The attacker, a minor, appeared to be a supporter of the Islamic State, the government said. Authorities have described it as a terrorist attack.
Halima Salman, a U.S. citizen, was brought by her father to ISIS-controlled territory in 2016, when she was 17. She returned to the United States in 2024.
Jordan said it had conducted airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Syria in response to an attack on a church in southern Jordan on Friday. The strikes, which happened late Monday, killed at least seven civilians, including three children, the Syrian civil defense rescue service said.
The international community should set a clear goal to end the Yemeni group as an armed terrorist force.
Halima Salman is believed to be the first woman accused of being a member of ISIS to go on trial in U.S. federal court
For many middle- and working-class New Yorkers, it’s an even more distant possibility than it used to be.