The Japan TimesFeb 27
Pakistan’s defense minister has declared after Islamabad bombed major cities in Afghanistan that both countries are at “open war” following months of tit-for-tat clashes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/27/asia-pacific/politics/pakistan-afghanistan-clash/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #pakistan #afghanistan #un #shehbazsharif #hibatullahakhundzada #islamicstategroup
Pakistan bombs Kabul in ‘open war’ on Afghanistan’s Taliban government

Relations between the neighbors have plunged since deadly fighting in October that killed more than 70 people on both sides.

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesOct 1, 2025
The Pentagon has recommitted itself to scaling back its military mission in Iraq, a process that will see Baghdad command efforts to combat remnants of the Islamic State group inside its own country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/01/world/pentagon-iraq-mission-scaled-back/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #pentagon #iraq #us #islamicstategroup #alqaida
Pentagon says Iraq mission being scaled back

The move will see Baghdad command efforts to combat remnants of the Islamic State group inside its own country.

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesJan 6, 2025
Abdul Qadir Mumin, a Somalian leader of the Islamic State group, has in all likelihood risen to the status of strongman of the entire organization, even if he lacks the official title. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/06/world/crime-legal/financier-islamic-state-strongman/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #islamicstategroup #somalia #terrorism #abdulqadirmumin
The quiet financier: Islamic State group's elusive strongman

Abdul Qadir Mumin may already be running the group's general directorate of provinces from Somalia, even if he lacks an official title.

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesJan 3, 2025
A U.S. Army veteran who drove a truck into a crowd of New Year's Day revelers in New Orleans had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, but acted alone in the attack, the FBI says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/03/world/crime-legal/new-orleans-attacker-acted-alone/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #us #neworleans #terrorism #islamicstategroup
Texas man behind New Orleans attack acted alone, FBI says

The suspect, identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Texan who once served in the U.S. Army in Afghanistan, had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group.

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesJan 2, 2025
A New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans and a deadly explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside of President-elect Donald Trump’s hotel in Las Vegas hours later have raised the specter of terrorism in the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/02/world/crime-legal/new-orleans-las-vegas-us-security/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #neworleans #lasvegas #cybertruck #terrorism #us #donaldtrump #elonmusk #joebiden #islamicstategroup
Catastrophes in New Orleans, Las Vegas rattle U.S. over security threats

Investigators are searching for possible links between the two events, which come less than a month before Donald Trump is sworn in as president.

The Japan Times
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s widow sentenced to death in Iraq

A court convicts the woman of working with the Islamic State group and detaining Yazidi women.

World News Feeds 🇺🇦Jan 8, 2023
Alabama woman who joined IS hopes to return from Syria camp https://apnews.com/article/islamic-state-group-politics-syria-crime-prisons-dfb3cde1330e15b69a4c18552c837664 #IslamicStategroup #APTopNews #Politics #Prisons #Syria #Crime
Alabama woman who joined IS hopes to return from Syria camp

ROJ CAMP, Syria (AP) — A woman who ran away from home in Alabama at the age of 20, joined the Islamic State group and had a child with one of its fighters says she still hopes to return to the United States, serve prison time if necessary, and advocate against the extremists.

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Taliban: Kabul checkpoint bomb blast kills, wounds several https://apnews.com/article/islamic-state-group-kabul-afghanistan-government-taliban-cb03f7488c1320a305f0853fc21d43bd #Afghanistangovernment #IslamicStategroup #AsiaPacific #APTopNews #WorldNews #Taliban #Kabul
Taliban: Kabul checkpoint bomb blast kills, wounds several

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A bomb exploded near a checkpoint at Kabul's military airport Sunday morning killing and wounding “several” people, a Taliban official said, the first deadly blast of 2023 in Afghanistan.

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World News Feeds 🇺🇦Dec 30, 2022
Former IS families face neighbors' hatred returning home https://apnews.com/article/islamic-state-group-politics-syria-children-united-states-government-25555d7db285e7e019e0426730d6ddd5 #UnitedStatesgovernment #IslamicStategroup #Syriagovernment #Lifestyle #APTopNews #Politics #Children #Syria
Former IS families face neighbors' hatred returning home

RAQQA, Syria (AP) — Marwa Ahmad rarely leaves her run-down house in the Syrian city of Raqqa. The single mother of four says people look at her with suspicion and refuse to offer her a job, while her children get bullied and beaten up at school.

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World News Feeds 🇺🇦Dec 28, 2022
Jihadi violence hits Benin, shows spread across West Africa https://apnews.com/article/islamic-state-group-al-qaida-politics-benin-violence-e70ea4e0cf5211785cf1cb20c4b38487 #UnitedStatesgovernment #IslamicStategroup #APTopNews #Al-Qaida #Politics #Violence #Benin
Jihadi violence hits Benin, shows spread across West Africa

COTONOU, Benin (AP) — It’s been more than a year since jihadis first stormed Igor Kassah's town in northern Benin but the priest still lives in fear. His once peaceful life is now marked by threatening phone calls and Islamic extremist diatribes tacked on church doors demanding that people leave.

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