Home Grown Terror

Air raids will help ground forces fight Islamic State, says Pentagon

Coalition airstrikes in and around the city on Syria's border with Turkey have been augmented by an airdrop of arms to Kurdish forces fighting the terror group.

ATS arrest Islamic State sympathiser plotting terror strikes in Mumbai

The online discussions about a plan to target an American school in the city alerted the ATS, which led to his arrest.

Pakistan should incite those fighting India in Kashmir: Musharraf

Musharraf, who was forced to resign in 2008 after his supporters lost, returned to Pakistan in 2013 after over four years of self-exile but faces a slew of cases.

Signs of support for Islamic State rattle cosmopolitan Istanbul

The fights are one of many signs of support for the Islamic State which have popped up across Istanbul, a cosmopolitan metropolis better known to tourists for its vibrant nightlife and Ottoman-era glories.

Islamic State claims it has downed Iraqi military helicopter

Islamic State said on Twitter that it downed the aircraft and published pictures that it claimed were of the debris and the corpse of one of the pilots.

Indonesia struggles to stop Islamic State from recruiting radicals

The danger posed to Indonesia from IS was brought into focus last month when police arrested four ethnic Uighurs they allege were being taken to meet the country's most wanted militant to discuss recruitment for IS.

UK govt to bar extremists views from appearing on TV, social media

May said that only a minority of extremists are violent, but "the damage that extremists cause to our society is reason enough to act."

Man arrested in counterterror raids, sent money to American in Syria: Aus

Police say the raids came after an eight-month investigation that began with a tip from the FBI. El Sabsabi is accused of giving about $12,000 to a US citizen to fund his travel to Syria.

Islamic State ally 'soldiers of the caliphate' behead French hostage

The new group split away from al-Qaida's North Africa branch and declared allegiance to the al-Baghdadi's group in Iraq and Syria and has apparently adopted their tactic of killing hostages.

US-led Coalition strikes Islamic State near besieged Syria town

US President Barack Obama, who hailed the strikes as a sign the world is united in confronting the jihadists, will be among the first leaders to address the General Assembly in New York.