ISIS comeback sparks global concern

Three hours into 2025, a white pickup truck plowed into a crowd on New Orleans’ famous Bourbon Street. After the attack, the assailant, identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, got out of the truck and opened fire on responding police, wounding two officers before being killed in the shootout.

The attack left 14 people dead and dozens wounded. Attached to the back of the pickup was the black and white flag of the Islamic State (ISIS).

This attack was the latest in a recent surge of operations carried out by ISIS or its affiliates, including a massacre at a Russian music hall, which left almost 150 dead, a bombing in Kerman, Iran, which left nearly 100 dead and a foiled plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna.    (Read More)