Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams (Isis)

Isis is losing territory in both Syria and Iraq with US-led airstrikes limiting oil production.

Around 800 Brits have travelled to Syria to fight alongside Isis with up to 350 returning home.

Bouattia once described Birmingham University as "something of a Zionist outpost"

Sotloff's family accuse Assad's government of providing support to Isis before beheading.

The victims of sexual slavery were told to accept 'temporary marriages' but they refused.

Isis has an increasing presence in North Africa where they control 155 miles of the Mediterranean coast.

The news comes as German spy agency BND warns beach resorts across Europe could become targets.

The jihadists release a new montage of killings said to have taken place in besieged Fallujah, Iraq.

Syria's chief government negotiator was reacting to comments made by Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Counterterrorism Director Luiz Alberto Sallaberry has said the threat of Isis has increased in recent months.

Poland's minister says Russia presents an 'existential threat' to Europe after the annexation of Ukraine.

Ukip chair in Northern Ireland David McNarry believes the IRA has been passing their bomb-making expertise onto the jihadists so they can attack the UK.

The Abrams M-1 tank has been the unofficial 'hero of the day' according to the US military.

Isis say they planned the devastating attack on Basilan Island which left 3 of their own militants dead

The insurgents switched their allegiance saying Isis too interested in beheadings.

The Isis-linked extremists took 276 female students hostage from a boarding school in 2014.

The naturalised Swede from Malmo had used a fake passport to regain entry to Europe.

Gun battle took place on Basilan Island and left another 52 soldiers wounded.

The new group comprising Kenyans, Tanzanians and Ugandans is believed to have links to al-Shabaab.

An Iraqi refugee has spoken about the horrors of life under the Isis Caliphate after escaping.

State media reported the workers had been kidnapped from an area close to Damascus

Mr Palmyra was murdered for refusing to tell Isis the location of the site's treasures.

Named 'The Voice of Virtue in Deterring Hell' it shows religious police implementing Sharia Law.

The city has been surrounded by the Iraqi army for months since the liberation of nearby Ramadi.

Police in France, Belgium and the Netherlands have arrested five suspects with an 'unprecedented' arsenal

The US President said 102 nations have expanded the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material.

KildareNow told readers that a jihadi had 'annexed' one of the town's most famous landmarks, Alymer's Folly.

Saga al-Dulmaimi married al-Baghdadi in 2008 when he was a university lecturer and they have a daughter

Russian security officials say they were trying to radicalise youngsters to send to Syria or Iraq.

The volunteer aid worker drove to Syria with supplies before being beheaded by jihadists in 2014.