IS blasts Iraq PM as American agent, calls for more attacks

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRAMay 29, 2020 GMT

BAGHDAD (AP) — The Islamic State group in an audio message blasted Iraq’s new prime minister, calling him an “American agent,” and criticized the closure of Islam’s holiest shrine in the Saudi...

IS vows to attack Israel and blasts US Mideast plan

January 27, 2020 GMT

BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group vowed in an audio message released Monday that the extremists will start a new phase of attacks that will focus on Israel and blasted the U.S....

Charlie Hebdo attack suspect arrested, French officials say

December 21, 2018 GMT

PARIS (AP) — French authorities confirmed on Friday the arrest of a suspected extremist linked to the 2015 attack on Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine that killed 12 people.

The Paris prosecutor's office confirmed the arrest after French media reported that French citizen Peter Cherif, also known as Abu Hamza, had been arrested in Djibouti.

Egypt says security forces kill 15 militants in Sinai

October 3, 2018 GMT

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian said Wednesday that police have killed 15 suspected militants in a shootout in the northern Sinai Peninsula, where they are battling an Islamic State-led insurgency.

The Interior Ministry says the militants were killed during a raid on their hideout in the city of el-Arish, where they were planning attacks on security forces in the coming days. It says security forces dismantled two explosive devices and seized weapons.