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Trump: ISIS Leader 'Thought He Could Hide,' but We Got Him

President says 'second-in-command' Abu Bakr al-Mainuki was killed in joint US-Nigeria operation

(Newser) - US and Nigerian forces killed a leader of the Islamic State group in Nigeria in a mission carried out on Friday, according to US President Trump. Trump announced the joint operation in Africa's most populous country in a late-night social media post that offered few details, per the AP . He...

Man Admits Role in Taylor Swift Concert Plot

Defendant reportedly admits terrorist involvement, denies links to other attacks

(Newser) - A man accused of planning a mass-casualty attack tied to Taylor Swift's 2024 Vienna shows pleaded guilty as his trial began Tuesday, nearly two years after the concerts were abruptly scrapped . The 21-year-old Austrian, identified only as Beran A under local privacy rules, faced terrorism and terror-organization charges carrying a...

French Court Convicts Concrete Company of Financing ISIS

Court orders multi-million-dollar fines, prison terms for former executives over actions in Syria

(Newser) - France's top anti-terror court has delivered a landmark ruling against cement giant Lafarge, finding the company guilty of bankrolling armed groups in Syria to keep a lucrative plant running. Judges in Paris said Lafarge and eight former executives, including ex-CEO Bruno Lafont, paid at least $6.36 million to...

Site of One of Deadliest US Shootings Demolished

Orlando plans to build a permanent memorial to the 49 killed in Pulse nightclub massacre

(Newser) - Orlando has leveled the building that was the site of one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history. Nearly a decade after a gunman killed 49 people and wounded dozens more at Pulse, an orange crane on Wednesday tore into the former gay nightclub's dark stone walls as police...

ROTC Students Subdued, Killed ODU Shooter

They 'rendered him no longer alive' after he opened fire at Old Dominion University, FBI says

(Newser) - A former Army National Guard member who had spent eight years in prison for attempting to aid ISIS opened fire on a classroom at Virginia's Old Dominion University on Thursday before ROTC students subdued and killed him, authorities said. He had yelled "Allahu Akbar" before the shooting, which...

University Shooting Probed as Act of Terrorism

Shooter spent years in prison for trying to aid ISIS

(Newser) - Fifteen months after walking out of prison, a man once convicted of trying to aid ISIS carried out a deadly shooting now being probed as terrorism at Old Dominion University, authorities say. Federal authorities have identified the shooter who killed one person and injured two others at the Virginia school...

ISIS Offshoot Wants Members to 'Responsibly' Tap Into AI

Afghan extremist group IS-K's magazine frames chatbots as secure propaganda tools

(Newser) - ISIS' Afghan offshoot is publishing something unexpected in its English-language magazine: AI user guides. Per Politico , recent issues of Voice of Khorasan, produced by Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K), lay out how followers should use artificial intelligence "responsibly" as part of their activities. One edition opens with the slogan "...

Alleged Plotter in Taylor Swift Concert Attack Scheme Charged

Suspect allegedly pledged to ISIS, sought weapons and bomb materials

(Newser) - A man allegedly involved in plotting a terrorist attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Austria is now formally facing terrorism charges, the New York Times reports. Prosecutors in Vienna say a 21-year-old Austrian man, not publicly named, pledged support to the Islamic State terrorist group online and planned an...

As Families Flee Syrian Camps, Australia Offers 'No Sympathy'

Anthony Albanese says 'We're providing absolutely no support' to citizens seeking to return home

(Newser) - Australia's leader has a blunt message for its ISIS-linked citizens stuck in Syrian camps: You're on your own. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday the country will not help repatriate dozens of women and children who recently tried—and failed—to leave the Al-Roj detention camp and reach...

US Strikes ISIS Targets in Syria
US Strikes ISIS Targets in Syria
Jan 10, 2026 4:18 PM CST

US Strikes ISIS Targets in Syria

Operation is in response to fatal ambush last month, military says

(Newser) - The US military said Saturday that it carried out a broad wave of airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria, describing the action as a response to a deadly December ambush. US Central Command reported that more than 35 ISIS-linked sites were hit around 12:30pm ET as part of...

