James Foley

A Kurdish security officer escorts Alexanda Kotey, left, and El Shafee Elsheikh

Former ISIS member is found guilty in US federal court

El Shafee Elsheikh, a former British citizen accused of taking part in a brutal ISIS hostage-taking scheme, has been convicted in a federal court in Virginia of assisting in the kidnapping and deaths of four Americans between 2012 and 2015.

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.

Six people injured in New Zealand in ISIS-inspired attack

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.

British national pleads guilty to role in terror beheadings

British national pleads guilty to role in terror beheadings
Jihadi John

Who is Jihadi John — and why will so many people be happy if he is dead?

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.

America's policy on hostages may have cost the life of James Foley

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.

Former Guantanamo detainee says the UK rejected his offer to help save an ISIS hostage

Moazzam Begg, a former prisoner at Guantanamo Bay prison, says he offered to help negotiate the release of British hostage Alan Henning. Instead, the British Foreign Office ignored him for months.

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.

ISIS taunts the West in its latest beheading video

ISIS militants released a graphic video of the beheading of American aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig and 18 Syrian prisoners this weekend. The footage was shocking, but also revealed faces and locations of the executioners in a move to incite the US and other Western countries.

ISIS taunts the West in its latest beheading video
Jordan Matson's profile picture on Facebook

A veteran from Wisconsin explains why he joined the fight against ISIS

Jordan Matson, from Racine, Wisconsin, was once a soldier in the US Army. Today Matson is a volunteer fighter with a Kurdish militia in northern Syria, fighting against ISIS and hoping to bring more Americans over to join the war.

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.

War correspondent award event brings hope and comfort to the family of slain journalist James Foley

The family of James Foley, the American journalist beheaded by members of ISIS say hearing stories of their son's last days of his life was like being a rainbow after a rain storm.

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.

Can the US 'destroy' ISIS without American ground troops?

President Obama has committed the US to war with the Islamist militants of ISIS, but he has also limited his military options. Newsweek's Middle East editor thinks the effort might be too little, too late.

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.

Not everyone agrees that ISIS poses a serious threat to the US

National security experts agree that ISIS is bad news, but is it such bad news that it warrants an American military intervention? With President Barack Obama set to address the nation on Wednesday, suggest further actions might be a mistake.

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.

Murdered journalist Steven Sotloff was Jewish and Israeli — and here's how his friends tried to cover it up

When Steven Sotloff's friends discovered he was being held captive by ISIS militants, they set out to hide any reference to the fact that he was Jewish and a dual American-Israeli citizen — and succeeded.

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.

Turkey tries to amp up its border security as the threat from ISIS rises

Turkey, NATO's southern flank, shares a border with ISIS extremists. For years, that border has been easy to cross, allowing foreign fighters to stream into Syria. Now, with ISIS on the rampage, Turkey is trying to shut down the border, but it may be too late.

Turkey tries to amp up its border security as the threat from ISIS rises
White House press secretary Josh Earnest

An ISIS video appears to show the killing of American journalist Steven Sotloff

Steven Sotloff, an American reporter held for more than a year after his capture in Syria, appeared to be the victim of an execution by the Islamist militant group ISIS. After being shown in the recording of journalist James Foley's killing, Sotloff's murder was also filmed and distributed on the Internet.

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.

This hobbyist-turned-journalist is a one-man digital detective agency

Bellingcat is a new website for citizen journalists to do what you might call social media detective work. On the site, bloggers and journalists use crowdsourcing, geolocation and reviewing satellite images to gather intelligence in conflict zones around the world.

This hobbyist-turned-journalist is a one-man digital detective agency