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With Baghdadi's wife captured, what does the future have in store for the Islamic State? Watch

Image of A wife and son of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi were captured in Lebanon, though it is unclear as to what relationship the wife had with the Islamic State's leader.

It has been confirmed that Lebanese authorities have arrested one of the two wives of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of the Islamic State. ... continue reading

Lebanese officials capture wife, son, of Islamic State leader Watch

Image of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State and one of the most dangerous men in the world.

Officials in Lebanon have reportedly arrested the wife of the leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic ... continue reading

Claim that Islamic State had captured Canadian fighter untrue! Watch

Image of Female peshmerga forces have been part of the Kurdish offensive against Islamic State units around the Syria-Turkish border.

Reports that the Islamic State had captured a Canadian woman who was fighting with Kurdish peshmerga forces has turned out to be untrue. ... continue reading

Islamic State announces it has a 'dirty bomb' but probably unsure how to use it Watch

Image of A dirty bomb could spell disaster for an urban area, and be expensive to clean up. City blocks could be rendered uninhabitable for months or years.

With a disturbing series of tweets from Islamic State jihadists across social media, it has been announced that the Islamic State has ... continue reading

Talk about mama bear! Afghan woman kills 25 Taliban after her son was murdered Watch

Image of After seeing her son murdered by Taliban fighters, Reza Gul picked up a gun, and along with her daughter and daughter-in-law, killed 25 of the militants in a seven-hour-long battle.

An Afghan woman went on a revenge induced spree after Taliban militants gunned down her son, and has since become an example of heroism ... continue reading

Signs of desperation: Islamic State offers rewards for capture of foreign 'spies' Watch

Image of The multi-month campaign of airstrikes, led by the U.S., have been effective in harming the Islamic State, keeping them unable to operate effectively in Iraq or Syria.

While leaders of the Islamic State have claimed that the airstrikes by the U.S. and coalition allies are ineffective, it has garnered a ... continue reading

Pakistani court rules that Christian woman will be put to death Watch

Image of The daughters of Asia Bibi, with a photograph of their mother.

A high court in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore has confirmed the death sentence of a Christian woman who was convicted of blasphemy, ... continue reading

Defense officials warn that airstrikes are not stopping Islamic State's conquest of Iraq and Syria Watch

Image of Members of the Islamic State ride a captured tank through an Iraqi city displaying their black flags.

President Obama's multi-month campaign of airstrikes against Islamic State forces in Iraq and Syria, while a major moral booster for ... continue reading

The long and painful war against terrorism: 2013-14 the worst years to date Watch

Image of Operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Taliban is one of the militant groups responsible for the most deaths around the world.

A new report has revealed that the number of people who have been killed by militants across the globe has jumped up more than 60% from ... continue reading

The United Arab Emirates just named these two American organizations as terrorists! Watch

Image of Al-Qaeda and its affiliates throughout the Middle East and North Africa have been designated a terrorist organization by the United Arab Emirates.

It came as somewhat of a shock to two Islamic groups in the United States when they found that they were recently included in a list of ... continue reading

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