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Putin to meet Iraq VP as Baghdad seeks 'substantial' Russian military and political presence in the country
Nouri al-Maliki has already held talks with Russian foreign minister and parliament speaker.
Siege of Marawi enters third month: Military battles Islamist snipers with 'unlimited ammunition'
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte says he is prepared to wait for a year for the end of the siege which has killed more than 500 people.
German teenager who joined Isis in Iraq regrets decision, says 'I just want to go home'
The 16-year-old who had converted to Islam was found in Mosul.
Duterte finally visits Philippines troops in Marawi: 'It was like a father visiting his children'
The conflict-torn city has been witnessing intense clashes between Filipino forces and Islamist militants.
Telegram founder pledges purge of Isis content as platform hit with Indonesia blackout
Pavel Durov: 'Telegram is heavily encrypted [...] but we're no friends of terrorists.'
Spying vs cyberwar: US state hackers will split from NSA to conduct 'offensive' operations
Trump administration will push for enhanced digital warfare to combat Isis hackers.
The stories behind the most powerful photos of the battle for Mosul
"Of all the wars I have covered in various countries, Mosul has been the worst."
Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, according to senior militants
Baghdadi was reportedly killed near Raqqa, Syria, where Isis are hanging on to their last significant gains.
Battle for Raqqa: Occupy Wall Street activist killed fighting Isis
American Robert Grodt and Luke Rutter, from the UK, were fighting alongside Kurdish soldiers.
Soldier in Hawaii 'arrested by FBI on terrorism charges and links to Isis'
The 34-year-old Ikaika Kang has been detained.
Philippines top lawmaker calls for 5-year extension of martial law in Mindanao but army casts doubt
Filipino military says 5-year-long martial law will be 'too long' and insists final decision rests with President Duterte.
Photo report: 'Victory' over Isis in Mosul comes at a terrible cost
Iraqi forces repeatedly used coalition air strikes in Mosul, often to kill teams of just two or three Isis fighters armed with light weapons.
Iraqi PM Haider al Abadi arrives in Mosul as victory is declared over Isis
US-backed troops have waged a bloody nine-month battle to recapture the city from the terror group.
Italy arrests Chechen man accused of attack on journalists and fighting with Isis
Prosecutors say Eli Bombataliev is being held on terror charges.
Isis launches major counterattack as Iraq army loses ground in Mosul
The surge is threatening recent gains in other Old City fronts, an Iraqi military officer said.
Shocking Isis propaganda video shows child soldiers beheading prisoners in Iraq
The video threatens encourages Muslims to carry out lone wolf attacks in America, Europe, and Russia.
Isis suicide brides unleash a wave of bombings in Mosul battle's last-stand
At least 20 women, mostly foreign jihadi wives, have blown themselves up in Mosul since Sunday.
Starving, exhausted and traumatised, civilians flee Mosul's Old City, but thousands still trapped
Iraqi forces have found terrified families who had been hiding in their homes for weeks as fierce fighting raged around them.
Isis recruiter Sally Jones reportedly wants to leave Raqqa and return to Britain
Jones lost her jihadi husband in 2015 in a US drone strike.
Fears for thousands of residents trapped with Isis fighters in shrinking area of Mosul's Old City
Harrowing photos show terrified families escaping across piles of rubble, and Iraqi forces rescuing a little boy whose family had been killed in the fighting.
Video shows destruction of Mosul's Grand al-Nuri Mosque and al-Hadba minaret
It survived the Mongols, Ottomans and the US invasion – but not Isis.
'Isis is dead' declares Iraq prime minister after capture of Al-Nuri mosque
Long battle to reclaim Mosul could soon be over following significant taking of historic mosque.
Decapitated bodies of suspected Christians found in Marawi
At least 5 beheaded bodies at various stages of decomposition found in Philippines' besieged city.
Latest Marawi photos: Beheaded civilians found as siege enters sixth week
The military has warned the number of residents killed by rebel "atrocities" could rise sharply as troops capture more ground.
Latest photos: Iraqi forces are 'days away' from ousting Isis from Mosul's Old City
Iraqi forces battling Isis in Mosul say they are days away from ousting militants completely from the Old City.
Isis terror suspects arrested in UK, Germany and Spain
Man arrested in Birmingham is a 44-year-old Salafist imam and leader of the group sought by several countries.
Isis suicide bomber 'accidentally kills 12 militants' in Iraq
Police say the militants died in Diyala as the military offensive continues to retake territory in Mosul.
Philippines Islamists forcing female captives into sex slavery in Marawi
Manila's military also said Maute militants were pushing captives to loot abandoned houses in the region.
Isis tricked starving Yazidi sex slave into eating her one-year-old child, claims Iraqi MP
Iraqi MP Vian Dakhill also shared the harrowing story of a 10-year-old girl raped to death.
Isis in final fight to hold Raqqa as coalition forces clear militants from Syria stronghold
IS militants cling to last Syrian enclave as US-backed coalition drives them from city captured in 2014.