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More than 50,000 Isis fighters killed since 'war on terror' began, Pentagon official confirms
Pentagon official said the 50,000 figure was a 'conservative estimate'.
France seeks to extend state of emergency to July 2017
The emergency status was first implemented after terrorist attacks on Paris in November 2015.
Iraqi forces have surrounded Mosul with fall 'inevitable', Pentagon confirms
The fight for northern Iraqi city is still expected to take several months.
Isis militants and Israel clash for the first time in terror group's history
Daesh fire at Israeli military patrol, which responded with an air strike reportedly killing 4 jihadis.
Isis warlord Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi 'no longer in Mosul' says Boris Johnson
The British foreign secretary brands Baghdadi's recording 'cruelly ironic' as intelligence suggests he fled.
Two US soldiers killed in Taliban attack in Afghan battleground province
Afghan police said as many as 26 civilians died in the raid against Taliban fighters.
Isis kills 232 people and abducts 8,000 families to uses as 'human shields' near Mosul
The UN say that families are being brought into Mosul to be used as human shields.
Operation to retake Raqqa from Isis will start 'in weeks' says US and UK defence chiefs
US Defence Secretary Ash Carter said the operation would follow recent military action in Mosul, Iraq.
Islamic State militants enter western Iraqi town of Rutba in counter-offensive
Daesh militants launched a second counter-offensive since operation to recapture Mosul began.
Civilians hang jihadist from lamppost as deadly Isis counter-offensive shocks Kirkuk
Isis militants stormed the city at dawn today, killing at least 19 people in a bid to divert attacks on Mosul.
Brainwashed Isis suicide car bomber rejoices as he draws 'short straw' to be next to die
The young Isis militant celebrates as he finds out that he will be the next fighter to blow himself up
Indonesia: Isis bombmaker smiles as he is sentenced to 10 years for role in Jakarta attacks
In accepting the verdict, Dodi Suridi, 23, said that it was 'the risk of being a terrorist'.
Battle for Mosul: US personnel killed in roadside explosion as advance moves 'faster' than expected
Iraqi PM said operations going quickly as Kurdish troops and the Iraqi army advance into Mosul.
Battle for Mosul: Isis leaders are fleeing the city, claims US general
It is believed around 5,000 IS fighters in Mosul are being used as suicide bombers to halt advances.
Battle for Mosul: Low morale of Isis fighters revealed in commander's secret communique
An Isis commander revealed that some fighters are willing to 'hand themselves over to the kuffar'.
Prospective Isis fighter who rejected MI5 convicted of terror charge in semi-secret trial
Birmingham man Anas Abdalla, 27, denied preparing for acts of terrorism after meeting members of MI5.
Isis 'loses more than a quarter of its territory', but difficult decisions loom for US
Daesh's holdings are now equivalent to size of Sri Lanka.
Isis are severing children's limbs in Raqqa, say escaped residents
The militants are also pressuring mothers into 'selling' their daughters into marriages with foreign fighters.
Isis claims responsibility for deadly wedding attack that killed 31 including groom
The bombing near Hasaka in Syria also killed 5 children and 11 women.
Birmingham pair denies handing £3,000 to Isis Brussels terror suspect Mohamed Abrini
Abrini is suspected of assisting both the Paris and Brussels Isis terror attacks.
Isis hate preacher Anjem Choudary to appeal against terror conviction
The Judicial Office got an application from Choudary who was jailed for five and a half years.
RAF stepping up Isis air strikes as MoD says British jets targeted by terror group
An assault on Mosul could take place 'in weeks', despite Daesh militants building heavy fortifications.
Kenyan Police accused of executing 3 Isis women after attack on police station
Officers say they killed 3 women after they attacked a Mombasa police station with a petrol bomb and knives.
Hillary Clinton plans to defeat Isis by capturing or killing leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
The Democratic nominee wants to target al-Baghdadi, who is believed to be near Mosul in northern Iraq.
Isis massacre up to 50 'apostates' dumping them in a shallow grave in latest propaganda video
The latest video purportedly released by Isis shows several mass killings of men in Iraq
Iraq: Isis suspected of firing mustard gas at US and Iraqi troops, say reports
A shell, suspected of carrying mustard gas, landed at the Qayyara air base, south of Mosul on 20 September
Pentagon says coalition air strike kills Isis 'minister of information' Wa'il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad
Washington says that Wa'il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad or 'Dr Wa'il' was killed in a 'precision strike'.
Isis marks Eid al-Adha by hanging 'US spies' from hooks and slaughtering them 'like sheep'
The Making of Illusion video featured ex-PM David Cameron and Tom Cruise.
Isis ordered young female jihadis to blow-up the world famous Notre Dame cathedral
A woman arrested on suspicion of planning the attack was engaged to two former Isis jihadists, say prosecutors.
Turkey President Erdogan says Turks and US 'ready to invade' Isis capital Raqqa
Erdogan says Barack Obama floated the idea at the G20 Summit in Hangzhou.