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'Israel backs Isis' conspiracy parroted by Syria's UN envoy
Bashar al-Jaafari also accused the West of plotting a way back into the conflict before the chemical attack.
Mosul girls who fled Islamic State find confidence with football: 'It's not just for men'
They gathered in the Kurdish town of Koya for the match.
Tourists in Nigeria urged to be vigilant over Easter as Boko Haram terror plot 'foiled'
Nigerian security service claimed to have stopped a planned attack on UK and US embassies in Abuja.
Shia Muslim unity cracks as Iraq's Muqtada al-Sadr calls on Assad to resign after chemical attack
President Assad denies involvement in the attack that saw the US launch a retaliatory missile strike.
7 suspected Isis militants killed as Egypt mourns victims of Palm Sunday church bombings
The militants were reportedly planning further attacks on the Coptic Christian community.
Truck attacks show that the terrorists are losing
Let's take the terror out of terrorism. It's rare and it doesn't threaten our way of life.
Huw Edwards and Kay Burley among top UK newsreaders named in online Isis kill list
Glastonbury festival and London tourist landmarks also earmarked as potential targets
Egypt church attacks: Death toll rises as world leaders condemn Palm Sunday bombings
43 people are reported dead and over 100 injured in twin blasts at two Coptic churches.
9 Afghan soldiers die in anti-Taliban operation; suspected US drone strike kills 12 militants
Balkh governor Atta Mohammad Noor is heading an anti-Taliban operation in his province in Afghanistan.
Removing Assad from power a priority to achieve political solution in Syria, US says
US envoy to UN Nikki Haley said "Assad is not the leader that needs to be taking place for Syria".
Ten Isis-linked militants killed in gun battle with Pakistani police
Extremists attacked police to rescue fellow terrorists.
Arrested Sweden truck attack suspect an Isis sympathiser from Uzbekistan, local media reports say
'He never talked politics or religion,' a friend of the arrested suspect told a Swedish daily.
Isis hangs civilians from electricity poles for trying to escape Mosul, say reports
Thousands of residents attempt to flee city as fierce battles rage between Iraqi forces and jihadists.
2 Isis suspects arrested in Manila were allegedly plotting terror attacks in Kuwait and Philippines
Husayn Al-Dhafiri, a Kuwaiti national and his Syrian wife, Rahaf Zina, were arrested on 25 March.
Explosion heard near St Petersburg flat where FSB defused bomb
Investigators raided a home where they found an explosive device similar to that used in Monday's metro bombing.
In pictures: The daily lives of the thousands of families who have had to flee their homes in Mosul
Award-winning photojournalist Carl Court visited the Hamam al-Alil refugee camp as the fight to liberate Mosul from Isis enters its sixth month.
Suspected Isis recruiters arrested in St Petersburg in wake of metro attack
Six men were believed to be recruiting for Islamic State and an al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria.
Women in Raqqa abandon veils as Isis' grip on city weakens
Residents say the terror group is a reduced presence in the city as the US-led coalition prepares to attack.
While war against Isis rages in Mosul, Iraqis bathe in healing hot waters at nearby Hammam al-Alil spa
While some Iraqis are being pampered, thousands of others just a short distance away are trying to get into a crowded refugee camp.
Up to 50 years needed to rid Iraq and Syria of Isis-planted mines, UN warns
Isis uses hidden landmines and improvised explosive devices to prevent enemy forces from entering their areas.
Isis mocks Donald Trump saying the US is being 'run by an idiot'
In their first reference to the new US president, the terror group says the country is 'bankrupt'.
How former Soviet state Kyrgyzstan became prime recruiting ground for Islamic extremists
Five years of political upheaval has expanded the influence of violent extremist groups.
Syria ceasefire? What ceasefire? Photos of horrific attacks carried out under peace deal
With multiple infringements occurring every day, one has to wonder whether there is a ceasefire in place at all.
Pro-Isis hackers release kill list with names and addresses of 8,000 Americans
"Kill them wherever you find them" says United Cyber Caliphate in a video released along with the list.
US teen admits to Isis-inspired assassination attempt of Pope Francis
Santos Colon Junior attempted to acquire a sniper rifle and explosives.
Nigeria's Boko Haram kidnaps 22 girls days before Chibok mass abduction anniversary
Most of the girls kidnapped thought to be aged 17 or below and will likely become fighters' brides.
Timeline of terror: From Beslan school siege to Sinai, Russia has always been a terrorist target
St Petersburg is the latest in a string of attacks against Russia at home and abroad.
Teenage girls arrested in France on suspicion of plotting terror attack
The girls, aged 14 and 15, were arrested after a search of their homes.
Sisi/Trump bromance on the agenda as leaders prepare for Washington meeting
The Obama administration had a strained relationship with Egypt, but things look warmer under Donald Trump.
Hero dog dies tackling female suicide bomber who targeted Nigeria wedding
Bomber tried to detonate explosive in Borno state, epicentre of Boko Haram's insurgency.