The case highlights the challenge of preventing so-called lone-wolf attacks,when an attacker acts without outside help.
The US military says “multiple operatives” in the remote Golis Mountains in the country’s north were killed in the strikes.
The group that wants to force Muslims to adhere strictly to the faith’s earliest teachings has a very modern strategy to boost its global reach.
Recordings and interviews detail Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s growing discontent with US society and his increasing isolation even within his local Muslim community.
Islamic State and other terrorist groups are seeking to harness anger about the war in Gaza to gain recruits,national security experts have warned.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar posted five videos on social media hours before the attack in which he aligned himself with the Islamic State.
The Texas man accused of driving a pick-up truck into New Year’s Day revellers in New Orleans was once deployed to Afghanistan,the US Army said.
Israel had every right respond to Hamas,but some of its supporters ignore a critical constraint under international law.
Australia has had five years to repatriate dozens of women and children who went to Syria under Islamic State.
The rebels’ lightning offensive ousted the head of a country bled dry by decades of neglect and an appalling civil war. It offers hope to some,despair to others.