Maliki paves way for successor, Haider al-Abadi, in order to 'preserve unity' in Iraq.
Doubts cast over Australian station's 'exclusive' interview with Islamic State military chief talking about 'caliphate'.
President Francois Hollande announces arms supply to Kurds "in the coming hours".
Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel says this is not military intervention but an effort to assist Iraqi forces.
Isis brainwashing people with female vigilante squads and 'Osama bin Laden Cub Camps'
Yazidis flee across Iraqi-Syrian border despite civil war which has claimed more than 170,000 lives.
Supporters of radical Islam split between love of actor's films and dislike of his hertical stand-up.
With the dam in their control, the Islamic State can flood Baghdad if it wants to.
Maliki says Fuad Masoum's decision to name new PM is violation of constitution.
Aid drops aborted due to safety fears, as desperate Yazidi refugees crowded to receive supplies.
Fears are growing that radicalised locals may stage attacks on home soil in Asia countries.
Washington only sold arms to Iraqi government but IS march forces change of heart.
Half of 40,000 trapped in Sinjar mountains by Islamic State escape but US consider full evacuation.
Nouri al-Maliki amasses troops in Baghdad in show of force against Iraqi president Fuad Masoum.
Unconfirmed reports from Iraq say women and children among killed, and some buried alive.
Renewed strikes target Islamists' armoured vehicles as Obama vows America's long-term commitment.
Unconfirmed reports say Islamic State has surrounded and threatened to execute 300 Yazidi families trapped on Mount Sinjar.
US president's decision reportedly came in wake of growing threat to Washington's interests in Erbil and Baghdad.
Militants using radical Islamic forums to gather force to fight the US war on Islam.
A Yazidi MP warned that the women, held at a school in Mosul, are being sold into slavery.
FAA orders no flights over Iraq as Islamic State cause security concerns on ground
London-listed oil firms pull staff from Iraq's semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan.