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Detroit family blames Trump for mother's death after travel ban stopped her coming home from Iraq
Green card holder Naimma, 75, died a day after being turned back at Iraqi airport.
German police arrest three Islamic State suspects in Berlin
The three men were reportedly planning to travel out to war zones, likely in Syria or Iraq.
Iraq parliament votes in favour of US ban in response to Trump travel restrictions
The vote in Iraqi parliament asks the government in Baghdad to retaliate against Trump's executive order.
The 7 'countries of concern' whose nationals Trump banned from coming to America
This list of countries posing security concerns for the US was originally made by the Obama administration.
Isis chief executioner Abu Sayyaf 'shot dead' in Mosul
Kurdish media reported that the jihadi was killed by 'unknown gunmen' in northern Iraq stronghold
Beaten, electrocuted and abused: Kurds accused of torturing Isis child soldier suspects
Kurdish authorities say 'no complaints' from prisoners but pledge that abuse will not be tolerated.
King Abdullah of Jordan to hold talks with President Trump's administration next week
However, it is unclear whether a meeting between Abdullah and Trump is scheduled.
Donald Trump calls Isis fighters 'sneaky, dirty rats' and says: 'We're going to win'
The US president has promised to fight the terror group.
UN expresses concern at video reportedly showing torture and execution of jihadists by Iraqi forces
Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi praises 'heroism' of troops after Isis 'collapse' in Mosul.
At least 15 foreign Isis fighters flee Syria's Margada town
The jihadist group is said to have beefed up security to prevent further escapes.
Battle for Mosul: Despite 100 days of bloodshed, 750,000 civilians still at 'extreme risk' from Isis
UN has warned 750,000 are in direct danger as the Iraqi army prepares its assault on Mosul.
Isis fighters flee western Mosul by boat leaving streets littered with bodies and blood
Iraqi soldiers in eastern Mosul have celebrated victory by pausing for selfies with Daesh corpses.
British former war correspondent, Australian businessman face trial in drugs case in Indonesia
David Fox and Giuseppe Serafino could face up to 12 years in prison if convicted of drug possession.
Over 80 Isis fighters killed in latest US air strike near Sirte in Libya, Pentagon says
The US-led coalition also continued air strikes in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State group.
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.
Iraqi forces announce entire east of Mosul liberated from Isis
Iraqi commanders announced the victory three months after the assault on Mosul began.
In The Field Podcast: In Iraq's Shia heartlands, Iraqis bear the cost of conflict and corruption
As Iraqi forces push Isis out of Mosul, IBTimesUK looks at the impact on southern Iraq
Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi trapped inside Nineveh and 'sleeps in suicide vest'
Iraqi forces claim to have liberated 90% of the eastern part of Mosul as thousands flee the city.
Mosul hospital left a burnt-out shell after US-coalition planes drop 25 bombs on the building
The US military said there was no indication the hospital had been used as a medical facility for some time.
Coalition air strike kills Isis media and finance facilitator in Syria's Raqqa
The US-led coalition said Mahmud al-Isawi was a long-standing member of the Islamic State.
Islamic State beheads elderly man in Syria's Raqqa for allegedly practising magic
Raqqa is at the centre of an ongoing offensive against the Islamist militant group.
Battle for Mosul: Elite Iraqi troops 'take key district' from Isis
Troops captured al-Muthana in the city's east after fighting and at least 19 air strikes.
Iraqi forces capture Isis-held villages in first stage of western offensive
The area in western Anbar was one of the first captured by the Islamic State in 2014.
Islamic State executes Mosul man by drowning him in Dettol to cleanse city of 'infidels'
The execution comes as Iraqi forces intensify their offensive against Daesh fighters to liberate Mosul.
British and US arms used by Iraq's Shia militias to commit war crimes
The human rights group Amnesty International has said the paramilitary formations must be held to account.
lslamic State car bomb kills nine in Baghdad in week of suicide attacks in the Iraqi capital
Attack comes two days after dozens were killed in twin suicide bombings in Shia areas of Baghdad.
Battle for Mosul: Thousands of refugees stream out of Isis stronghold as fighting resumes
The UN said an unprecedented number of refugees had fled Mosul since October 2016.
Restaurant owner in Isis-liberated Syrian town names eatery after Donald Trump
Walid Shekhi, 40, opened the restaurant in Kobani, which was liberated by Isis in January 2015.
British soldier shot dead in Iraq named as L/Cpl Scott Hetherington
Unanswered questions surround the circumstances of the soldier's death.
Ministry of Defence confirms death of British soldier in Iraq
It reports that the soldier died in a 'non-combat-related incident'.