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A Kurdish security officer escorts Alexanda Kotey, left, and El Shafee Elsheikh
Justice
Former ISIS member is found guilty in US federal court
A police officer is show standing next to a police car with its lights on and a grocery store in the distance.
Top of The World
Six people injured in New Zealand in ISIS-inspired attack
Two men are shown sitting on a sofa with Alexanda Amon Kotey on the left, wearing a blue sweatshirt.
Extremism
British national pleads guilty to role in terror beheadings
Jihadi John
Conflict
Who is Jihadi John — and why will so many people be happy if he is dead?
American journalist James Foley arrives at the Rixos hotel in Tripoli after being released from capitivity by the Libyan government on May 18, 2011.
Conflict
America’s policy on hostages may have cost the life of James Foley
Freed Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg stands outside the Home Office with his father, Azmat, after delivering a petition in London on March 14, 2005.
Justice
Former Guantanamo detainee says the UK rejected his offer to help save an ISIS hostage
A masked man speaking in what is believed to be a North American accent in a video that Islamic State militants released in September 2014.
Conflict
ISIS taunts the West in its latest beheading video
Jordan Matson's profile picture on Facebook
Conflict
A veteran from Wisconsin explains why he joined the fight against ISIS
A sign outside a shop remembers James Foley in his hometown of Rochester, New Hampshire. Foley, 40, was beheaded by members of ISIS in August 2014.
Media
War correspondent award event brings hope and comfort to the family of slain journalist James Foley
President Barack Obama delivering his address to the nation, Wednesday, on his plans for military action against the Islamic State, from the Cross Hall of the White House.
Conflict
Can the US ‘destroy’ ISIS without American ground troops?
Iraqi Shiite fighters hold the Islamic State flag as a trophy as they celebrate after breaking the siege of Amerli by ISIS militants on September 1, 2014.
Conflict
Not everyone agrees that ISIS poses a serious threat to the US
Michael Bassin, 28, looking at Twitter posts from the extremist group ISIS. Bassin monitored the posts as part of a volunteer effort to ensure there were no mentions online of captured American journalist Steven Sotloff's Jewish and Israeli identity.
Conflict
Murdered journalist Steven Sotloff was Jewish and Israeli — and here’s how his friends tried to cover it up
A militant Islamist fighter waves a flag during in a military parade along the streets of Syria's northern Raqqa province.
Conflict
Turkey tries to amp up its border security as the threat from ISIS rises
White House press secretary Josh Earnest
Conflict
An ISIS video appears to show the killing of American journalist Steven Sotloff
According to Bellingcat, information in the James Foley execution video helped geolocate that the video was filmed Raqqa, an Islamic State stronghold in north-central Syria.
Media
This hobbyist-turned-journalist is a one-man digital detective agency
This photo purportedly shows an ISIS class of 2014 martial arts graduation photo, and in the background, a bridge spanning a large river.
Media
A blogger’s hobby becomes a valuable war reporting tool
A man holds up a knife as he rides on the back of a motorcycle touring the streets of Tabqa in celebration after ISIS militants took over Tabqa air base in Syria, on August 24, 2014.
Conflict
This could be the end of reporting from Syria
Yusuf Sarwar and Mohammed Ahmed ordered "The Koran For Dummies" from Amazon before leaving the UK to fight in the war in Syria.
Global Politics
No, buying ‘The Koran for Dummies’ doesn’t mean you’ll get Islam right
Nancy Curtis, mother of American writer Peter Theo Curtis, briefly answers reporters' questions outside her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts August 25, 2014. Al Qaeda-linked militants in Syria on Sunday freed Peter Theo Curtis, who has been missing since
Conflict
Peter Theo Curtis’ release raises questions about Qatari links with Syrian terrorists
British photo showing White House cake to celebrate War of 1812
Global Scan
For the British, burning the White House 200 years ago is cause for a cake and sparklers
American journalist Peter Theo Curtis is shown in this undated still frame taken from video courtesy of Al Jazeera on August 24, 2014.
Media
A ‘fearless’ American writer is freed from captivity in Syria
Members of the Islamist Syrian rebel group, Jabhat al-Nusra, pose on top a tank in northern Syria earlier this year.
Conflict
In Syria, the Nusra Front tries to distinguish itself from the Islamic State
A militant Islamist fighter uses a mobile to film his fellow fighters taking part in a military parade along the streets of Syria's northern Raqqa province on June 30, 2014.
Media
The extremists who killed James Foley are as brutal as they are Internet savvy
Syrian activist Qusai Zakarya stands as he is recognized by US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at UN headquarters in New York on May 22, 2014.
Conflict
‘In a dark place like Syria, just saying the truth is something more valuable than you can imagine’
A sign outside a shop remembers James Foley in his hometown of Rochester, New Hampshire. Islamic State militants killed the journalist in a brutal videotaped beheading in revenge for US air strikes in Iraq.
Conflict
They’ll never admit it, but many countries pay ransoms to get their hostages back
James Foley, reporting in Aleppo, Syria, soon before he was kidnapped in 2012.
Conflict
At the very worst of times, James Foley’s family demonstrates strength and faith
Journalist James Foley
Conflict
If you’re a kidnapped American hoping for help from the government, ‘that isn’t going to happen’
Usama Hasan
Conflict
Hundreds of Britons, including the man who killed James Foley, are fighting for ISIS
Journalists Released After Being Detained in Libya
Arts, Culture & Media
James Foley Talks About His Detention in Libya
‘It Was a Nightmare,’ Mother of Journalist Released by Gadhafi Forces
Chaos for Civilians in War-Torn Libya
Arts, Culture & Media
Journalist Jim Foley still held captive in Libya
Conflict & Justice
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Conflict & Justice
Reaction in Libya to UN no-fly zone vote
Conflict & Justice
Nato apologizes for Afghan deaths