Islamism

Counter-extremism experts bemoan a lack of investment in preventing marginalised young people from becoming radicalised

Anwar al-Awlaki continues to influence young Islamists, despite being killed in 2011.

Local officials say that the jihadists have destroyed 16 towns in total

Militants from the Islamist group seized dynamite from a Lafarge cement works in Northern Nigeria, say witnesses and a security source

The Emirate is operating a contradictory policy towards extremists - sheltering Islamist groups while participating in U.S.-led airstrikes on Islamic State targets

Negotiations between Nigeria and Islamist militant group Boko Haram to secure release of abducted girls have not been jeopardised by a surge in violence, claims foreign minister

Stephen Harper vowed to redouble the country's fight against terrorists abroad after a reported convert to Islam murdered a soldier and rampaged through parliament

Nigeria's military has reportedly agreed a truce with Boko Haram, in a deal that may also see the release of 200 schoolgirls taken hostage by the Islamist group

One of two Germans taken captive by an Islamist militant group in the Philippines said he is being held in a hole in the ground and will be killed if ransom demands are not met

MI5 and other security services are on red alert for 'thousands' of potential domestic terrorists in the capital, say insiders

An inside look at one of the thousands of families across Europe torn apart as radicalised young Muslim men and women volunteer to fight an Islamic jihad

A man claiming to be Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has appeared in a new video, contradicting military reports that he was killed

According to the Nigerian military, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, or a man claiming to be him, has been killed at least three times so far

British police said they had arrested nine men as part of ongoing clampdown on terrorism

Three men suspected of joining Islamist militants in Syria have given themselves in to French authorities

As Algerian military and police search for kidnapped tourist, PM says France will not negotiate with militants

Security services are in a race to adapt to a new enemy – no longer large organisations, but isolated individuals bent on destruction

According to witnesses, Islamist militants seized a town in Northeastern Nigeria and claimed it as "Muslim territory"

The UK government announced plans to revoke the passports of any suspicious citizens returning from Iraq or Syria

In the city of Raqqa, ISIS has deployed a unique unit of female morality police