As the Philippines army battles ISIS-aligned terrorists in the country’s southern city of Marawi, the fate of dozens of Christians kidnapped by the jihadi group remains in the balance as a new heightened threat may cost them their lives. New video observed by The Foreign Desk has surfaced from the terror group in which an…
Days before the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, terror group Al Qaeda has released a video referring to the day as a “slap” to the U.S. and calling on jihadis to carry out more attacks on U.S. soil. Al Qaeda’s media wing Al Sahab released the video online featuring the group’s current leader…
Young Hindu and Christian girls in Pakistan are being kidnapped and forced to undergo Islamic conversions before being married off to their captors, according to Pakistani activists. At rallies Thursday marking the country’s National Minorities Day, protesters singled out a notorious politician and a cleric who have been aiding kidnappers and coercing courts to rule…
Islamic State recruiters operating at religious schools and universities across Pakistan have fueled concerns about the terror group’s growing presence, despite Pakistani military campaign efforts to target and crush Islamist groups. ISIS first announced their presence in Pakistan in May 2015, after claiming responsibility for an attack that killed 45 Shia bus passengers in Karachi.…
Women taken hostage by African terror group Boko Haram are being trained to be used as suicide bombers, according to a recent report. At least 105 women and girls have carried out suicide bombing missions for the terror group, resulting in hundreds of deaths since 2014, The New York Times reported. Responding to the group’s…
An abducted 7-year-old Pakistani boy was gang-raped and murdered by a mob of four men, before his body was dumped in fields near Bahawalnagar’s Christian district in the Punjab Province. The boy, whose name has been withheld to protect his family, was reported missing Tuesday night in Bahawalnagar, according to The Express Tribune. His body…