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Militants kill 20 soldiers, 40 civilians in northeast Nigeria attacks

Reuters
Posted at Jun 14 08:51 AM

MAIDUGURI - Islamic militants killed at least 20 soldiers and more than 40 civilians and injured hundreds in twin attacks in northeast Nigeria's Borno state on Saturday, residents and a civilian task force fighter said. Read more »

Suicide bomber kills, wounds scores in Afghanistan at funeral for policeman

Reuters
Posted at May 12 06:08 PM

KABUL - A suicide bomber in eastern Afghanistan killed and wounded at least 50 men on Tuesday in an attack on the funeral of a police commander attended by government officials and a member of parliament, officials said. Read more »

Western Mindanao military chief honors soldiers wounded in Sulu battle vs Abu Sayaff

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 19 12:04 AM

Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana honored the soldiers at a hospital in Sulu, where he awarded them with the Wounded Personnel Medal. Read more »

Abu gunmen held high ground in Sulu clash that left 11 soldiers dead- military

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 18 07:02 PM

Philippine soldiers struggled to fend off the Abu Sayyaf after the Islamic State-linked bandits have taken the high ground during the battle in Patikul, Sulu, a military official said Saturday. Read more »

Kin of OFWs slain by Islamic State in Libya seek closure 5 years after killings

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 06:27 PM

The families of four Filipino migrant workers believed to be executed by terror group Islamic State in Libya in 2015 are clamoring for closure as the bodies of the victims were never recovered by authorities. Read more »

Terror group Abu Sayyaf kidnaps 5 Indonesian fishermen

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 21 06:49 PM

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Abu Sayyaf militants from the Philippines have seized five Indonesian fishermen from a vessel off eastern Borneo, Jakarta officials said Tuesday, the latest in a series of abductions in the area. Read more »

New Islamic State group leader confirmed: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 21 06:45 AM

LONDRES, United Kingdom - Intelligence services have identified the new leader of the Islamic State (IS) group as Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-Salbi, British newspaper The Guardian reported on Monday. Read more »

Islamic State-linked group: 11 Christians executed in Nigeria

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 27 07:47 PM

"This is a message to Christians all over the world," said a masked man in the one-minute video. Read more »

Malaysia says Islamic State may shift operations to Southeast Asia

Reuters
Posted at Nov 27 03:26 PM

KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian minister warned on Wednesday that the Islamic State militant group may shift its base of operations to Southeast Asia after the death of its leader, according to a media report. Read more »

Trump welcomes dog who helped catch Islamic State leader

Reuters
Posted at Nov 26 07:27 AM

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed an unusual guest to the White House on Monday - Conan, the military service dog who helped hunt down Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.   Read more »

French city opens famed Christmas market year after attack

Béatrice Roman-amat, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 23 05:20 AM

STRASBOURG, France—The celebrated Christmas market in France's eastern city of Strasbourg opened for another festive season on Friday, with shopkeepers and visitors vowing not to be cowed by an attack last year by a radical Islamist gunman that killed 5 people. Read more »

OPINION: The President wasn’t joking—Marawi rehab monitors bare painful truth about slow pace of recovery

Inday Espina-Varona
Posted at Nov 08 11:08 PM

At the height of the 5-month war in Marawi City between government forces and groups influenced by the Islamic State, Saripada Pacasum Jr. was a “white helmet” first responder. Read more »

Baghdadi's wife revealed Islamic State group secrets after capture

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 07 05:40 PM

She was said to be the "first wife" of the IS leader, who was killed in a US special forces raid in Syria last month. Read more »

17 people killed in Tajikistan clash blamed on Islamic State jihadists

Akbar Borisov, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 06 06:37 PM

Seventeen people were killed in Tajikistan on Wednesday in an attack on a border post that officials blamed on Islamic State group jihadists who had crossed over from Afghanistan. Read more »

Death of Islamic State leader 'not fatal' to terrorist network: analyst

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 01 08:19 PM

The death of Islamic State (IS) leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was 'not a fatal blow' to the militant network that terrorized multiple countries since 2014, an analyst said. Read more »

Islamic State confirms leader Baghdadi is dead, appoints successor

Reuters
Posted at Nov 01 12:14 AM

The Islamic State militant group confirmed on Thursday its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed, the group's news agency Amaq said in an audiotape following a US weekend raid. Read more »

'Hero' dog that chased killed Islamic State leader to get White House homecoming

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 31 10:14 PM

The "hero" dog wounded in the US commando raid that culminated in the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is getting a White House homecoming next week, President Donald Trump said Thursday. Read more »

Killing the leader may not be enough to stamp out Islamic State

Ahmed Rasheed and Ahmed Aboulenein, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 29 04:47 PM

BAGHDAD - The killing of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is of considerable importance, experts believe, but the underlying reasons for his jihadist group's existence remain and attacks in the Middle East and beyond are not likely to stop. Read more »

Saudi says Baghdadi 'distorted' image of Islam

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 28 10:10 PM

Saudi Arabia said Monday that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had distorted the image of Islam, and hailed his killing by US special forces in northwestern Syria. Read more »

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS leader known for his brutality, is dead at 48

Rukmini Callimachi and Falih Hassan, The New York Times
Updated as of Oct 28 05:30 PM

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the cunning and enigmatic black-clad leader of the Islamic State group, who transformed a flagging insurgency into a global terrorist network that drew tens of thousands of recruits from 100 countries, has died at 48. Read more »