The hostage situation at a cafe in central Sydney has ended with two people dead, including the gunman, and an unknown number of wounded. The standoff lasted for a whole day, ending in the early hours of Tuesday, local time.
Boko Haram attacked two Nigerian cities, Maiduguru and Damaturu, on Monday. The cities, located to the north, suffered severe casualties, especially in Damaturu, where government forces battles Boko Haram fighters for control of the city.
A group of conspirators apparently inspired by Islamist ideology targeted the Sears Tower and the studios of talk show host Oprah Winfrey, both located in Chicago, in a 2009 bomb plot, Judicial Watch reported based on "law enforcement and other sources."
U.S. intelligence warned ISIS is planning to recruit from within the U.S. to orchestrate attacks against military, law enforcement or intelligence personnel.
Pope calls for peace between Muslims and Christians in visit to Turkey Pope Francis started a three-day visit in Turkey by calling an end to Islamist extremism, which threatens Christians and other minorities along the country's southern border, The New York Times reported.
A suicide bomber targeted a volleyball tournament in rural Afghanistan, killing many civilians, mostly young men and children. Both the Afghan government and the U.N. have condemned the attack.
Smoke rises as a house is blown up by Egyptian security forces in northern Sinai. The government is trying to choke off the militant group, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, which has pledged its allegiance to ISIS.
Recent arrests come two weeks after nine were arrested on suspicion of terrorism London's Metropolitan Police arrested four men on Tuesday on suspicion of commissioning or preparing acts of terrorism, just two weeks after police in the United Kingdom arrested nine others on similar charges.
President Barack Obama’s approval rating and his handling of health care policies and terrorism improved in recent weeks, but the disapproval rating outweighed the positive gains.
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told reporters Iraqi intelligence believed an attack was imminent; however, U.S. security officials have debunked his allegations.
President Barack Obama's campaign to combat terrorism continued at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. The president also discussed the Ebola virus outbreak and the Russian-Ukrainian crisis.
The men planned gruesome attacks involving public beheadings in Australia's largest city, Sydney. The arrest involved around 800 law enforcement officers.
A small business owner in upstate New York was indicted for allegedly funding the extreme terrorist group known as the Islamic State or ISIS and plotting to murder U.S. military members who served in Iraq.
The governors of New Jersey and New York announced a multilateral partnership to improve "security preparedness and coordination" for the states' region as the threat of terrorism increased.
President Barack Obama addressed the nation about his plans to target the Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL, and lawmakers from the Republican Party commented on the positives and negatives of his strategy.
The sister of the infamous Boston Marathon bombing suspects was arrested Wednesday after she allegedly threatened to "put a bomb" on her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend.
This Sunday 500 Yazidis killed and 300 kidnapped into slavery by ISIL. Iraq's human rights minister Mohammed Shia al Sudani announced Sunday that at least 500 Yazidis been killed and about 300 had been kidnapped by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant or ISIL.
The UK is seeking to cover its role in helping the US torture terrorist suspects The British Government has been accused of trying to cover up its role in the "extraordinary rendition" of terror suspects who were tortured by the United States after the 9/11 attacks.
The wife of the vice minister of was kidnaped on Sunday by terrorist group Boko Haram Terrorist group Boko Haram has kidnapped the wife of the vice-prime minister of Cameroon.
Babar Ahmad was the mastermind behind Jihadist websites that aided Islamist extremist groups. A Connecticut court on Wednesday sentenced Babar Ahmad to prison for helping the Taliban and other Islamic extremist terrorist organizations.
