French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has taken down a tweet showing the execution of US reporter James Foley after his family protested — but left up two other gruesome images of violence by Islamic State (IS) extremists.

David Cameron has hailed the apparent death of ‘Jihadi John’ as a “strike at the heart” of Islamic State (IS).

NOTHING — not even the deliberate destruction of historic sites — has depicted the appalling barbarism of the so-called Islamic State group more graphically than the executioner known as “Jihadi John”. 

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A Danish teenage girl killed her mother in cold blood after watching the beheading videos of Alan Henning and David Haines at the hands of ‘Jihadi John’ of IS.

A survey has found US citizens feel under threat from many sources, including North Korea, Boko Horam, as well as the Republican and Democrat parties, writes Peter Van Buren

Britain will introduce a package of new laws next week to stop airlines carrying passengers who may be travelling to join Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, the Sunday Times reported.

The British graduate unmasked as “Jihadi John” was bullied at school, his former headteacher has revealed.

The British graduate unmasked in reports as the Islamic State (IS) executioner known as Jihadi John was a model employee, “calm and decent” and “very good with people”, his former boss has said.

A British man identified in reports as the Islamic State (IS) executioner known as ‘Jihadi John’ feared he was a “dead man walking” after run-ins with security services before fleeing to Syria to begin his reign of terror, email exchanges with a journalist have claimed.

British prime minister David Cameron vowed to use all means at his disposal to hunt down militants such as ‘Jihadi John’ after the killer was unmasked as a Kuwaiti-born computer programming graduate from London.

Boris Johnson has accused an advocacy group in the UK of being apologists for terrorism after it said the Londoner believed to be Islamic State executioner Jihadi John had previously been harassed by the British security services.

Security services are facing mounting questions over claims that the British graduate believed to be murderous extremist Jihadi John was known to MI5.

Mohammed Emwazi, the Briton identified in reports as Islamic State executioner ‘Jihadi John’, has been described as “extremely kind” and “extremely gentle” by a man who has known him since 2009.

US president Barack Obama has led worldwide condemnation of the killing of a Japanese journalist by Islamic State (IS) militants, calling it a "heinous murder".

The video showing what the fifth beheading victim of the Islamic State militant known as Jihadi John was released just hours after reports emerged that he was injured in an allied air strike.

Islamic State militants have beheaded another American hostage, Peter Kassig, issuing a video claiming the killing yesterday and warning the US they would kill other US citizens "on your streets."

US aid worker Peter Kassig has been beheaded by the Islamic State group, it has been confirmed.

The British extremist responsible for the on-screen beheading of hostages has reportedly been identified, as MPs prepare to vote on whether the UK should join air strikes against Islamic State (IS).

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