IS beheads 30 Ethiopian Christians in LibyaA video purportedly made by Islamic State and posted on social media sites on Sunday appeared to show militants shooting and beheading about 30 Ethiopian Christians in Libya. Reuters was unable to verify the authenticity of the vi More… |
Islamic State beheads second Japanese hostageIslamic State militants said they had beheaded a second Japanese hostage, journalist Kenji Goto, prompting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to vow to step up humanitarian aid to the group's opponents in the Middle East and help bring his killers to More… |
IS claims beheading of yet another US hostageIslamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria claimed in a video posted online on Sunday that they had beheaded American hostage Peter Kassig. The video did not show the beheading but showed a masked man standing with a More… |
Islamic State beheads second British hostageIslamic State militants beheaded British aid worker Alan Henning in a video posted on Friday, triggering swift condemnation by the British and US governments. The footage on YouTube, highlighted on pro-Islamic State Twitter feeds, More… |
Middle East states to join air strikes against Islamic StateWashington said countries in the Middle East had offered to join air strikes against Islamic State militants and Australia said it would send troops, but Britain held back even after the group beheaded a British hostage and threatened to kill an More… |
Islamic State claims beheading of UK hostageIslamic 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 immediately verify the footage. But the images were consist More… |
Path to jihad: from upscale Cairo to beheadingsAfter leaving his upscale Cairo neighbourhood to fight with the Islamic State militant group in Syria and Iraq, Younes says he learned how to work as a sniper, fire heavy weaponry and behead prisoners using the proper technique. O More… |
Islamic State ‘beheads second US journalist’The Islamic State militant group released a video on Tuesday purporting to show the beheading of a second American hostage, journalist Steven Sotloff, raising the stakes in its confrontation with Washington over US air strikes on its insurgents More… |
Islamic State says it beheaded US journalistIslamic State insurgents posted a video on Tuesday purportedly showing the beheading of US journalist James Foley and images of another US journalist whose life they said depended on how the United States acts in Iraq. The video, More… |
Saudi bans Indonesia, Filipino workersSaudi Arabia has stopped granting work permits to domestic workers from Indonesia and the Philippines, following hiring conditions imposed by the Asian countries, said a report. The Saudi move comes after authorities in Indonesia and Phili More… |