FBI: We Stopped NYE Attack in North Carolina

Authorities say 18-year-old suspect was inspired by ISIS

(Newser) - Authorities in North Carolina say they stopped a planned New Year's Eve attack before it could unfold. Federal prosecutors on Friday announced the arrest of 18-year-old Christian Sturdivant, who they say had spent roughly a year planning an assault using knives and hammers, reports CBS News . US Attorney Russ...

What We Know About the US Airstrikes in Nigeria
What We Know About
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Dec 26, 2025 9:59 AM CST

What We Know About the US Airstrikes in Nigeria

Nigerian official disagrees with Trump that Christians are being targeted

(Newser) - President Trump authorized US airstrikes on Islamic State militants in Nigeria on Thursday under the rationale that they were attacking Christians. "MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, including the dead Terrorists, of which there will be many more if their slaughter of Christians continues," Trump wrote on social media. Coverage:...

US Strikes ISIS Targets in What Hegseth Calls 'Vengeance'

Sweeping attacks in Syria will continue into Saturday, officials say

(Newser) - US forces opened a broad wave of air and artillery strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria on Friday, answering President Trump's promise to retaliate for the killing of two American soldiers and a US interpreter last weekend. "This is not the beginning of a war—it is...

Surviving Bondi Suspect Hit With 59 Charges

Suspect Naveed Akram, 24, survived massacre that killed 15; other suspect, now dead, was his father

(Newser) - The lone surviving suspect in Sunday's Bondi Beach massacre is now facing a sweeping list of 59 charges, including 15 counts of murder and terrorism, New South Wales police say. Authorities allege 24-year-old Naveed Akram and his father, 50-year-old Sajid Akram, opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration attended largely...

Army Names 2 Iowa Guard Members Killed in Syria

Governor orders flags in state to fly at half-staff

(Newser) - The two Iowa National Guard members killed in a weekend attack in Syria that the US military blamed on the Islamic State group were identified Monday. The US Army named them as Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, the AP...

2 US Soldiers, Interpreter Killed on Joint Patrol in Syria

Trump blames attack on Islamic State and pledges retaliation

(Newser) - An ambush on a joint US-Syrian patrol in the Syrian city of Palmyra killed two American soldiers and a US civilian interpreter on Saturday, according to the Pentagon and Syria's state news agency. Three American soldiers and two Syrian security personnel were wounded by an attacker US Central Command...

US Raid Killed Undercover Syrian, Not ISIS Official: Family

Relatives, Syrian officials say Khaled al-Masoud had spied for years on extremist group

(Newser) - A raid by US forces and a local Syrian group aiming to capture an Islamic State official instead killed a man who'd been working undercover gathering intelligence on the extremists, family and Syrian officials tell the AP . The October killing underscores the complex political and security landscape as the...

Feds: Michigan Terror Plot Targeted LGBTQ+ Bars

Suspects are accused of scouting bars, stockpiling weapons, and training for ISIS-inspired plot

(Newser) - Federal authorities say two men in Michigan were plotting an ISIS-inspired attack on LGBTQ+ bars over Halloween, but the FBI intervened before anything could happen. According to a criminal complaint filed Monday, Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud are accused of conspiring to commit terrorism by transferring firearms and ammunition, per...

850-Year-Old Mosque Destroyed by ISIS Reopens

Mosul reconstruction project also restored churches

(Newser) - Iraq's prime minister presided over the official reopening of the historic al-Nuri Grand Mosque and its leaning minaret in the heart of Mosul's Old City Monday, eight years after the mosque was destroyed by militants from the Islamic State group.
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US Repatriates American Child Stuck in Syrian Camp

Child with ISIS ties 'has known nothing of life outside of the camps,' per US State Department

(Newser) - The United States repatriated an American child separated from their family from a sprawling camp in northeastern Syria that houses tens of thousands of people with alleged ties to the militant Islamic State group, the State Department said Wednesday. The department estimates that some 30,000 people from 70 countries...

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