist and winner of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, the Vatican reported.

The number of people known to have died in the Kabul bombing attack rose overnight to at least 95 Afghans and 13 U.S. personnel.

Emergency civilian evacuation flights resumed from Kabul airport early Friday morning as U.S. officials warned further terrorist attacks can be expected.

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for Thursday’s bombings in Kabul on Thursday afternoon, using its official “news agency,” Amaq.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the terrorist group “strongly condemns” the suicide bombings outside Kabul’s international airport in a statement Thursday.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that Britain’s own airlift will continue unchanged despite Thursday afternoon’s bombing. 

Britain’s Ministry of Defence has said that no British military or govt employees were killed at the double bomb-blast by Kabul airport.

U.S. officials on Wednesday evening warned of an imminent terrorist threat at the Kabul airport and instructed American citizens to leave several of the crowded airport gates immediately. The Biden administration and Taliban spokesmen both claimed the threat came not from the Taliban or its terrorist allies, but from the Islamic State, which has been fighting the Taliban for turf in Afghanistan for several years.

The UK and U.S. have warned of credible intelligence of an “imminent” attack against Kabul airport, where thousands of people continue to crowd.

A senior member of the Spanish populist party Vox has wanted of the potential threat from Jihadist extremists among Afghan refugees after the Taliban released prisoners across the country. Vox vice president Jorge Buxadé spoke Tuesday on the issue of settling

Up to 100 Afghans evacuated from Afghanistan and seeking to resettle in the United States have been “flagged” by Defense Department terrorism watch lists, according to a new report. 

The White House sought congratulations this week for a deadly Afghanistan evacuation they told Americans would not be necessary and which nobody can verify.

Taliban rival group the Islamic State may launch an attack, using the chaos to strike and increase their notoriety, experts have warned.

A little over a week after the withdrawal debacle in Afghanistan began, U.S. officials now warn that the Islamic State (ISIS) poses a threat to American troops in the region.

President Joe Biden will use an address to the nation on Sunday afternoon to provide updates on the administration’s evacuation efforts in Afghanistan as scenes of chaos and despair at Kabul airport continue to define his response to the crisis.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – A panicked crush of people trying to enter Kabul’s international airport killed seven Afghan civilians in the crowds, the British military said Sunday, showing the danger still posed to those trying to flee the Taliban’s takeover of the country.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari warned this week that Africa is fast becoming the world’s new epicenter of Islamic terrorism, Voice of America (VOA) reported Tuesday.