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Islamic State’s capture of two important Arab cities in recent weeks is opening up new lines of illicit revenue for the terrorist organization, said senior U.S. and Arab officials.
Nearly three years ago, a Saudi Arabian university student applied for a passport to travel to Syria or Iraq, where he hoped to join two cousins fighting for the extremist group now known as Islamic State.
The Obama administration removed Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terrorism on Friday, a crucial step in normalizing ties between Washington and Havana and the latest progress in a push to thaw relations between the United States and the island nation.
A growing number of extremist groups from Africa to southeast Asia are shifting their allegiance to the Islamic State group, leading to greater risks for “cross-pollination” among conflicts beyond Syria and Iraq, the head of Interpol said Friday.
The Tomb Raiders of Mesopotamia: Fighting ISIL, terrorism financing and saving our cultural heritage
Looted from Iraq, the ancient carving of Assyrian King Sargon II was to fetch $1-2 million dollars on the black market. Instead, thanks to the good work of the U.S. Departments of Justice, State and Homeland Security, the treasure - and about 64 other looted antiquities - were returned last week to the people of Iraq.
Islamic terrorists are stoking alarm with threats of an all-out cyber crusade against the United States, and experts say the warnings should be taken seriously.
A group of Islamic State (IS) militants from Russia's North Caucasus region are using the popular Russian QIWI wallet electronic payment system to raise money online.
American Special Operations forces mounted a rare raid into eastern Syria early Saturday, killing a leader of the Islamic State and about a dozen militant fighters, as well as capturing his wife and freeing an 18-year-old Yazidi w
The closing of one of the few remaining U.S. banks to send money to Somalia set off alarm bells last February in the small but ever-growing community of Somali immigrants who moved to America in search of jobs to support relatives back home.
Serene stone reliefs from ancient Egyptian temples, model boats used to ferry departed souls through the underworld, and a 2,600-year-old sarcophagus were among the smuggled antiquities recently displayed in Washington, D.C. by the Department of Homeland Security. The repatriation ceremony that saw a portion of the U.S.