CONFLICT

Father Tom Uzhunnalil was abducted in March during an Isis attack on an old-age home in Aden, Yemen.

Stephen Townsend said assisting Iraq army without causing them insult is their biggest challenge.

Investigators are still trying to find out how Amri fled Germany and reached France and then Italy.

Moscow has 3,000 people looking for parts of the Tu-154 plane that was bound for Syria

American general tells Reuters that a new offensive is being planned against the jihadi-held city.

The move would continue the country's disregard for the resolution, which it branded 'shameful'.

Evidence of the crimes will be 'carefully documented' and made public for inspection, Russia says.

Activists fear political instability and more deaths as President Joseph Kabila remains entrenched.

Warning comes after a publicly available list of US churches was posted on websites linked to Daesh.

The camp in Sambisa Forest is believed to be the terror group's last stronghold in the region.

The US president-elect believes the F-35 stealth jets are too expensive, but the UK needs them for its new fleet.

The Real Madrid football star sent a message to children in war-torn Syria calling them heroes.

The suspect is one of three men arrested by the Tunisian Interior Ministry.

Indiscriminate terrorist attacks are highly likely, warned the Foreign Office.

The 15-member UN Security Council passed a resolution demanding an end to illegal Israeli settlements.

About 10 shells fell in Aleppo's southwestern al-Hamdaniya district, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Syed Hoque of Stoke-on-Trent, and Mashoud Miah of London were both convicted of funding terrorism.

The UN Security Council passed the resolution urging an end to illegal Israeli settlements.

While 2016 has been dominated by negative stories and divisive rhetoric, there are reasons to have hope.

It is reportedly the bloodiest attack by Turkish troops since Ankara began its campaign in Syria in August.

Mourners and well-wishers have been laying flowers, lighting candles and leaving tributes to the victims at the site.

The targeted mall CentrO, is reportedly one of the biggest malls in Germany with almost 250 shops.

Turkey reportedly banned some social media sites after the Isis video emerged online.

They were thought to be planning bomb attacks in Australian's second largest city on Christmas Day.

The Syrian Army announced the 'turning point' on state-run television.

Operation Lafiya Dole resulted in recapture of several territories held by Isis-affiliated terrorists.

Around 34,000 have left rebel held areas of east Aleppo since start of ceasefire, said the charity.

In this gallery, IBTimes UK looks back at the year in four countries ripped apart by conflict: Syria, Iraq, Libya and Yemen.

People in Western nations need to urge their leaders to act on the violence.