Islamic State (IS) group
Rivals jostle for power as Iraq parliament meets
Iraqi lawmakers convened Monday with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and a populist cleric together seeking to form a government and sideline pro-Iran rivals with a deal to create…
Top IS group official killed in Mali, says France
France said on Monday it had killed a top official from Islamic State's affiliate in West Africa in an operation in Mali that also killed another member of the group and two…
Head of IS group in Afghanistan killed, gov't says
The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abu Saad Erhabi, was killed in a strike on the group's hideouts in Nangarhar province on Saturday night, authorities said on Sunday.
In The Press
‘Ignorant’ and ‘divisive’: South Africa berates Trump as supremacists rejoice
Friday, 24 August 24, 2018: We look at the indignation in South Africa after Donald Trump's tweet claiming that white farmers are having their land seized. A lie fed to the US…
IS group leader resurfaces in purported new recording
Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in his first purported speech in nearly a year, has called on followers to persevere, according to a statement posted on the…
IS group leader 'spoke about current issues' in alleged new recording, says France 24's Wassim Nasr
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 'spoke about current issues' in an alleged new recording, says France 24's Wassim Nasr, allowing observers to situate in time the elusive Islamic State group…
The Interview
'A lot of IS group fighters are underground,' says US-led coalition spokesman
Colonel Sean Ryan is the spokesman of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS) group. In an interview with FRANCE 24, Ryan details the coalition’s plans to militarily…
Deadly suicide bombing targets students preparing for exams
A suicide bombing in front of an educational centre in a mainly Shiite area in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Wednesday killed at least 48 people and wounded 67, according to…
Up to 30,000 IS group fighters left in Iraq and Syria, says UN
Between 20,000 and 30,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Iraq and Syria despite the jihadist group's defeat and a halt in the flow of foreigners joining its ranks, according to…
Iraq jails French and German for life for joining IS group
An Iraqi court sentenced a French man and a German woman to life in prison on Monday for belonging to Islamic State, forging ahead with the trial of hundreds of people - many…
Israeli air strike 'kills IS group militants'
An Israeli air strike has killed seven militants believed to be linked to the Islamic State group and seeking to infiltrate the country from the Syrian Golan Heights, the army…
Islamic State group claims deadly attack on cyclists in Tajikistan
The Islamic State jihadist group on Monday claimed an attack that killed four foreign cyclists in Tajikistan in what was originally reported as a hit-and-run road accident.