Islamic State

Islamic State militants chopped the heads off 15 of their own fighters in Afghanistan according to officials, who did provide an explanation for the mass killing.

Mohammed Abdallah, of Moss Side, Manchester, denies terrorism offences at the Old Bailey in London despite being listed as a specialist sniper in Isis documents, a court heard.

The son of British Isis recruiter Sally Jones, who was killed in a US airstrike, is believed to be alive and fighting for Isis.

Russia is embarrassed after publishing an image it claimed was "irrefutable evidence" of US collaboration with Isis, which turned out to be a screenshot taken from a video game.

The woman, identified as 22-year-old Fatma Ashraf Shawky Famhy, allegedly plotted to carry out an attack in Italy after she was unable to travel to Syria and join militants.

Tareq Kamleh, a 31-year-old paediatrician from Perth, often appeared in Isis propaganda videos urging fellow Muslims to take up arms and join the group.

Arrest came as Israel warned group against carrying out retaliatory attacks after Israeli army destroyed one of the group's tunnels that stretched from the Gaza Strip into Israel.

Baghdadi, who has rarely made any public appearance since announcing the creation of Isis in 2014, has often been reported dead or injured in the past three years.

The Isis supporters played the song 'For the sake of Allah' on repeat until the broadcaster took control of the transmission and cancelled the song after 30 minutes.

Son of terrorist Osama bin Laden has made once again headlines after he called on fellow Muslims around the world to avenge his father's death and rise against the West.

A cybercrime group is causing havoc in the US and Canada by hacking into the websites of police stations and schools and defacing them with pro-Islamic State propaganda.

Iranian leader defends the ballistic missile launch against Saudi Arabia, which was intercepted near Riyadh airport without casualties.

SchoolDesk is currently working with various local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, to investigate the source of the attack.

Italian police have seized more than 24 million opioid tablets destined for Isis militants who were planning to sell them at a profit to finance terrorism.

Hours after the Syrian army liberated the city of Deir al-Zour from Isis, came the news that Iraqi forces had entered al-Qaim.

A six-month pregnant American teenager, who was taken to Syria against her will by her father, is set to return home to Kansas.

The US president wrote on Twitter in all caps that Sayfullo Saipov "SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY" after calling the American criminal justice system "a joke and a laughing stock".

The FBI announced another man is wanted for questioning in connection to the bike path attack, as New York prosecutors charge suspect Sayfullo Saipov with terrorism.

Suspect, identified as 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov, killed eight people and injured another 11 when he rammed a truck into a bike path on 31 October.

The ride-hailing service confirmed that the truck attacker drove for Uber and said it was cooperating with federal authorities in the investigation.

Underage suicide bomber suspected to have carried out the explosion inside Kabul's Green Zone, which houses several diplomatic missions and state buildings.

Shabazz Suleman fled north-eastern Syria after a multinational force retook Raqqa, an Isis stronghold in the country.He now wants to come back to the UK and face justice.

The bride wore white, the female guests wore colourful clothes, and men and women danced together as music rang out across the war-ravaged Jazra area of the city of Raqqa.

Revelations come amid an ongoing debate on how the government should deal with people who travelled to Syria and Iraq to join Isis and who are now returning home.

Internet troll Shohidul Islam has been jailed after framing brother-in-law Mohammed Razaul Karim as a Islamic State supporter and paedophile.

Suleman was believed to be among some 180 prisoners who were released by Turkey to Isis in exchange for Turkish hostages held by the terror group in 2014.

Spain's interior ministry did not name the suspect, but described him as a 52-year-old "already convicted for his involvement in the terrorist organisation al-Qaeda".

Air strikes, artillery and machine-gun fire have left the lakeside city of Marawi in the southern Philippines a smouldering wasteland of shattered buildings and bullet-pocked mosques and houses.

Isis continues its campaign of terror, but the group is progressively losing territories due to multinational offensives in Syria and Iraq.

Jac Holmes, 24, had been fighting alongside Kurdish troops to force the Muslim extremists from their stronghold in Raqqa.