Islamic State

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

Roger Baird Oct 24, 2017

Photos of the shattered Syrian city of Raqqa after a fierce four-month battle to expel Islamic State (Isis/Daesh).

David Sim Oct 24, 2017

Syrian Democratic Forces' recapture of Raqqa is an emblematic loss for terrorist group who had designated the city the capital of the so-called Islamic State. But it does not signal the end of Isis.

Lina Khatib Oct 23, 2017

British Isis recruiter Sally Jones, also known as the White Widow, allegedly tried to recruit a British pizza chef to assassinate the Queen with a home-made bomb in 2015.

IBT UK Contributor Oct 23, 2017

In pictures: The siege of Marawi has finally come to an end after one final fierce gunfight with a group of militants holed up in the shattered city.

David Sim Oct 23, 2017

At least 50 policemen have been killed when they launched a raid on a militant hideout in Western Desert.

Vasudevan Sridharan Oct 21, 2017

The attacks targeted a Shia mosque in Kabul and a Sunni mosque in Ghor province.

Vasudevan Sridharan Oct 21, 2017

A court in Sweden has awarded a man almost £10,000 after he was imprisoned for four months, wrongly suspected of being an Isis terrorist – but they cannot find him anywhere.

IBT UK Contributor Oct 20, 2017

The Philippines president said the martial law will remain in place until all the extremists are wiped out from the restive southern region.

Vasudevan Sridharan Oct 20, 2017

Even at these taxing times, the urge only to punish has to be curbed. If it isn't, a liberal democracy will become an elected autocracy. And then no one is safe.

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown Oct 19, 2017

A steady stream of Syria-focused rhetoric from Al-Qaeda shows that the organization has not at all given up on Syria, but is rather trying to reestablish itself.

Rita Katz Oct 19, 2017

Chilling photos of bunkers, bombs and bodies inside Raqqa after Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters liberated the city from Islamic State (Isis/Daesh) militants.

David Sim Oct 19, 2017

Photos show fighting is still going on in Marawi long after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared it had been liberated from Islamist militants.

David Sim Oct 18, 2017

US officials estimate there are 6,500 Isis fighters left in Iraq and Syria, where multinational coalitions have recaptured several territories previously controlled by the group.

Ludovica Iaccino Oct 18, 2017

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced they have defeated Islamic State (Isis, Daesh) in its former capital after a four-month battle.

David Sim Oct 17, 2017

Iraq's dramatic move against the Kurds came soon after they had fought side by side to rid the country of Islamic State (Isis/Daesh).

David Sim Oct 17, 2017

A refugee camp in Aïn Issa, a town 50km from Raqqa, is hosting families of fighters while coalition forces continue to gain territory in the former Isis stronghold.

Ludovica Iaccino Oct 17, 2017

A Michigan school student suffered a severe cut to the hand that needed surgery after playing the "Isis Game" where pupils pretend to behead each other.

Roger Baird Oct 17, 2017

A 15-year-old girl told a CBS News reporter that her radicalised father forced her into Isis territory five years ago. Both her father and her Isis fighter husband have died.

Nicole Rojas Oct 12, 2017

The man, known by his nom de guerre Abu Adam Al-Britani, has been fighting with Isis for the past two years.

Ludovica Iaccino Oct 09, 2017

Tehran has promised "crushing" response to Washington if the elite Islamic Revolution of Guards Corps (IRGC) is labelled as a terrorist group.

Vasudevan Sridharan Oct 09, 2017

The suspect was reportedly heard shouting 'Allahu Akbar' as he ranted at passengers on a train in Brussels.

Priya Joshi Oct 06, 2017

The foreign secretary came under fire from his own colleagues for comments about war-torn Libya. Johnson said Sirte could be the next Dubai once it "clears the dead bodies away".

Jordan Bhatt Oct 06, 2017

Iraqi troops and Shia militia have recaptured Hawija, the last Isis stronghold in northern Iraq. Now comes another crisis for Iraq and its neighbours: Kurdish independence.

David Sim Oct 05, 2017

Isis once controlled larges swathes of Iraq and Syria, but the group has lost several areas to joint offensives launched by coalition forces in both countries.

Ludovica Iaccino Oct 05, 2017

The troops were on a routine mission near the Mali border when they came under fire.

Vasudevan Sridharan Oct 05, 2017

Iraqi forces and Shia paramilitaries have entered the town of Hawija, one of just two pockets of territory still under control of Islamic State (Isis/Daesh) in Iraq.

David Sim Oct 04, 2017

UK home secretary Amber Rudd said the sentence will increase from 10 years, in a speech to Conservative Party conference attendees.

Jason Murdock Oct 03, 2017

Photos of the battle for Raqqa, where the jihadists' last strongholds are a hospital and stadium, with hostages in both.

David Sim Oct 03, 2017

The holiest day in the Shia calendar is observed on the 10th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic year, to mourn the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.

David Sim Oct 02, 2017