Russian mufti calls for universal female genital mutilation
Ismail Berdiyev declares FGM for all women would be 'a good thing'.
Islamic State stones man to death for adultery in Deir ez-Zor province
Terror group's influence reduced in Syria but it still carries out barbaric punishments where it can.
Heartbreaking video of Syrian boy pulled from rubble in Aleppo after pro-Assad air strikes
The image of the boy covered from head to toe in dust and blood was shared widely on social media.
Detainees in Syrian prison describe torture and mass killings: 'I saw the blood, it was like a river'
Amnesty International estimates 17,723 people have been killed in detention since March 2011
Aleppo hospital burns as firefighters attempt to quench flames following airstrikes
Pictures following the aftermath of the strikes on Darat Izza show the hospital's gutted remains.
Italy rules out Burkini and Burka ban fearing law could provoke terror attack
Italy's Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said he would not look to follow in the footsteps of Cannes or Sisco.
Turkey to release 38,000 inmates as prisons swell to bursting point in wake of failed coup
Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag announced the release of 38,000 prisoners on social media.
Video shows liberated Iraqis help root out defected Islamic State fighters
Officers can be heard shouting instructions and asking each man their name in search of Isis supporters.
Speedboat collision with boat off Greek tourist island leaves four dead including two-year-old child
Three others were injured in the collision, with between 15-20 people aboard the tourist boat.
Manbij: Town that was 'Little London' for Isis jihadis riddled with IEDs in wake of retreat
The extreme Islamist group is said to have left booby traps in the city's hospital.
Knife attack by 'mentally confused' man on Austrian train seriously wounds two
Two teenagers have been taken to hospital after suffering serious stab wounds.
Isis executes cross-dressing defector attempting to escape Syria in women's clothes
This is not the first time Islamic State defectors have been found posing as women while attempting to flee.
Nato rejects claims Isis killed US commander in Afghanistan with 'sticky bomb'
Nato's Resolute Support Mission denies any substance to propaganda claims.
Isis claims responsibility for suicide bomb attack in Idlib that killed dozens
Dozens were killed when a suicide bomber boarded a bus carrying rebel fighters near the Turkish border.
Five injured in Corsica riots after tourists take pictures of women in burkinis
Two people were reportedly hurt after they were shot with a harpoon.
Two police officers and one child killed in PKK car bomb in south-eastern Turkey
Ambulances were dispatched to the scene of the blast in the restive Kurdish area.
50 US nuclear weapons at Turkish base near Syrian border at risk of being stolen by terrorists
A Washington think-tank has said amid growing security instability in Turkey that US nukes may be at risk.
Israel demolishes home of Palestinian attacker who stabbed 13-year-old Hallel Ariel in her sleep
Ariel died after being stabbed 18 times by Mohammed Nasser Tarayrah in her home near Hebron.
Eleven new-born babies killed in devastating Baghdad hospital fire
Ministry of Health said electrical fault was to blame for blaze in neo-natal unit and maternity ward.
Portugal wildfires: Three are killed in blaze as a thousand are evacuated amid inferno of Madeira
Firefighters have struggled to battle the blaze as it reaches the capital Funchal .
Petition to put Palestine on Google Maps reaches 240,000, but were the territories ever removed?
A Gaza-based journalism forum claims Google changed its maps in late July.
Who are Jumaat-ur-Ahrar, the Pakistani Taliban group with links to Isis that killed 70 in Quetta?
The 'Gathering of the Free' has ambiguous links to both terror organisations.
Donald Trump claims unsecure Clinton emails led to execution of Iranian nuclear scientist
Trump made the claims on social media after unveiling his economic plan in Detroit.
Kansas legislator's son killed on the world's tallest waterslide in freak accident
Caleb Thomas Schwab, aged 10, died on 168ft 'insane' ride.
All Russian Paralympians banned from Rio 2016 due to state-sponsored doping
Head of the International Paralympic Committee said Russia had 'catastrophically' failed its athletes.
15-year-old arrested in connection with Peckham stabbing of rapper 'Showkey'
The 16-year-old rapper was stabbed multiple times at a house party on Clogrove Road.
Households near fracking wells could get £10,000 under government plan
Theresa May accused of bribing residents who will be effected by fracking
German police in standoff as armed, blood-soaked man barricades himself in restaurant
Local police confirmed the incident is not an act of terrorism.
Philippine leader Duterte tells 150 officials linked to drug war: 'I will whack you'
The controversial leader ordered the senior officials to hand themselves in.
Rio 2016: Two Australian coaches robbed at knifepoint by teens near Ipanema beach
Incident is the latest to stoked security fears during the first Olympics in South America.
