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New 9/11 trial judge wants 'action' in hearings
The second day of hearings after an 18-month break due to the Covid-19 pandemic focused on a review of the judge's own potential biases.
'Nearly half of all Mosul casualties are civilians,' UN says
The battle to retake Iraq's second city from Isis could be complete within three months.
London-born Isis recruiter linked to Jihadi John added to global terrorist list
The State Department believes Alexanda Amon Kotey engaged in group's executions and 'exceptionally cruel' torture methods.
Isis claims responsibility for Istanbul nightclub attack as 'revenge' for Turkish operations in Syria
On-the-run gunman believed to originate from Central Asia.
Syria ceasefire off to shaky start as Russia and Turkey join forces against Isis
Russian military offered support to Turkish operation in al-Bab for the first time.
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.
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.
Iraqi troops in Mosul 'took tents and water from refugees they pledged to liberate'
One refugee claimed families were thrown out of their tents while they were still in them.
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.
'US military has started shelling Mosul' says Peshmerga commander
Commander Omer Huseyin claimed US howitzers have started bombing the northern Iraqi city.
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.
Iraqi grandmother 'beheaded and cooked' Isis soldiers heads to avenge her family's murder
Wahida Mohamed said Isis killed her two husbands, three brothers and her father.
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
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.
UK army accused of risking national security as 20,000 serving soldiers' names published online
Details of every serving officer, reservist and university military trainee are now available online.
Islamic State bans burka in northern Iraq after veiled woman kills 2 jihadists
The group has made a U-turn on its burka stance following reports of a veiled woman targeting fighters.