Amal Clooney urges Iraq to not let Isis 'get away with genocide'
Clooney asks Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi to write to the UN Security Council seeking an inquiry.
In pictures: Iraqi forces expect to dislodge Isis militants from west Mosul within a month
Iraqi forces are facing increasingly stiff resistance from Islamic State militants, who are using suicide car bombs and snipers to defend their last major stronghold in Iraq.
Latest photos of battle for Mosul: Iraqi and Isis snipers play deadly game of cat and mouse
A strategically positioned, well hidden, sniper can pin down the advancing Iraqi forces for days.
Isis leaders abandon Raqqa leaving diehard followers to defend 'caliphate capital'
US defence officials have said 3,000 to 4,000 fighters remain in the city.
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Isis may be almost beaten in Mosul – but the battle for a new Iraq is just beginning
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Father of suspected Isis Khorasan terrorist says 'won't accept body of an anti-national'
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Fight for Raqqa: US Marines dispatched to Syria with artillery to help recapture Isis capital
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Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi gives up Mosul fight to save his own skin
A lack of communication between Baghdadi and his leaders in Mosul indicates is focusing on preserving his own life.
Amal Clooney says Yazidi girls raped by Isis gave 'most harrowing testimony I have ever heard'
Barrister is calling on UN to investigate genocide against Yazidis, persecuted at the hands of Islamic State.
Isis planned to assassinate Saudi King Salman in foiled Malaysia terror attack
Seven militants had been planning to attack the Saudi royals and are believed to have ties to Isis.
Paradise lost: How the Maldives sold its land to Saudi Arabia and turned a blind eye to Isis
King Salman's visit to the islands demonstrates the corruption of the regime that seized power in 2012.
Death to Rome: Inside Isis underground training camp discovered in former rail tunnel in Mosul
Miliants barricaded both ends of the tunnel, ripped up the tracks and built an assault course inside, on which to train their recruits.
Isis terrorist Anis Amri may have been high on cocaine during Berlin truck attack
Amri was an habitual drugs user, according to a Italian autopsy report.
Photos: Iraqi troops face Isis snipers and suicide car bombs in fierce battle for western Mosul
Iraqi forces have faced their heaviest clashes in their battle to reclaim western Mosul from Isis.
Palmyra: Shocking photos of Isis damage after ancient Syrian city is recaptured for second time
This was the second time the ancient Syrian city, a Unesco heritage site, had been recaptured from the militants in the course of Syria's six-year war.
Battle for Mosul: Iraqi forces gain control of al-Hurriya bridge over River Tigris
The bridge connects to the old city centre that is currently held by the Islamic State.
Isis leader al-Baghdadi's cousin arrested in west Mosul says Iraqi military
The cousin is also a high-ranking member of Isis and his arrest could deal a big blow to the militant group.
Star Wars actor Riz Ahmed says diversity in TV can fight Isis radicalisation strategy
The 34-year-old warned against the lack of representation while giving Channel 4's annual diversity lecture.
Isis: East Mosul residents under suspected chemical attack, says Red Cross
Iraqi forces have liberated eastern Mosul and are currently fighting to drive Islamic State out of west Mosul.
Pro-Assad forces retake Palmyra for second time discover ancient city rigged with explosives
Government troops supported by militias recaptured Palmyra on 2 March.
Trump's policies help Isis, says former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
President's proposed cuts risks safety of US troops and ability to counter terrorist recruitment, Albright urges.
Isis militants in Mosul trying to escape by hiding among fleeing civilians, Iraqi officers say
Iraqi authorities are trying to move civilians out of the battleground in west Mosul to prevent loss of innocent lives.
Thousands flee western Mosul as Iraqi forces battle Isis fighters in group's stronghold
Over 10,000 civilians have fled Isis-held districts since government forces breached the city's southern defences on 23 February.
Severed head of suspected Sufi shrine bomber found, Pakistan counter-terror unit confirms
The blast at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, which killed over 70, was claimed by Isis.
Isis prepared for west Mosul battle and complicated enemy advance, says coalition commander
Stephen Townsend expressed hope that Raqqa in Syria will also be liberated from Isis control.
Controversial Trump counterterrorism aide Sebastian Gorka refuses to call Islam a religion
Gorka says America's "enemy is radical Islamic terrorism", contradicting new National Security Adviser.
Yazidi women raped by Isis given chance to heal wounds by German-funded initiative in Kurdistan
First institute for study of psychotherapy and psychotraumatology in Middle East opens in University of Duhok.
Four French teenage girls arrested for allegedly plotting Isis terror attacks
The girls were reportedly in contact with a French Isis commander on the Telegram app.
Islamic extremists radicalising younger people in Australia, says intelligence agency chief
Duncan Lewis noted that in 2015 around 40% of those investigated were between 15 and 24 years of age.
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