Latest Islamic State group News

Man charged with plotting to attack a Jewish center in New York was in Canada on a student visa

Sep. 10, 2024 16:19 PM EDT

NANAIMO, British Columbia (AP) — A Pakistani man arrested last week in Quebec and accused of plotting to attack a Jewish center in Brooklyn came to Canada on a student visa, Canada's Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Tuesday. Miller said Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, was granted a...

Man charged with plotting shooting at a New York Jewish center on anniversary of Oct. 7 Hamas attack

Sep. 06, 2024 21:11 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A Pakistani man was arrested in Canada this week and accused of plotting a mass shooting at a Jewish center in Brooklyn on the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that sparked the latest conflict in the Middle East, federal authorities announced Friday. ...

Islamic State group claims Kabul suicide attack that killed at least 6

Sep. 03, 2024 12:11 PM EDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Tuesday for this week's suicide bombing at a prosecutor's office in Kabul that killed at least six people and injured 13. The group said in a statement on its news outlet Amaq that the assailant detonated his...

7 US troops hurt in a raid with Iraqi forces that left 15 suspected militants dead

Aug. 31, 2024 11:55 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States military and Iraq launched a joint raid targeting suspected Islamic State group militants in the country's western desert that killed at least 15 people and left seven American troops hurt, officials said Saturday. For years...

7 US troops hurt in joint raid with Iraqi forces targeting Islamic State militants, American military tells AP

Aug. 30, 2024 23:18 PM EDT
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — 7 US troops hurt in joint raid with Iraqi forces targeting Islamic State militants, American military tells AP.

The plot to attack Taylor Swift's Vienna shows was intended to kill thousands, a CIA official says

Aug. 29, 2024 10:22 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — The suspects in the foiled plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna earlier this month sought to kill “tens of thousands” of fans before the CIA discovered intelligence that disrupted the planning and led to arrests, the agency's deputy director said. The...

The suspect in the Germany attack was motivated by Islamic State group ideology, prosecutors say

Aug. 25, 2024 16:03 PM EDT

SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) — A Syrian man on Sunday was ordered held on suspicion of murder and membership in a terrorist organization in connection with the Solingen knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded at a festival marking the city’s 650th anniversary. A judge at...

Islamic State group claims responsibility for knife attack that killed 3 in Solingen, Germany

Aug. 24, 2024 19:28 PM EDT

SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) — The Islamic State militant group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a knife attack that killed three people and wounded eight more at a crowded festival marking this city's 650th anniversary. The extremist group said on its news site that the attacker...

Islamic State group claims responsibility for knife attack in Solingen, Germany, according to its Amaq news site

Aug. 24, 2024 15:04 PM EDT
SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) — Islamic State group claims responsibility for knife attack in Solingen, Germany, according to its Amaq news site.

Snipers kill 4 hostage-takers at Russian prison who claimed allegiance to Islamic State group

Aug. 23, 2024 12:23 PM EDT

MOSCOW (AP) — Snipers from Russia's National Guard on Friday killed four inmates who had stabbed four prison guards to death and briefly held others as hostages while declaring allegiance to the Islamic State group. The Federal Prison Service said that four inmates took eight...