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Expert explains 'nihilistic violent extremism'

The FBI recently recognized a new category of terrorism labeled "nihilistic violent extremism." Matthew Kriner, executive director of the Institute for Countering Digital Extremism, joins to discuss.

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Burkina Faso: Jihadist attacks killed about 50 civilians since May

Human Rights Watch blamed the attacks on JNIM and the Islamic State in the Sahel Province, two prominent jihadist groups in the region.

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Female jihadists accused of criminal conspiracy face trial in Paris

Three French women including a niece of notorious jihadist propagandists went on trial on Monday, accused of traveling to the Middle East to join the Islamic State group and taking their eight children with them.

France 24

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Northern Mozambique hit by surge in Al Shabab attacks

In northern Mozambique, attacks by fighters from the armed group Al Shabab have surged in recent weeks. Aid agencies say more than 50,000 people have been displaced since July.

Al Jazeera

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HRW report warns of Islamic State group attacks on civilians in Niger

The NGO Human Rights Watch released a new report Wednesday that warns of a rising number of attacks on civilians from Islamic State-affiliated militants in Niger.

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Palestinian gunmen kill 6 people in attack at Jerusalem bus stop

Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop in north Jerusalem, killing six people and wounding several others, according to officials.

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Palestinian gunmen kill six at Jerusalem bus stop

Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Monday (September 8), killing six people in what police described as "a terrorist attack," one of the deadliest in the city in the past few years.

Reuters

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Boko Haram militants kill 60 in attack in Nigeria's northeast

Boko Haram militants killed dozens of people in a nighttime assault on a village in northeastern Nigeria that is home to residents who had recently returned from a camp for internally displaced persons, authorities said.

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Irish missionary among eight people freed from Haiti orphanage attack

An Irish missionary and a three-year-old child are among eight people who have been freed in Haiti by kidnappers after being held for almost a month following an attack by gunmen on an orphanage, officials and relatives said Friday.

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Australia accuses Iran of orchestrating antisemitic attacks

Australia has expelled Iran's ambassador after accusing Tehran of directing at least two antisemitic attacks in the country. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said there is credible intelligence that Iran was behind arson attacks on a Jewi...

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Iran denies Australia allegations it was behind antisemitic attacks

The Iranian government on Tuesday denied allegations it had played a role in organizing two antisemitic attacks in Australia.

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Cameroon: 13 hostages likely kidnapped by Boko Haram freed

The young hostages disappeared on 13 August from a bus. One boy was executed because a ransom payment was not made in time.

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Australia expels Iranian envoy over antisemitic attacks

Australia accused Iran on Tuesday (August 26) of executing two antisemitic arson attacks in the cities of Sydney and Melbourne and gave Tehran's ambassador seven days to leave the country, its first such expulsion since World War Two.

Reuters

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Hundreds continue to flee central Malian town after jihadist attack

Local and military sources say that soldiers have evacuated their military camp in Farabougou.

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In Depth: Recently surfaced 9/11 evidence includes video of Capitol

Important questions are being raised about 9/11 as evidence surfaces in a lawsuit against the Saudi government filed by families of the people killed in the 2001 terrorist attacks.

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Montreal teen faces terrorism-related charges

A Montreal teen is facing terrorism-related charges following an investigation that revealed he was allegedly planning an attack on behalf of the Islamic State, according to the RCMP. The minor, whose name cannot be disclosed, published ...

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Rebels armed with machetes kill at least 52 in eastern Congo

Islamic State-backed rebels armed with machetes and hoes killed at least 52 civilians, including eight women and two children, in the Beni and Lubero territories of eastern Congo in recent days, the UN told Reuters on Monday (August 18).

Reuters

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Nigeria's Air Force strikes decimate terrorists

Nigeria’s military has eliminated 592 terrorists in the northeastern state of Borno over the past eight months, marking a significant escalation in the fight against Boko Haram and Daesh-linked militants.

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Mozambique attacks: Almost 60,000 people displaced in two weeks

A wave of attacks in northern Mozambique has displaced almost 60,000 people in just two weeks, according to the United Nations. The assaults took place in villages in the Cabo Delgado province. An armed group affiliated with ISIL has cla...

Al Jazeera

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Sahel terrorist groups becoming more sophisticated

On July 30th, UN experts reported that extremist groups in West Africa, like the al-Qaida-linked Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin group, known as JNIM, and East Africa's al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab have continued to increase the territor...

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Russia to start trial of suspects in Moscow concert hall attack

The trial opens in Moscow on Monday (August 3) of 19 people accused of involvement in an attack on a Moscow concert hall last year that killed 149 people.

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UN warns of rising ISIS, Al-Qaida threats in Africa and Syria

Experts also warn of increasing financial strain on ISIS, with fighter salaries hitting record lows and new covert methods being used to move funds undetected

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Pope Leo XIV expresses 'deep pain' at deaths of worshippers in DRC

Pope Leo XIV has expressed his sorrow at Sunday’s attack on Christian worshippers in the DRC by an affiliate of the so-called Islamic State.

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Togo confirms over 60 killed in Al Qaeda-linked attacks

The foreign minister says there have been 15 incident this years in the north of the country.

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Islamic State claims responsibility for attack on east Congo church

The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for a deadly attack that a U.N. mission said had killed at least 43 worshippers during a night mass at a church in eastern Congo.

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Islamic State claims responsibility for church attack in DRC

The Islamic State group announced on Monday that it was behind a lethal attack on a Catholic church in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a message on its Telegram channel.

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Suspect in Michigan stabbing rampage to face terrorism charges

Michigan officials say they will file terrorism charges and 11 charges of assault with intent to murder against the man who allegedly carried out a knife attack at a Walmart on Saturday. Lana Zak reports.

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Dozens killed in attack on church in eastern DR Congo

The assault on Sunday morning is believed to have been carried out by Islamic State-backed rebels.

Africanews

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Kenyan Activist Mwangi faces terror charges after protests

Nearly a month after deadly anti-government protests shook the Kenyan capital, prominent human rights activist Boniface Mwangi is facing terrorism-related charges for his alleged role in the demonstrations.

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Rise in al Qaeda attacks revives specter of West African Caliphate

Islamist group JNIM is pushing to assert political dominance in the Sahel region with a recent surge in deadly attacks reflecting a strategic shift that sees the al Qaeda affiliate moving towards its goal to impose Islamic rule across th...

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