(260204) -- UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 4, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Acting under-secretary-general of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism Alexandre Zouev (C) speaks at a Security Council meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, on Feb. 4, 2026. The threat posed by the Islamic State (IS) has increased in the past few months, a UN official said Wednesday. The IS continued to recruit foreign terrorist fighters and to enhance the use of new and emerging technologies, Alexandre Zouev, acting under-secretary-general of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism, told the Security Council in a briefing. (Loey Felipe/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)
