Peter Kassig

The U.S. military launched a drone strike Thursday targeting "Jihadi John," the masked Islamic State terrorist who beheaded several Western hostages in Syria and came to symbolize the brutality of the militant group, U.S. officials said.

Hundreds have attended a memorial service at Butler University to remember an Indiana aid worker killed by Islamic State militants in Syria last week.

Muslims in Indiana held a funeral service on Friday for Abdul- Rahman Kassig, formerly known as Peter, who was beheaded by Islamic State militants in Syria after being held captive for a year.

Spain is fighting a new wave of "homegrown" Islamic extremism as scores of Spaniards join Islamist fighters in Syria and Iraq.

US President Obama orders review of US hostage policy. Rethink of policy against negotiation with overseas hostage-takers comes after execution of third American by Islamic State.

A Frenchman is believed to have been among Islamic State jihadists appearing on a video showing the severed head of US aid worker Peter Kassig, but a British man denied earlier reports his medical student son was there too.

The parents of slain US aid worker Peter Kassig said on Monday they would try to "forgive" Islamic State jihadists who beheaded their son, calling for healing and prayer as they mourned their loss.

A young Frenchman is believed to be among the killers on an Islamic State propaganda video showing a beheaded American aid worker and the deaths of more than a dozen Syrian soldiers, France's top security official said on Monday.

US President Barack Obama condemned as "pure evil" the Islamic State's beheading of American aid worker Peter Kassig after the group released a video showing his body on Sunday.

US aid worker Peter Kassig's parents said they were "heartbroken" by the death of their son, after his beheading was shown in a video Sunday.

President Barack Obama confirmed Sunday the death of US aid worker Peter Kassig, calling his beheading at the hands of the Islamic State group "pure evil."

British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Sunday he was "horrified" after the Islamic State jihadist group claimed to have executed US aid worker Kassig, known as Abdul-Rahman after converting to Islam.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Sunday condemned the execution of US aid worker Peter Kassig and Syrian soldiers as a "barbaric act" which only boosted France's determination to take on Islamic State jihadists.

The Islamic State jihadist group on Sunday claimed to have executed US aid worker Peter Kassig as a warning to the United States.

American hostage Peter Kassig wrote in June that he was "scared to die" at the hands of his Islamic State jihadist captors, his parents have revealed.

The U.S. military launched a drone strike Thursday targeting "Jihadi John," the masked Islamic State terrorist who beheaded several Western hostages in Syria and came to symbolize the brutality of the militant group, U.S. officials said.

Hundreds have attended a memorial service at Butler University to remember an Indiana aid worker killed by Islamic State militants in Syria last week.

Muslims in Indiana held a funeral service on Friday for Abdul- Rahman Kassig, formerly known as Peter, who was beheaded by Islamic State militants in Syria after being held captive for a year.

Spain is fighting a new wave of "homegrown" Islamic extremism as scores of Spaniards join Islamist fighters in Syria and Iraq.

US President Obama orders review of US hostage policy. Rethink of policy against negotiation with overseas hostage-takers comes after execution of third American by Islamic State.

A Frenchman is believed to have been among Islamic State jihadists appearing on a video showing the severed head of US aid worker Peter Kassig, but a British man denied earlier reports his medical student son was there too.

The parents of slain US aid worker Peter Kassig said on Monday they would try to "forgive" Islamic State jihadists who beheaded their son, calling for healing and prayer as they mourned their loss.

A young Frenchman is believed to be among the killers on an Islamic State propaganda video showing a beheaded American aid worker and the deaths of more than a dozen Syrian soldiers, France's top security official said on Monday.

US President Barack Obama condemned as "pure evil" the Islamic State's beheading of American aid worker Peter Kassig after the group released a video showing his body on Sunday.

US aid worker Peter Kassig's parents said they were "heartbroken" by the death of their son, after his beheading was shown in a video Sunday.

President Barack Obama confirmed Sunday the death of US aid worker Peter Kassig, calling his beheading at the hands of the Islamic State group "pure evil."

British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Sunday he was "horrified" after the Islamic State jihadist group claimed to have executed US aid worker Kassig, known as Abdul-Rahman after converting to Islam.

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Sunday condemned the execution of US aid worker Peter Kassig and Syrian soldiers as a "barbaric act" which only boosted France's determination to take on Islamic State jihadists.

The Islamic State jihadist group on Sunday claimed to have executed US aid worker Peter Kassig as a warning to the United States.

American hostage Peter Kassig wrote in June that he was "scared to die" at the hands of his Islamic State jihadist captors, his parents have revealed.