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US welcomes temporary cease in fighting between Turkish and Kurdish forces in Syria
Urges both the parties to focus their efforts on fighting Isis militants.
UK counter terror experts to issue guidelines warning priests of possible Normandy-style attack
New advice being issued to churches and clergy after killing of a French Catholic priest in July
Five Isis suicide bombers kill 15 in Iraq in coordinated attack on Shia wedding near city of Kerbala
Security forces were able to shoot dead four of the five suicide bombers before they detonated devices
At least 20 civilians killed and scores wounded in Turkish offensive in Syria
The civilian casualties took place at Jeb el-Kussa, a village south of Jarablus.
British man killed in Iraq while defusing Isis bomb
A British contractor has died and another worker injured while clearing explosives in Ramadi.
Video emerges of convicted hate preacher Anjem Choudary meeting Isis executioner Hicham Chaib
Choudary faces up to 10 years in jail after he was convicted of inciting support for Isis.
Russian carpet bombing kills 150 Isis jihadis in 'maximum payload' airstrikes
2 jihadi command posts and 2 terror training camps were also destroyed in the strikes.
Italy rules out Burkini and Burka ban fearing law could provoke terror attack
Italy's Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said he would not look to follow in the footsteps of Cannes or Sisco.
3 Luton men who praised Charlie Hebdo attack found guilty of encouraging children to join Isis
The men collected funds to pay the legal fees of convicted terrorist Omar Bakri Muhammed.
Iraq to hang 36 Isis jihadists for massacring 1,700 captives in Camp Speicher
Survivors say the militants told them they were going home, before the attack begun.
Isis executes cross-dressing defector attempting to escape Syria in women's clothes
This is not the first time Islamic State defectors have been found posing as women while attempting to flee.
Isis executes 6 alleged spies by boiling them in tar after Iraqi Sharia court issues death sentences
Multiple reports from Mosul suggest the gruesome execution took place in Shora square.
Freed Isis sex slave says 'blonde, blue-eyed girls' popular with Daesh members
Nadia Murad Basee Taha of the Yazidi sect was kept captive for 3 months in 2015.
US-backed SDF forces say they have seized full control of embattled Manbij from Isis
The Syria Democratic Forces — a coalition of militias — fought 73 days to drive out IS freeing 2,000 civilians.
Isis leader in Afghanistan and Pakistan Hafiz Saeed Khan killed in US drone strike
Hafiz Saeed Khan killed in a drone strike on 26 July just 3 days after twin suicide blasts rocked Kabul.
Trump says Obama is founder of Isis, Hillary Clinton co-founder
Trump says withdrawal of US troops from the Middle East created a void that was filled by Isis.
200 Islamic State fighters killed for 'fleeing battlefield' found in shallow grave, say reports
An article claims that the extremist group locked their own fighters in cars filled with poisonous gas.
German police arrest 'high ranking Isis member' over threat to bomb Bundesliga match
Police believe the man may have been planning to attack the first fixture of the national football league.
Bradford teen taken to Syria by mother posts weapons cache and pledges Isis allegiance on Facebook
Ibrahim Iqbal disappeared from Bradford in 2015 after being taken to Syria by his mother
Rome on high alert after new Isis video surfaces with threats to conquer the city
Recent arrests of a Pakistani and a Syrian add to security concerns in Italy.
British Isis executioners forced hostages to sing about Osama Bin Laden's 'lovely hotel'
Danish photographer Daniel Rye Ottosen was held captive for 13 months by Isis before his family paid a ransom
Cardiff imam tells teens 'it's permissible in Islam to have sex slaves'
Ali Hammuda is an Imam at a mosque where three men worshipped before joining Isis.
Calais security reinforced after intelligence warnings of Isis attack on ferries
UK and French officials concerned that Isis may attack a UK-bound ferry, say reports.
Charity Commission punishes UK 'charities' that raised cash for Isis and Al-Qaeda
The two organisations claimed to help Kurds and victims of the Syrian war.
Dagestan warlord who fought alongside Isis in Syria killed by Russia's anti-terror force
Russian National Anti-terrorist Committee (NAC) says Kamaldin Kazimagomedov was killed in a firefight.
Bastille Day killer Mohamed Bouhlel's elderly gay lover wants to 'spit on the grave' of murderer
The 73-year-old said Bouhlel asked him how to hire a truck and showed beheading videos to him.
Europe's churches and streets are the new home front in our long war against Isis
Daesh's strategy is to encourage lone wolf attacks as it loses ground in Iraq and Syria.
Suspected Isis suicide car bomb attack leaves 14 dead and 30 wounded in Iraq
The explosion occurred to the north-east of Baghdad.
Isis extremists execute a gay man by throwing him off a building, say activists
Daesh killers arrested the man in southern Kirkuk, believing he was gay
New Isis video threatens London with copycat Nice attack
New video released by Daesh use computer graphics to recreate the Nice attack.