TERRORISM

An appeals court said Tuesday that the NYPD's surveillance program targeting Muslims was similar to how Japanese-Americans were targeted during World War II.

The al Qaeda Syrian affiliate said the Syrian regime was close to collapse, and called on supporters to step up attacks on territory held by the government.

A recording of Nusra Front leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani calls for the death of Russian people and soldiers in Syria.

On Saturday coalition and Russian planes entered the same battle space and came into visual contact, the Pentagon said.

The militant group has had a presence in the North African nation for a little more than a year.

Gaza's Hamas rulers lauded the Jerusalem attacks, with spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri saying it "praises these heroic operations in Jerusalem and greets the heroes who carried them out."

“Some...have been through combat training in Islamic State camps in Syria,” Russia's Federal Security Service said.

Iraqi airstrikes reportedly hit a convoy of ISIS militants that included Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but such claims have been made before.

Young people in the occupied Palestinian territories are taking their rage against Israel to the streets, prompting some to call for a new uprising.

Russia began strikes against rebel groups and ISIS nearly two weeks ago, as Moscow signaled its intentions to prop up authoritarian leader Bashar Assad’s regime.

The Iraqi military says Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the reclusive leader of the Islamic State group, was in a convoy hit by its air force.

The Syrian army backed by allied militia have advanced in western Syria after heavy Russian airstrikes in areas around the main highway running through major cities, a group monitoring the war said on Sunday.

Israeli security forces shot dead two Palestinians in East Jerusalem on Saturday, one of whom had stabbed two Israelis, police said, in a further wave of violence that has raised concerns about a new Palestinian uprising.

The Palestinian Center for Media Freedom and Development has reportedly recorded seven attacks on members of the press since the beginning of October.

Numerous student organizations, including the Muslim Student Organization, said they would not participate in the flag burning demonstration.

A Russian diplomat has said that Russian is the working language of an Islamic State group training camp in Afghanistan.

As Russia continues its airstrikes in Syria, some Iraqis have welcomed this move against the Islamic State group.

Poor Muslims in the region may be ideal targets for radical groups looking to recruit for deployment abroad.

An estimated 1,500 youths have left France to join Islamic militants, but critics warn that government efforts alone will not end the flow.

Curtis Cheng, a civilian member of Sydney police, was fatally shot by an Iranian teenager Friday.

In addition, 19,000 teachers in Nigeria's northeast have been displaced by militants in the past six years, according to the Nigeria Union of Teachers.