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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country has captured one of the four wives of the slain leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, just days after it captured the elder sister, Rasmiya Awad. Erdogan made the…

Hours after the confirmed death of ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the terror group has a new leader. The new leader, who has reportedly been chosen as an heir by al-Baghdadi since August is Abdullah Qardash – nicknamed ‘The…

President Donald Trump said Friday that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had assured him that he wants the “ceasefire” with Kurdish militants in northern Syria to work. Trump, in a series of tweets, said he had spoken to Erdogan…

An attacker allegedly “exposed to IS radicalism” stabbed Indonesian security minister Wiranto as he was stepping into a vehicle Thursday, leaving two deep wounds, police said. “Someone approached and attacked him. The local police chief…

At least 25,794 people were killed in various attacks during the first term of President Muhammadu Buhari between May 2015 and May 2019, a report analysed by PREMIUM TIMES indicates. According to available data from the Nigeria Security…

US President Donald Trump has declared that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria will be eliminated from its last territory in Syria by Thursday. Trump, who spoke at the White House, announced that the last of the Islamic State’s…

By Toye Faleye Mr Ladi Thompson, a security strategic thinker, has warned Nigeria to be careful and wary of the Islamic State’s West Africa Province, an affiliate of ISIS. He says ISWAP is a new type of war ready to contend with the…

A former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, said on Sunday that the Boko Haram insurgents have become stronger than ever. Mr Obasanjo, a retired military general, made this known in a lengthy statement he issued on Sunday. In the…

Terror group, Islamic State supporters have concocted a plot to kill Kate Middleton, by poisoning the food she buys at the supermarket, according to a report published on Sunday. Terror fanatics were encouraging each other to tamper with…

Britain, Germany and France, three of the United States’ main allies in the war against the Islamic State group, reacted with alarm Thursday to President Donald Trump’s decision to pull US troops out of Syria — a move hailed by Russia.…