Audu Marte - AFP / Getty Images Islamic Extremists Abduct at Least 200 People, Most of Them Women and Children At least 200 people - mostly women and children - were abducted near Nigeria's border with Chad by Islamic extremists. By The Associated Press March 7, 2024
Emrah Gurel / AP Islamic Terrorists Launch Deadly Attack on Church During Sunday Mass Pews and walls in the church could be seen peppered with bullet holes. A bouquet was left where one person was killed. By The Associated Press January 29, 2024
AP Two Dead, 14 Others Wounded in Minibus Explosion No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but the IS group's affiliate in the region has targeted Shiite sites in the past. By The Associated Press January 6, 2024
Dimitar Dilkoff - AFP / Getty Images Islamist Radical Stabs Tourist to Death, Then Cries Out 'Allahu Akbar,' Officials Say The killing was called a terrorist attack by police and government officials, who said the suspect has ties to the Islamic State group. By Johnathan Jones December 4, 2023
Froilan Gallardo / AP Four Christians Killed During Worship, Bombing Suspected “Extremists who wield violence against the innocent will always be regarded as enemies to our society,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said. By The Associated Press December 2, 2023
John Moore / Getty Images FBI Scrambling to Track Down Migrants Brought to the US by ISIS-Tied Smuggler The migrants didn’t set off any alarms when they were screened and released from federal custody this year after crossing the border. By Jennie Taer August 29, 2023
Hussein Malla / AP Photo ISIS-Linked Group Leaves Massive Body Count After Attack on School Some of the students suffered fatal burns when rebels set fire to a dormitory, and others were shot or hacked with machetes. By The Associated Press June 16, 2023
Sébastien Kitsa Musayi / AFP via Getty Images Group Claims Responsibility After Nearly 3 Dozen 'Christians' Are Slaughtered The announcement comes after local authorities confirmed that at least 45 people were killed last week in several attacks. By The Associated Press March 11, 2023
Sébastien Kitsa Musayi / AFP via Getty Images Radical Muslims Use Fire, Machetes, and Bullets to Kill at Least 36 in Nighttime Attack "The group is infamous for its extreme violence and its link to Islamic State provides access to regional jihadist networks and funding." By The Associated Press March 9, 2023
Hazem Ahmed / AP Horror Uncovered at Former Islamic State Stronghold Eighteen bodies were found in a mass grave in the Sabaa area of Sirte, according to Libyan authorities on Sunday. By The Associated Press January 1, 2023