The rise of the self-styled Islamic State (IS) has been described as an “accident of history” which took place as a result of the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003. The extremist ...

A photo released by Islamic State’s Amaq News Agency yesterday shows its gunmen burning aircraft at Niger’s Air Base 101. In a newly released video by the Islamic State’s Amaq News Agency, the group ...

Almost a decade ago, the Sunni jihadist network known as the Islamic State (IS) declared the formation of an Islamic Caliphate after they captured the Iraqi city of Mosul in June 2014. In response, ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria released a video on Saturday that purported to show the beheading of British aid worker David Haines. Reuters could not ...

Dutch politician Geert Wilders has made a video portraying Islam as the source of terrorism and likening the religion to Nazism. Madeleine Brand talks to Dutch author Ian Buruma about the video and ...