Topic: Islamic State

Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper says in his upcoming memoir that President Donald Trump once asked him if the U.S. could shoot missiles into Mexico to destroy drug labs and dangerous cartels, according to reports.

A federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Alec Baldwin, alleging he defamed a fallen Wyoming Marine's sister, over lack of jurisdiction.

For the second day this week, explosions rocked Afghanistan on Thursday and killed several people, including worshipers at a mosque in the northern part of the country, officials said.

A Briton with militant sympathies for the Islamic State terror group was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for killing British lawmaker David Amess in a shocking stabbing attack six months ago.

A British jury found Ali Harbi Ali guilty of murdering David Amess, a member of the British parliament, after posing as a constituent to meet with the politician in October.

Two police officers were fatally shot in a terrorist attack committed by the Islamic State in northern Israel, authorities and officials said.

An affiliate of the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a Pakistan mosque, the death toll from which authorities increased to 62 Saturday.

Ericsson on Wednesday said it was informed by the U.S. Department of Justice that it had breached a billion-dollar legal settlement involving alleged corruption and possible payments to terrorists in Iraq.

The Biden administration blacklisted four Africans accused of being financial facilitators for the Islamic State as it seeks to cut off funds to the terrorist organization.

The United Nations said Wednesday that Iraq has made its final payment of nearly $53 billion in restitution to Kuwait for the 1990 invasion.