ISIS

The offensive comes just hours before US Vice President Joe Biden is due to hold talks with leaders in Turkey.

US admits concern regarding fate of Sunnis in Mosul, if city is liberated from Isis by Shia militants

A female led militia group was set up for the first time in Baghdad.

From mausoleums in Timbuktu to ancient monuments in Palmyra and the Bamiyan Buddha statues in Afghanistan.

John Kerry delivers speech during as he visits Sultan Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar in Sokoto state.

The Wadi al-Salam cemetery in Najaf covers about 10 square kilometres and contains five million bodies.

Respected 'healer' bludgeoned with a hammer as he walked home through a playground.

Extremist Islamist group is quicker to kill deserters as tensions mount in the face of Iraqi advance.

Nigerian Army claims that militant leader Abubakar Shekau and key commanders have been killed in airstrikes.

Sirte is the militant group's last bastion in the country, having been occupied since 2015.

The prime minister said earlier information on the perpetrator 'is unfortunately not right.'

A British contractor has died and another worker injured while clearing explosives in Ramadi.

Vote is a blow to the international community's efforts to purge Islamic State from country.

The problem isn't that Corbyn is unelectable. The problem is that his unassailable 'principles' stink.

Turkey's armed forces are united and the country will rise above the terrorist threat.

Children have been used as weapons from West Africa to Sri Lanka and across the Middle East.

The footage shows police carefully cut the explosive belt from the young child's body.

Group members fired blank rounds into air and brandished terror group's black flag.

Turkish President Recep Erdogan said Islamic State was probably behind the attack.

Report finds that extremists are attempting to aggressively convert inmates.

Senior rebel leader says the attack would be launched from Turkey over the next few days.