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A Somali soldier patrols a street following a suicide car bomb and gun attack.
Books
The death of a Navy SEAL reveals US mission creep in Somalia
A police cadet injured during the attack on the Police Training Center lies in bed in a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan.
Conflict
Attackers kill dozens of sleeping cadets at Pakistani police academy in Quetta
Suhaib Webb
Culture
Why both ISIS and some US right-wingers are threatening to kill this American imam
Zara John, 16, holds her baby, with her mother watching in the background.
Conflict
A teen rescued from Boko Haram captivity still pines for her militant husband
Nigerians held vigils for the girls kidnapped by the extremist group Boko Haram on the one year anniversary of their abduction, April 14, 2015.
Conflict
Facebook safety checks arrive in Nigeria, but some ask if it’s worth celebrating
A Kenya Defense Force soldier runs for cover during al-Shabab's attack on a university compound in Garissa on April 2, 2015.
Conflict
Al-Shabab are masters of terror — and masters of the media
An Islamic State fighter gestures from a vehicle in the countryside of the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani, after the Islamic State fighters took control of the area in October.
Conflict
The so-called Islamic State looks bleak to outsiders, but supporters see it as ‘liberating’
Satellite image showing the extent of damage in Doron Baga taken on January 7, 2015, following an attack by Boko Haram.
Conflict
Satellite images offer ‘vivid’ evidence of Boko Haram devastation
Nigerian pastor Esther Ibanga joined with Muslim leaders in the city of Jos to call for the return of Chibok girls who were kidnapped by the extremist group Boko Haram.
Justice
‘It’s not about you being a Muslim and me being a Christian,’ says one Nigerian activist
Christianne Boudreau and her son Damian Clairmont who died fighting for an extremist group in Syria.
Justice
Christianne Boudreau lost her son when he went to fight with ISIS. Now she’s doing something about it.
A fighter from the Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra, the official Syrian branch of al-Qaeda. The group is a powerful militia in the Syrian civil war and has battled with ISIS, but is a State Department-listed terrorist group.
Conflict
A grieving British father grapples with his sons’ decision to fight and die in Syria
A billboard urged people to vote in Crimea's referendum. The poster reads, "Stop fascists everyone, come to the referendum" .
Conflict & Justice
Russia claims fascists are taking control in Ukraine. A former US ambassador says that’s bogus