The death toll from an attack on a concert hall in Moscow continues to rise. U.S. officials say they believe an organization known as ISIS-K, or the Islamic State Khorasan Province, carried out the ...

The ancient Assyrian capital of Nimrud was once considered one of the most important archaeological finds in the world. Experts first began excavating the 3,000-year-old city, which is located in ...

A fresco from Herculaneum shows prayers to Isis in a temple of the cult, while a priest dressed as the Egyptian god Bes performs a ritual dance. What seem to be two ibises — sacred Egyptian birds — ...

ISIS-K has claimed responsibility for the deadly assault on a Moscow concert hall, and US officials are warning the group has also set its sights on western targets. Officials in Russia have now ...

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Investigators say the U.S. Army veteran from Texas who drove into a crowd in New Orleans last week pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group. ISIS fighters are scattered and its operations are ...

Wednesday morning, at 3:15 a.m., Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a rented pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street, killing 15 and injuring over 30. After driving into the crowd, Jabbar exited the vehicle ...

The ancient Assyrian capital of Nimrudis speaking again. From beneath a landscape fractured by modern war, archaeologists have uncovered what may be the clearest surviving image of Ishtar, the ...

It's a simple, frequently recurring phrase: "The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack." But it raises some questions: Is the claim credible or just an empty assertion, and if it's ...

The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) is back to capturing international headlines with a spate of deadly high-profile attacks abroad, while also threatening to further expand the reach of its ...

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