Somalia elects a president - Here are 5 things you need to know
MPs and Senators will elect new president amid a security and corruption crisis and looming famine.
Five African nations in Sahel setting up new regional counter-terrorism force
Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger to establish regional anti-jihadist unit.
Somalia: al-Qaeda-linked al Shabaab executes 4 men over alleged spying
The men were accused of spying for Somalia's Western-backed government, the US and neighbouring Kenya.
UN removes notorious Afghan warlord from its Isis and al-Qaeda terrorists list
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, former Afghan prime minister, was blacklisted in 2003 following the 2001 US-led invasion.
8-year-old Yemeni girl 'shot in neck' and dies in Trump's first foreign operation
The girl's father, Anwar al-Awlaki, was a US-born al-Qaeda preacher killed in a US drone strike in 2011.
US Congresswoman defends secret visit to Syria and meeting Bashar al-Assad
'Whatever you think about President Assad, the fact is, he is the president of Syria,' said Gabbard.
Massive explosion at Somali hotel as al-Shabaab storm building in suicide bomb attack
The al-Qaeda linked group entered the Dayah Hotel after a suicide car bomber rammed the building's front gates.
US-led air strike in Syria kills top leader of al-Qaeda splinter group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham
The air strike targeted Abu Ibrahim al-Tunsi, a Tunisian jihadist in Idlib governorate.
Suicide truck bomb attack kills dozens at military base in northern Mali
Base is home to hundreds of fighters, including members of armed groups that signed Mali's 2015 peace agreement.
Khalifa Haftar: Who is the former Gaddafi General Moscow wants to rule Libya?
Haftar, who has played a central role in Libya since 1969, appears to have the backing of the Kremlin.
Osama Bin Laden associate and al-Qaeda veteran Kattab al-Qahtani killed in Syria
Qahtani, who fought with al-Qaeda alongside the architect of 9/11 attacks, was killed in a drone strike
Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda linked son dubbed 'Crown Prince of terror' added to US terror black list
Hamza bin Laden, a son of Osama bin Laden's third wife, has called for attacks on the West.
Radical Muslim preacher Malam Ibrahim Dicko wants to rebuild the Peulh kingdom in Burkina Faso
IBTimes UK looks at Malam Ibrahim Dicko the Islamist preacher believe to be behind attacks.
Al-Qaeda car bomb attack in Mogadishu targets UN mission injuring guards
Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the blast in a car park near to a UNDP facility.
Extremist cleric Abu Qatada has Twitter account suspended
The Jordanian, who was deported from the UK in 2013, has spoken out against Islamic State.
Katie Hopkins smeared a family as 'terrorists' - and they get a 2am 'sorry' a year later?
The apology for her Daily Mail column about the Mahmood family is as hollow as the news she uses to spew hate.
3,500 evacuated from Aleppo ahead of UN vote to send observers to devastated city
65 buses carrying 3,500 evacuees left eastern Aleppo at midnight, the UN has confirmed.
Cairo bombing: Isis attacks all Egyptians and Islam when it strikes Coptic Christians
Sectarianism is a scourge and all must reject tolerating or using it for political ends.
The Muslim Brotherhood is a broad church - we shouldn't be naive about it, nor demonise it
Libya, Egypt and Tunisia have all seen very different Islamic political groups emerge.
Pentagon confirms death of senior al-Qaeda leader Faruq al-Qatani in latest strike in Afghanistan
The FBI and New York police are probing reports of al-Qaeda's plan to launch attacks ahead of the 8 November presidential polls in the US.
NSW counter-terrorism team arrests two in Sydney for allegedly backing militant groups in Syria
One of the accused had travelled to Syria in 2013, while the other was stopped from leaving Australia in 2015.
US confirms strikes on two senior al-Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan
Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said the 'precision strikes' targeted Faruq al-Qatani and Bilal al-Utabi.
Islamic State says militants on 'killing spree' were responsible for deadly Quetta terror attacks
Isis has said its suicide bombers used assault rifles and grenades over the course of a four-hour assault.
US protecting Syrian jihadist group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, says Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov
Sergei Lavrov has said that the US has broken its promise to separate the group from other rebels.
First jihadi jailed by Hague on Islamist-related charges – Ahmad al-Mahdi gets 9 years for Timbuktu destruction
Mahdi claimed he had been caught in an "evil wave" by al-Qaeda when he joined the Islamist group.
British 9/11 victim's brother wins lottery to meet terrorist mastermind Khaled Sheikh Mohammed
Matt Campbell has been selected by lottery to attend the trial at Guantanamo.
Doctors perish in Syrian air strikes as medics and aid workers become routine targets of war
Four medical workers were killed in the bombings over rebel held Khan Tuman.
Obama urges Americans to uphold 'core values' ahead of 9/11 anniversary
President pays tribute to 'resilience' of US, 15 years on from devastating terror attacks.
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri threatens US with thousands of 9/11-style attacks
Experts believe the video message reflects the terrorist group's rivalry with Isis.
Remembering 9/11: Why modern America's darkest day remains 'a wound that will not heal'
The US has fought two wars and killed Osama Bin Laden but al-Qaeda's 2001 atrocity looms large.