There has been a surge in violence in Afghanistan. Around 40 lives were lost in two terror attacks on Tuesday. To be precise, six attacks have taken place in Afghanistan in the last 48 hours.

Afghanistan jolted by a series of terror attacks

The leader of the Islamic State group in South Asia and the Far East has been arrested along with two other senior leaders of the militant group in Kabul. According to Afghanistan's intelligence service, Zia ul-Haq, also known as Sheikh Omar Khorasani, was arrested along with his spokesman Saheeb and chief of intelligence Abu Ali.

Islamic State South Asia leader arrested in Afghanistan

By Aviva Guttmann In the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic, the crises of tomorrow can fester. A resurgence of Islamic State (IS) is likely to be one of them. In recent weeks, IS has carried out a spate of attacks on security forces in Iraq and different areas of Syria.

Islamic State could be about to hit back – and the world is paying little attention

Islamic State group remnants in Iraq are exploiting a coronavirus lockdown, coalition troop withdrawals and simmering political disputes to ramp up deadly attacks, according to analysts and intelligence officials.

Islamic State exploits virus, political crisis to boost Iraq attacks

The attack on Sikh temple in Afghanistan's Kabul was revenge for Kashmir, Islamic State said in a fresh statement on Friday. In a statement issued through its Amaq News Agency, it said that the attack was carried out as an act of revenge for Kashmiri Muslims without elaborating further.

Kabul attack revenge for Kashmir, says Islamic State; names attacker as Abu Khalid Al-Hindi

A pair of rockets hit an Iraqi base hosting US-led coalition and NATO troops, Iraq's military said Tuesday, the third attack on installations hosting foreign forces inside a week.

Rockets hit Iraq base hosting US-led coalition: Military

At least 32 people have been killed after an assault on a ceremony in Kabul. Interior ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said women and children were among the dead with at least 29 people injured.

At least 32 killed after gunmen target Kabul ceremony; Islamic State claims responsibility

Suicide bombers targeted the US embassy in Tunisia killing at least one police officer and injuring four people. Emergency personnel are responding to an explosion that occurred near the U.

Suicide bombers target US embassy in Tunisia; one police officer killed

An Indonesian maid was jailed for two years in Singapore Thursday for giving money to an Islamic State-linked terror outfit blamed for a string of attacks in her home country.

Singapore jails Indonesian maid for funding IS-linked group

The father of a woman who married an Islamic State fighter as a teen told AFP Thursday he would seek citizenship for her if she came to Bangladesh, after she lost an initial bid to restore her British nationality.

Father of British IS bride may seek Bangladesh citizenship for her

Indian nationals were among the over 1,400 fighters of a blacklisted faction of the Islamic State terror group who surrendered to Afghan authorities last year, according to a UN report.

Indians among ISIS-K foreign fighters who surrendered to Afghan authorities: UN report 

By Brian Glyn Williams In a series of bloody campaigns from 2014 to 2019, a multinational military coalition drove the Islamic State group, often known as ISIS, out of much of the Iraqi and Syrian territory that the strict militant theocracy had brutally governed.

Despite defeats, the Islamic State remains unbroken and defiant around the world

The Islamic State group is weakened but a resurgence is possible if the United States leaves Iraq, US Major General Alexus Grynkewich, the number two commander for the international anti-jihadist coalition in Iraq and Syria, said Wednesday.

Islamic State resurgence possible if America leaves Iraq: US General

Islamic State has confirmed Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al Mawli al-Salbi as its new leader, The Guardian reported based on information from two intelligence services.

Founding member Al-Salbi confirmed as Islamic State's new leader: Sources

Norway’s anti-immigration Progress Party has resigned from the ruling coalition over a cabinet decision to repatriate a woman suspected of belonging to Islamic State from Syria so one of her young children could receive medical treatment.

Norway Populist Progress party quits from ruling coalition

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Turkish authorities on Monday arrested over 100 suspected members of the Islamic State group, local media reported. According to the report, 147 suspected members including dozens of Iraqis and Syrians, have been arrested.

Turkey arrests 147 Islamic State suspects

At least 14 servicemen were killed in Afghanistan's northern province of Jowzjan after Taliban terrorists carried out an attack on a security checkpoint, media reported, citing a local official.

14 servicemen killed in Afghanistan in Taliban assault

A Bosnian Muslim who pleaded guilty to terrorism charges was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday for organising a terrorist group and fighting for Islamic State (IS) in Syria, a Bosnian court said.

Bosnia jails former Islamic State fighter for four years

Jihadists aligned to the Islamic State group have released a video claiming to show the execution of 11 Christians in restive northeast Nigeria. The footage posted online late Thursday by IS-linked propaganda arm Amaq showed 11 blindfolded men being shot and stabbed by jihadists from the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) at an undisclosed location.

Islamic State claims execution of 11 Christians in Nigeria

Niger honoured 71 soldiers on Friday (December 13) killed in a mass attack on an army base in Inates, close to the Mali border, on Tuesday night (December 10) during a ceremony at an airbase in the capital Niamey.

Niger honours 71 soldiers killed in mass attack

Russian forces have entered Raqqa, the former de facto capital of the Islamic State caliphate, in one of the starkest examples yet of how Moscow has filled the vacuum created by President Donald Trump's decision to pull US forces from northern Syria.

Russian forces enter former Islamic State stronghold in Syria after US pullback

As many as 31 Islamic State terrorists, along with 62 women and children have surrendered to the Afghan security forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar, the government said on Saturday.

Afghanistan: Nearly 31 Islamic State terrorists surrender to security forces

The French government will summon the Turkish envoy in Paris for talks after what it termed "insults" by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who accused Emmanuel Macron of suffering "brain death", the president's office said Friday.

France to summon Turkish envoy over Erdogan's 'insults'

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