A teenage Islamic extremist has pleaded guilty to planning a terrorist gun attack. Muhammad Billal, 18, was arrested on 11 ...

Experts say the Islamic State of Africa’s militant agenda threatens South Africa’s democracy and constitutional values.

The Islamic State in Somalia broke away from al-Shabab in 2015; its secretive, henna-bearded leader, Abdulqadir Mumin, is now the Islamic State’s global caliph, the U.S. military says.

The Islamic State’s leader, the self-proclaimed caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, spent time in U.S.-run prisons in Iraq. Cells organized within them, ...

The Islamic State group lso is known as both IS and ISIS, or the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. It began as a breakaway group from al-Qaida. Under leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ...

Assam Deputy Speaker Dr. Numal Momin has launched a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing ...

The Islamic State’s various names over the years suggest this tension. Jihadist groups took off in Iraq after the 2003 U.S. invasion, and many coalesced around Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, ...

The Islamic State’s territorial rule has ended.On Saturday, the Syrian Democratic Forces, a United States-backed group, announced that the final sliver of territory under the jihadist group’s ...

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi being interviewed by his group's Al-Furqan media outlet for a video released on April 29. (AP) Christian C. Sahner is associate professor of Islamic ...

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