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Kurdish Peshmerga forces mount offensive to liberate Isis-held villages around Mosul
The offensive is backed by US-led coalition strikes as IS fighters fire mortars and detonate a car bomb.
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.
Italy expels Tunisian national suspected of plotting to attack Leaning Tower of Pisa
The man, Bilel Chiahoui, was found to be a sympathiser of Islamic State and other jihadist groups.
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.
Iraq: Isis executes five men for smuggling people into 'lands of disbelief'
It is believed the group also posted photos of the execution on social media.
Syria: Isis militants fleeing besieged Manbij abduct 2,000 civillians
US-backed forces said earlier they are on the verge of seizing northern Syrian town.
Former cheerleader Jaelyn Young gets 12-year jail term for trying to join Isis
Young planned to travel to Syria with her fiancé by disguising the trip as their honeymoon.
Isis supporter killed in Ontario raid made 'martyrdom video'
Aaron Driver detonated an explosive in a taxi, outside his home, as police closed in.
Isis reportedly throws gay man off a building in Iraq
The public execution was carried out by religious police as punishment for sex.
Donald Trump calls President Obama Isis' 'most valuable player'
The Republican nominee refused to go back on his earlier claim that Obama founded the Islamic State.
Bethnal Green schoolgirl who joined Isis believed to have been killed in an air strike
The 17-year-old is thought to have died earlier this year after travelling to Syria in February 2015.
Could Ansaru leader Mamman Nur be the man behind Boko Haram split?
Nur defected from Boko Haram in 2012 to form the Ansaru splinter group.
Isis on the run: Islamic State shrinking and retreating on all fronts
Photos of the military campaigns to recapture major Isis strongholds in Syria, Libya and Iraq.
Indonesian counter-terrorism unit Densus 88 to interrogate Marina Bay attack plotters
Police said the terror suspects used to train with replica guns in an open field to avoid suspicion.
Lawsuit accusing Twitter of supporting Isis dismissed by California district court
The judge rules that service providers enjoy protection under the Communications Decency Act.
Libyan forces capture key Islamic State strongholds in Sirte
Retaking Sirte would hand Libya's UN-backed government a major boost in the fight against 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.
Britain prepares to send hundreds of elite troops to Middle East to help rebel force wipe out Isis
The British forces will train rebel group, the New Syrian Army to defeat Daesh.
Russian mercenaries reportedly hired to fight Isis in Syria despite Kremlin's denials
Sky News says it has interviewed mercenaries recruited by an obscure Russian military company.
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.
Abubakar Shekau's video evidence of growing tensions between Boko Haram factions
Tensions increase as disputed leader Shekau refuses to acknowledge Barnawi's appointment.
Who are Jumaat-ur-Ahrar, the Pakistani Taliban group with links to Isis that killed 70 in Quetta?
The 'Gathering of the Free' has ambiguous links to both terror organisations.
Islamic State 'calls on jihadists' to target Miss Universe competition in the Philippines
Isis terrorists have been attempting to expand their reach into south-east Asia.
Boko Haram: Disputed leader Abubakar Shekau vows to continue jihad in new video
Shekau denies he has been replaced by Isis-appointed Musab al-Barnawi.
French girl, 16, charged with inciting Isis terror on social media app Telegram
Girl, described as 'extremely radicalised' by prosecutors, called for violent attacks.
Elite British forces pictured on Syria's front line 'to decapitate the head of terror'
A New Syrian Army spokesman also confirmed the rebel group is getting weapons from the Pentagon.
Pakistan orders intelligence agencies to undertake special nationwide operations after Quetta blast
Isis and a Pakistani Taliban splinter group both claimed responsibility for the Quetta bomb blast.
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
Child Isis supporter in full niqab sings as she beheads toy doll in Telegram video
In the chilling video, the girl warns: 'My sword has been sharpened and I will destroy you.'