CONFLICT

The central government has sent 400 paramilitary personnel to West Bengal to contain the riots.

A day after the Niger attack, some 700 Boko Haram militants in Nigeria's Borno state surrendered to the police.

The Secretary of State has said that 'global action is required'.

Iraqi forces have found terrified families who had been hiding in their homes for weeks as fierce fighting raged around them.

Omar Khadr's case gained worldwide attention after he became the youngest detainee in Guantanamo Bay.

Shekau made remarks as insurgency continues to claim lives in Nigeria and neighbouring countries.

Coalition forces advance in Raqqa, which Isis seized in 2014 making it the capital of a self-declared caliphate.

The Perth-born paediatrician blamed the US-led coalition air strikes for the destruction of Syria and the countless deaths.

Jones lost her jihadi husband in 2015 in a US drone strike.

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.

Unicef brought the pair back together amid a backdrop of fierce fighting.

The birth of the US has for a long time been characterised as a noble rebellion - but it had a dark side.

Desperate fighting for final district in devastated Iraqi city.

Martial law was declared in Mindanao province after Isis-linked Maute group members invaded Marawi city and laid siege.

The blaze hit the Lebanon camp which housed over 100 families.

It survived the Mongols, Ottomans and the US invasion – but not Isis.

The Islamist militant groups based in the Philippines waters are known for abductions and killings.

China has new missile shelters, runways and radar and communications facilities on the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea.

5 suicide bombers blew themselves up and one attacker threw a grenade at the Lebanese soldiers.

Beijing sternly asks Indian troops to back off after accusing them of trespassing Chinese territory.

The OPCW will now investigate who had ordered the chemical attack on Syrian civilians.

Monitors say that the SDF had 'encircled' Raqqa, the de-facto capital of the Isis fiefdom.

Figures show 780 members of the Army, Royal Navy and Air Force are part of the religion.

The military has warned the number of residents killed by rebel "atrocities" could rise sharply as troops capture more ground.

Boko Haram releases video through journalist Ahmad Salkida claiming responsibility for abduction and ambush.

Iraqi forces battling Isis in Mosul say they are days away from ousting militants completely from the Old City.

Police say the militants died in Diyala as the military offensive continues to retake territory in Mosul.

"Kurdish women know no fear" says journalist who shared the video online.

Iraqi MP Vian Dakhill also shared the harrowing story of a 10-year-old girl raped to death.