TERRORISM

Jordan said on Wednesday it had received no assurance that al-Kasaesbeh was safe .

The child was questioned by police in Nice after he allegedly expressed "solidarity" with the gunmen who attacked the offices of Charlie Hebdo.

The video aims to discourage the country's youth from being swayed by jihadist propaganda by discrediting various claims made by recruiters.

The terror attacks in Paris persuaded the government to reduce its defense cuts, but funding is a problem.

If confirmed, this would be the first U.S. drone strike in Yemen since its president stepped down last week.

Nigerian forces battled Boko Haram militants in clashes that killed 200 combatants.

Rebels from the al-Nusra Front and other opposition groups took a strategic military base in the southern Syria.

Haruna Yukawa's death was allegedly captured in an Islamic State group beheading video days after Japanese PM vowed to save hostages' lives.

The U.S. said it has halted some counterterrorism against al Qaeda in Yemen following a takeover of the country by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, according to an exclusive Reuters report.

The powerful faction of the jihadist group stands to benefit from the advances made by Yemen's Shiite Houthi rebels.

The force of English-speaking foreign fighters is meant to target Western cities.

They allegedly received military training and delivered goods to Islamic State group fighters in Syria in 2013.

Stuart Jones, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, said that over 6,000 ISIS fighters have been killed in U.S.-led airstrikes in Iraq and Syria.

The list of banned organizations include those with ties to the Taliban and al Qaeda.

Japan said it has been trying to reach the Islamic State group through third parties, like regional governments and local tribal leaders.

Abe is running out of time to rescue the two Japanese hostages held by the Islamic State, and he is looking to the Middle East for help.

The video purports to show the Islamist militant group's leader claiming the attack on the Nigerian town that killed thousands of civilians.

El-Hanafi and his associate Sabirhan Hasanoff together sent about $67,000 to terrorist operatives overseas, according to authorities.

More than a dozen residences belonging to suspected Islamist extremists were raided Tuesday.

The ISIS leader is said to have been moved to a different location after being wounded by an airstrike.

The standoff is the first confirmed ground battle between the extremist group and Western troops.