More than 100,000 Shia Muslims have pledged to support the volunteers.
Isis is gaining strength at al-Qaeda's expense, and either of the two groups could attack the West to prove their supremacy.
Football fans can leave their female partners with guardians and enjoy World Cup matches.
Murder accused runner due back in court after mental health evaluation at Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital.
Australian Transport Safety Board report reveals passengers on Malaysia Airlines MH370 suffered hypoxia
Police warn public about Jason Bratton and Neil Emery after they absconded from Epsom General Hospital.
Boko Haram members fear they are being killed because of their deadly actions
National Office of Buddhism (NOB) has launched a 24-hour hotline to report monks' bad conduct.
A report has found men will earn £1m by 51, while women will have to wait until they're 70.
Duo linked to Hamas, who also served time in Israeli prison, accused of kidnapping three Israeli teenagers
Police close school while they hunt for 60-year-old man believed to have a gun.
The United Nations' aid chief warned humanitarian aid is not reaching the people in Syria who are in desperate need.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is suing the bank for securities fraud.
Explosion occurs near a connecting station of India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.
Scientists tested 17 counties in Britain which showed them to have rats resistant to traditional poisons.
Neighbours assumed the elderly woman had moved out of the village of Throop.
Versailles court says Islamist suspect should be handed over to Belgium for trial.
Former Sun and the News of the World editor declares innocence after been cleared of all charges.
Issa Timamy has been accused of terrorism and is being detained while police investigate claims made against him.
Victim's toddler tries to stop attacker from beating his mother in Salem, Massachusetts
The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is commemorated today
Australia's most well-known humpback whale might have skin cancer due to red marks on his skin.
Non-Muslim foreign workers who eat, drink or smoke in public can be sacked and expelled from the country.
Unesco have expressed concern for the world heritage site, which might be destroyed by the insurgents.
Ben Westwood said his collection is inspired by Assange's combat-beret look
Police retract claims pensioner was sexually attacked but are still investigating incident
Child alleges he saw Savile 'dragging' girl across garden day before she died at Roecliffe Manor.
Sudanese woman freed from death row was detained at Khartoum airport accused of forging documents.
Eccentric Chinese billionaire angers deprived Americans by not giving them cash at charity lunch.
Brunel University researchers show attitudes to promiscuity are influenced by financial independence.