Islamic State Claims Yemen Bombings That Killed 42

Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for a wave of bombings Monday that killed at least 42 people in southern Yemen.

Anti-terrorism: threat level in Europe likely to remain high for long time

The terrorism threat level in Europe will probably remain high for the long term, although significant progress has been made particularly in information sharing across the continent, Dutch National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism (NCTV) Dick Schoof told the press on Wednesday.

Ban Ki-moon chief slams deadly terrorist attack near shrine in Damascus suburb

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday condemned an "appalling" deadly terrorist attack near a shrine in a Damascus suburb in Syria, reportedly killing several civilians, including women and children.

Bangladesh: Hindu man hacked to death in Pabna

Unidentified attackers have hacked to death a 62-year-old Hindu monastery worker in Bangladesh, police say, the latest in a series of such attacks on religious minorities in the mainly Muslim country.

UNESCO: Ruins in Ancient Syrian City Still Authentic

The United Nations cultural agency says the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra retains much of its authenticity despite the extensive damage it has sustained at the hands of Islamic State terrorists.

The ISIS militants have destroyed the ancient monument “Gate of God” near Mosul

The militants of the terrorist organization “Islamic state” destroyed two thousand years of the monument “the Gate of God” near the Iraqi city of Mosul. About it writes The Independent with reference to a source in the British Institute for the study of Iraq.

Syria’s Palmyra can be restored ‘in five years’

Syria’s antiquities chief said on March 28 that his department would need five years to restore the ancient ruins of Palmyra damaged by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), while Syrian government forces backed by Russian air strikes battled ISIL around Palmyra, trying to extend their gains.

Rights of Humanity: American Recognition of the genocide of Christians

That which all of us who are involved in human rights and the recognitions of genocides were waiting for, has been done. The Unites States of America House of Representatives voted unanimously with 393 votes the resolution for declaring the action of the terrorist organization Daesh, as genocide.

Jihadist goes on trial over destruction of ancient Timbuktu shrines

An Islamic militant on Wednesday was accused of destroying centuries-old mausoleums in Timbuktu during the 2012 Mali conflict as the International Criminal Court (ICC) heard its first-ever case concerning the destruction of cultural artefacts.

Mass grave of 100 bodies uncovered in eastern Syria

A mass grave of some 100 bodies was uncovered in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour on Sunday, state news agency SANA said.

Britain launches new measures to protect schoolchildren from extremism

Tough new measures to protect children from the "spell of twisted ideologies" were announced Tuesday by Britain's education secretary, Nicky Morgan.

ISIL 'massacre' reported in Syria's Deir ez-Zor

There have been conflicting reports on the death toll of major attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group against government-held districts in the eastern city of Deir ez-Zor.

Obama dismisses idea of ISIL as existential threat

US President Barack Obama has wrapped up his final State of the Union address with a forceful statement of confidence in the future of the United States.

Terror Charges Against Iraqis Feed Sentiment Against Refugees

The arrest on terror charges this week of two Iraqis who entered the United States as refugees is fueling sentiment in Congress against the program for resettling refugees from the Middle East.

Rise in French women joining IS group ranks as jihadists target female recruits

The number of French women joining the ranks of the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria is on the rise, say figures reported in the French media on Thursday, a sign of the increasing importance placed on female recruits by the organisation.

ISIS/ISIL erlaubt Handel mit Organen von "Ungläubigen"

Der Islamischer Staat (IS) hat seinen Anhängern die Entnahme der Organe von Gefangenen erlaubt, wie aus von der US-Regierung an die Nachrichtenagentur Reuters zugespielten Dokumenten hervorgeht.

Europe fails to remember Nuremberg lessons, giving chance for modern extremists

Europe's failure to remember lessons of the post-war Nuremberg Nazi trials and negligence of historical experience clears the way for other "misanthropic ideologies" to grow, an international affairs specialist told Russia's Federation Council upper house on Friday.

Leader of France's far-right party risks jail over beheading pictures on Twitter

Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right party National Front (FN), could be jailed for three years over pictures of a beheaded Islamic State (IS) hostage she posted on her Twitter account, according to local media reports.

Turkey facing multiple ‘wars of propaganda,’ says senior official

As Turkey has found itself entangled in a series of disputes with more than one of its neighbors, a senior Turkish official has argued the country was encountering multiple “wars of propaganda,” with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the center.

France honors victims of Paris attacks in national ceremony

Under a cloudy, wintry sky, the French tricolor was displayed outside public buildings and homes on Friday. Government officials, politicians from left and right camps and leaders of different religious groups gathered at the military museum Les Invalides to pay tribute to the 130 people killed during the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks.