Jihadi John
Islamic State Video Purportedly Shows Beheading of Japanese Hostage Kenji Goto
A video released Saturday appears to show the masked militant known as "Jihadi John" executing Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist kidnapped in Syria.
2014 VICE News Awards: Monster of the Year — Jihadi John
The Islamic State's unofficial spokesperson's grim brutality and familiar London accent marked him out as a haunting antihero, a symbol of the group's appeal to disenfranchised youth seeking reinvention.
Australian News Channel Releases Video of 'Jihadi John' Suspect During London Riots
Abdel Majed Abdel Bary is one of the Islamic State fighters suspected of being the masked executioner in the group's videotaped killings of foreign hostages. The British rapper spoke to 9News during the London riots in 2011.
College Kids Behead People Too
When Isaiah Marin, a Christian student in Oklahoma, got pissed off with his goth friend Jacob Crockett recently, he brought a machete to a card game and attempted to hack his head off.
The Hangover News
This weekend, a woman was ordered to pay £900 as punishment for blasting a James Blunt song out of her flat.
Britain Resists Pressure to Join US Airstrikes Against Islamic State After Beheading
British PM David Cameron vowed to "hunt down those responsible" for killing David Haines, but remained hesitant to join the US air campaign against the Islamic State.
Deradicalization Programs Are the Wrong Response to the Islamic State
It is counterproductive to treat the anger within Islamist extremism as purely irrational without recognizing some of the grounds for it.