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UPDATE: 2 killed, 15 injured in another bombing in Sultan Kudarat

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ZAMBOANGA CITY – One more victim died in a new bomb attack in Sultan Kudarat’s Isulan town on Sunday night – the second explosion in five days – blamed by the military to the pro-IS Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters or BIFF in southern Philippines. The first fatality, an 18-year-old, died at the scene of the blast — […]

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Marawi folk grow impatient over slow pace of city rebuilding

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Marawi folk grow impatient over slow pace of city rebuilding

MARAWI CITY—Norodin Lucman, a Muslim leader who lived in one of the villages here flattened by the five-month war between government troops and gunmen loyal to the Islamic State last year, is getting impatient.

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German prosecutors probe Yazidi woman’s claim about IS man

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Ashwaq Haji Hami

German prosecutors said Saturday they are taking seriously a Yazidi refugee’s claim that she ran into her former Islamic State captor twice in Germany, but say they need more information to identify him.

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US officials: Ex-IS fighter accepted in US as refugee

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US officials: Ex-IS fighter accepted in US as refugee

An Iraqi man accused of killing for the Islamic State entered the U.S. as a refugee after claiming to be a victim of terrorism, in a case drawing attention amid the Trump administration’s criticism of the resettlement program’s vetting process.

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Suspected Maute Group member slain in Lanao del Sur raid

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An alleged member of the Islamic State-inspired Maute Group was killed when troops of the Army’s 49th Infantry Battalion raided a hideout at 9 a.m.Thursday, in Barangay Sawer, Masiu, Lanao del Sur.

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Pro-IS cleric gets death for inspiring terror attacks in Indonesia

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Pro-IS cleric gets death for inspiring terror attacks in Indonesia

JAKARTA — The South Jakarta District Court has found Friday Aman Abdurrahman guilty of inciting several terror attacks in Indonesia and sentenced the radical cleric to death.

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