Indonesian authorities have detained two men and a woman and seized explosives from them.
Kurdistan Freedom Hawks behind blasts that killed 30 police officers and injured 166 people.
Daesh fighters have entered from the north and west of the city, according to activists.
Pentagon official said the 50,000 figure was a 'conservative estimate'.
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Isis propaganda and flags were seized by terror police at two addresses in Aschaffenburg and Mannheim.
Man had a large image of the Islamic State flag in his home.
Boko Haram renowned for forcing civilians on suicide bombing missions in crowed areas like Madagali market.
The bomb was reportedly placed in a bin at a security checkpoint near the tourist site.
Ramzan Kadyrov promises he will also personally join the fight if necessary.
Anthony Small is set to feature in the two-part documentary on BBC2 from Monday 12 December.
The driver also threatened to remove her hijab, Omar said.
Journalist John Cantlie was captured in Syria in 2012 and has appeared in several propaganda videos.
The fight for northern Iraqi city is still expected to take several months.
From Syria's ongoing conflict to Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, Reuters photographers have been on the scene to record the biggest news stories of the year.
The Shia stronghold held out against Isis despite relentless suicide bomb attacks.
Dozens of women and children – some of them migrants from sub-Saharan Africa held captive by Isis – escaped or were released from militant-held territory.
The town was the Islamist terror group's major centre of power in Northern Africa.
According to a monitoring group, the Syrian army is in control of more than 70% of the areas in Aleppo.
The emails, according to WikiLeaks, suggest Albayrak's alleged involvement with Isis-linked organisations.
Thousands killed and millions displaced in Nigeria's north-east due to seven-year-long Boko Haram insurgency.
The cloudy skies act in favour for the militants as they hinder air strikes and blur the vision of Iraqi forces.