A Bangladesh court on Wednesday sentenced seven accused to death in the 2016 Dhaka cafe attack case. "Seven of the accused have been convicted and sentenced to death.

Bangladesh court sentences seven accused to death in 2016 Dhaka cafe attack case

By Tutku Ayhan and Güneş Murat Tezcür It’s been five years since the Islamic State killed 3,100 Yazidi people in Iraq – mostly men and the elderly – forced 6,800 women and children into sexual slavery, marriage or religious conversion and sent hundreds of thousands fleeing.

5 years after Islamic State massacre, an Iraqi minority is transformed by trauma

A woman, who was believed to have joined Islamic State (IS) group returned back to Germany along with her three children, police said, reports an agency. Laura is the first adult female member to return to Germany from Syria through official channels.

Suspected woman linked to Islamic State returned to Germany

US Central Command chief General Kenneth McKenzie said on Saturday about 500 US personnel in east Syria are expected to resume operations against Islamic State in coming days and weeks.

US Central Command says anti-IS operations to pick up in coming days, weeks

In all the hand-wringing that critics and commentators have done since President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria, one of the common refrains emphasises the breach of trust between Washington and its Kurdish militia partners.

How Iraqis lost their faith in Washington, long before the Kurds did

Dutch police on Tuesday arrested two women who joined the Islamic State group in Syria after they were deported by Turkey to the Netherlands, prosecutors said. The women, one of whom has two young children, were being held on terror charges following their arrival at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, the prosecution service said in a statement.

Dutch police arrest two female Islamic State members

Security forces have "obliterated" Islamic State (IS) militants in Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani said on Tuesday, hours after a prisoner swap with Taliban insurgents raised hopes of a lull in violence in the country.

Afghanistan's president claims victory over Islamic State

By Ken Chitwood Just days after the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on October 27, the Islamic State named Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi as the new “caliph.” In 2014, IS conquered vast swaths of Iraq and Syria and declared itself to be the “caliphate.

What is a caliph? The Islamic State tries to boost its legitimacy by hijacking a historic institution

Two key members of the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group were arrested by the Afghan special forces during an operation in the country's east, the Afghan National Directorate of Security said on Sunday.

Two Islamic State terrorists arrested, weapons seized in eastern Afghanistan

Eighteen Islamic State terrorists along with 24 women and 31 children surrendered to Afghan forces in Achin district, the defence ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

18 Islamic State terrorists surrender to Afghan forces in Achin district: Defence Ministry

A car bomb killed 19 people, 13 of them civilians, in the Turkish-controlled town of Al-Bab in northern Syria on Saturday, a war monitor said. The bomb, which struck a bus and taxi station in the town, also wounded 33 people, some of them seriously, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.

Car bomb kills 19 in northern Syria: Monitor

The United States on Thursday pressured members of a global coalition fighting Islamic State to allow foreign fighters to be repatriated but despite consensus on the gravity of the problem, disagreements on whether and how to send people back persisted.

Coalition against Islamic State at odds on repatriation of jihadi detainees

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States knows the location of the third in command to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who killed himself last month during a US-led raid.

US has eye on Baghdadi's third in command: Trump

It would have been the right thing to do to capture Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi alive if it had been possible, the leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, said on Wednesday.

Islamic State leader Baghdadi better captured alive: UK Labour's Corbyn

German police detained three people in the western city of Offenbach on Tuesday on suspicion of planning a bomb attack on behalf of the Islamic State militant group, prosecutors said.

Germany detains three Islamic State suspects over attack plan

Turkey has deported an American foreign fighter and will soon deport another seven Germans, a spokesman for the interior ministry was quoted as saying on Monday after state media said Ankara began repatriation of captured Islamic State militants.

Turkey starts repatriation of captured Islamic State militants: Report

US President Donald Trump will host NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg in Washington at a time of severe strain within the Atlantic alliance, the White House announced Saturday.

Donald Trump to host NATO chief as alliance faces strains

A US-born woman who says she regrets having joined the Islamic State group has appealed again to come home from the refugee camp where she lives with her small son in Syria.

'Everyone deserves second chance': US-born Islamic State bride appeals again to come home from Syria

The Islamic State group's Afghan branch has been "defeated" in one of the key eastern provinces where it first sought to establish a stronghold, a top Afghan security official said Sunday.

Islamic State 'defeated' in key Afghan province: Report

Angry kin of nine American citizens massacred in a suspected gangland ambush in northern Mexico urged the government to accept US help to destroy drug cartels that one grieving relative described as being "as bad or worse than ISIS.

Mexican cartels 'worse than IS': massacre victims' kin urge US help

Turkey will start sending foreign jihadists back to their home countries next week, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu told state news agency Anadolu on Friday. "Now we are telling you that we are going to send them back to you.

Turkey to send foreign Islamic State jihadists home from Monday: Minister

US President Donald Trump’s announcement that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died during a US military operation in Syria, later confirmed by ISIS itself, was welcome news.

What Baghdadi's death means for South Asia and future of Islamic State

Turkish police arrested 17 foreigners on Thursday suspected of ties to the Islamic State group, state news agency Anadolu reported. The 17, whose nationalities were not given, were arrested in Ankara and taken for interrogation by counter-terrorism officers, Anadolu said.

Turkey arrests 17 on suspected Islamic State links

Russia's security service chief on Thursday warned about some 2,000 women and children related to Russian fighters for the Islamic State group who he said could return and commit attacks.

Relatives of Islamic State fighters returning home could commit terror attacks: Russia

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