On August 9, 2020, gunmen on motorbikes ambushed and killed six French aid workers and two Nigerien guides at the Kouré Giraffe Reserve in Niger. Though there was no immediate claim of responsibility, jihadists linked to either ISIS or al-Qaeda were suspected. 

On August 8, 2016, a suicide bomber and gunmen attacked the Government Hospital of Quetta, Pakistan, leaving between 70 and 94 people dead, as well as 120 injured. Both the Pakistani Taliban and ISIS claimed responsibility.

On August 4, 2019, an incendiary-laden car exploded after colliding with three other vehicles in downtown Cairo, killing at least 20 people and wounding 47. The Egyptian government claimed the car was on its way to carry out an attack elsewhere in the city and blamed militant group Hasm.

On August 2, 2020, ISIS militants attacked a prison in Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. A battle with Afghan soldiers ensued and lasted approximately 20 hours, leaving 29 people slain and 50 others wounded.   

On July 31, 2018, an explosives-laden van detonated at a military checkpoint in Lamitan, Basilan in the southern Philippines, killing a suspected bomber and nine people. 

On July 28, 2017, Palestinian asylum seeker Ahmad Alhaw killed one man and injured six others in a stabbing rampage at a supermarket in Hamburg, Germany. The 27-year-old suspect did not identify as a member of any terrorist organization, but reportedly self-radicalized and viewed ISIS propaganda videos online.