A 17-year-old boy made a brief appearance Thursday at Montreal's courthouse on terrorism charges. The accused faces three charges in youth court involving the Islamic State.

Islamic State extremists are exploiting instability in Africa and Syria and remain a significant threat in Afghanistan, Central Asia and Europe, U.N. counterterrorism experts said Wednesday. The militant group is now using advanced technologies,

The answer lies in the lawless borderlands between Pakistan and Afghanistan. That is now the stamping ground of the Islamic State Khorasan Province ( ISKP ), an offshoot of the group that established a “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria in 2014.

The Islamic State in Somalia is an affiliate of the transnational jihadist group Islamic State, known in short as ISIS. Based in the semi-autonomous northern Somalia territory of Puntland, the terrorist group was the target of the first foreign combat operation of the Trump administration in February 2025.

Security video shows Kawam walking onto the bus, followed a few seconds later by his victim, whose identity is protected by a publication ban.

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo says that Islamic State-backed rebels in the eastern part of the country have killed at least 52 people

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi officials have begun the excavation of what is believed to be a mass grave left behind by the Islamic State extremist group during its rampage across the country a decade ago.

The Islamic State group’s ruthless credo and military successes have helped spur affiliated groups in Africa, Asia and Europe. It’s a greatly decentralized alliance.

The fighting is being mostly carried out by forces in the semi-autonomous Puntland region and it has been substantial, as soldiers in this remote area have faced obstacles including harsh terrain, ambush attempts,