Isis: Islamic State kidnapper-in-chief Amr al-Absi 'killed in Aleppo'
Senior jihadi behind IS online propaganda machine reportedly killed in airstrike
Turkey orders takeover of opposition newspaper Zaman
Daily linked to Erdogan's exiled rival Fethullah Gulen placed under management of trustees.
Yemen: 'Isis' executes Christian nuns and elderly residents in attack on Aden retirement home
Gunmen storm elderly shelter in Port city killing at least 16 people including 4 Indian nuns.
Turkey: Car bomb attack kills two police in Kurdish-majority Nusaybin
Suspected PKK attack near Syrian border leaves at least 14 wounded.
Syria: Assad regime and Russia 'bomb hospitals as war strategy' claims Amnesty International
Amnesty accuses Kremlin and regime of war crimes by deliberately targeting medical facilities in Syria.
Moscow killer nanny claims she beheaded child to avenge Syrian Muslims killed in Russian airstrikes
Gulchehra Bobokulova, a 38-year-old from Uzbekistan, appeared in an online video after arrest.
Libya: Kidnapped Italians Fausto Piano and Salvatore Failla killed in Isis battle ground of Sabratha
The Italian Foreign Ministry has said it informed the pair's families of their deaths.
Turkey: Police kill female militants that attacked Istanbul police station with grenades and gunfire
A policeman was injured as two women opened fire outside a police station in the Bayrampasa district.
Mosul Dam: Italian company signs contract to repair Iraqi dam at risk of collapse on Isis frontline
Iraqi government concludes deal with Trevi group to prevent catastrophic collapse of facility on Tigris River.
Isis: Daesh terror plot thwarted as seven killed by Jordanian special forces in Irbid gun battle
Jordanian authorities say they foiled an Islamic State plan to attack military and civilian targets.
Indonesia earthquake: Deaths confirmed as huge tremor hits Sumatra, sparking tsunami alert
Magnitude 7.9 quake strikes southern part of south east Asian country.
Moscow: Killer nanny Gulchehra Bobokulova says 'Allah ordered' child beheading
The 38-year-old from Uzbekistan appeared before a Moscow court said to be suffering from schizophrenia.
Afghanistan: Suicide attack at Indian consulate in Jalalabad leaves two civilians dead
Five militants killed in gunfight with security forces in eastern Afghan city.
Super Tuesday 2016: Bernie Sanders whips up support from Wall Street dominatrix community
Sex workers advertise Bernie Special spanking session pledging to devolve profits to Democratic candidate.
Syria ceasefire: President Bashar al-Assad pledges amnesty for rebels who give up arms
Syrian President says opposition fighters that return to civilian life will be pardoned.
China: Missing Hong Kong bookseller Lee Bo resurfaces in TV interview vowing to revoke British citizenship
Causeway Bay Bookstore shareholder who disappeared in December claims he voluntarily entered China.
Palestinian killed as Israeli soldiers 'follow GPS' into Qalandia refugee camp sparking riot
Israeli military launched overnight rescue mission for two soldiers lost near Jerusalem.
Thailand: Fishermen arrested over knife rape attack on French tourists
Police arrest five Cambodian fishermen over assault on four holidaymakers.
Russia: Moscow nanny shouting Islamic slogans takes decapitated child's head to Metro station
Police responding to incident at Oktyabrskoye Pole station after headless body is found in burnt apartment.
Australian Cardinal George Pell testifies on 'indefensible' paedophilia scandal
The Pope's finance minister was quizzed by an Australian investigative commission in Rome.
Isis in Iraq: Kurdish forces and civilians hit by Islamic State 'chlorine chemical attack' in Sinjar
Peshmerga militants fall ill after suspected chlorine strike near Iraqi town.
Ajahn Veapi: Alleged Isis recruiting network operative arrested in Italy
Italian police detains alleged Isis recruiter linked to Bosnian imam Husein Bosnic in Mestre.
Syria: Kurds close in on Isis capital of Raqqa as ceasefire looms
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) consolidate control on Shadadi as regime troops make last push ahead of truce.
Scottish masonic conference disrupted by anti-illuminati Muslim protesters in Malaysia
Demonstrators accusing international Scottish masonic conference of being anti-Islam stage protest in Penang.
Germany: Dead pig with Angela Merkel's name daubed on it found dumped at mosque site
Police investigate xenophobic incident at construction site for mosque near Leipzig.
Syria: Saudi Arabia deploys F-15 fighter jets to Turkey to tackle Isis
Four F-15 are expected to be deployed at Incirlik Air Base against the Islamic State group.
Refugee crisis: Nato launches mission to rescue migrants from human smugglers
Ships from Germany, Canada, Greece and Turkey take part in Aegean Sea operation as EU infight rages.
EU votes arms embargo against Saudi Arabia over bombing of Yemeni civilians
MEPs approve motion calling for EU-wide stop to arms trade with Riyadh over civilian casualties in Yemen.
Syria: Bashar al-Assad backing of ceasefire draws mistrust from Turkey and rebels
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims Kurdish YPG militia should be excluded from truce deal.
Syria: German YPG militant Gunter Helsten killed fighting Isis in al-Shadadi
The 55-year-old known by the nom the guerre Rustem Cudi killed in clashes with the Islamic State group.