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Israel compares Hamas to the Islamic State group. But the comparison misses the mark in key ways
JERUSALEM (AP) — It has become an Israeli mantra throughout the latest war in Gaza: Hamas is ISIS. Since the bloody Hamas attack on Oct. 7 that triggered the conflict, Israeli leaders and commanders have likened the Palestinian militant group to the Islamic State group in virtually...
Militants with ties to the Islamic State group kill at least 14 farmers in an attack in east Congo
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Militants from a shadowy extremist organization with ties to the Islamic State Group killed at least 14 farmers in Congo’s hard-hit eastern region, a local official said Saturday. The Allied Democratic Forces attacked Mamove village in North Kivu province...
Burkina Faso authorities say 70 people, mostly children and elderly, slain in village massacre
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Assailants in northern Burkina Faso killed about 70 people, most of them children and the elderly, in a village massacre earlier this month that remains under investigation, authorities said Monday. Prosecutor Simon B. Gnanou said the attack took...
A British man is sentenced to 8 years in prison over terror offenses with the Islamic State group
LONDON (AP) — A British convert to Islam who was convicted in Turkey of being part of the Islamic State group was sentenced to eight years in prison in Britain on Monday after he pleaded guilty to terrorism charges. Aine Leslie Davis, 39, was deported from Turkey in August 2022 and...
Iranian-born Norwegian man is charged over deadly Oslo Pride attack in 2022
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Norwegian citizen originally from Iran was charged Friday with aggravated terrorism for the 2022 deadly shooting ahead of an LGBTQ festival in the nightlife district of the capital, Oslo. Two people were killed and nine seriously wounded in the...
Groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State take root on the coast of West Africa
ATACORA, Benin (AP) — The insurgents pressured Zackari to join their movement, and he turned them down. Now he's frightened of their revenge. He has been on the run from the jihadi fighters for more than a year. They regularly call the 33-year-old, warning: “We haven’t...
Denmark's intelligence agencies win a case against a foreign fighter who claims he worked for them
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s domestic and foreign intelligence services on Wednesday won a case against a Dane of Syrian origin who claimed he worked for them in Syria in 2013 and 2014 and spied on Danish jihadi fighters. Ahmed Samsam was sentenced to eight years in 2018...
Islamic State group claims responsibility for a minibus explosion in Afghan capital that killed 7
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a minibus explosion in the Afghan capital late on Tuesday that killed at least seven people. The Sunni militant group said its members detonated an explosive device on the bus carrying Shiite Muslims. Twenty others...
The FBI director warns about threats to Americans from those inspired by the Hamas attack on Israel
FBI Director Christopher Wray warned on Tuesday that Hamas' rampage inside Israel could inspire violence in the U.S., telling lawmakers that multiple foreign extremist groups have called for attacks against Americans and the West in recent weeks. “We assess that the actions of...
Indonesian police arrest 59 suspected militants over an alleged plot to disrupt 2024 elections
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s elite counterterrorism police squad arrested at least 59 suspected militants in recent weeks in a nationwide crackdown as the country gears up for elections in 2024, police said Tuesday. The arrests were made in eight provinces since Oct. 2,...
