CONFLICT

A forensics team from Baghdad will investigate the bodies after the discovery near Hammam al-Alil.

William Watkinson Nov 07, 2016

Children trained to behead prisoners and make suicide bombs have been corralled into joining the Islamic State defence

Callum Paton Nov 07, 2016

Rights group claimed officials abused 43 women and girls in seven internally displaced camps in Maiduguri.

Ludovica Iaccino Nov 07, 2016

Parachute bombs take longer to hit the target, allowing aircraft to avoid fire.

Sofia Lotto Persio Nov 07, 2016

At least 196 girls still missing after being kidnapped from Chibok village in April 2014.

Ludovica Iaccino Nov 07, 2016

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have clashed with Islamic State in the north of Raqqa.

Callum Paton Nov 07, 2016

Kurdish forces' launched an early morning offensive to retake Bashiqa to the east of Mosul.

Callum Paton Nov 07, 2016

John Kerry welcomed the release and said he recognised the move as a 'positive gesture by the Houthis'.

Pavitra Dwibhashyam Nov 07, 2016

The Philippines military is trying to determine the dead woman's identity, whose body was found on a yacht in Sulu.

Ananya Roy Nov 07, 2016

Seoul officials suspect that the Kim Jong-un regime might fire an intermediate-range ballistic missile.

Ananya Roy Nov 07, 2016

'Biggest reinforcement of our collective defence" since the end of the Cold War says Nato.

Rachel Middleton Nov 07, 2016

Images show blood splattered across the tiled floors alongside toys and the rubble.

Tareq Haddad Nov 06, 2016

Ministry of Defence document questions the UK's ability to fight the tank.

Tareq Haddad Nov 06, 2016

Tensions are high as Arab and Kurdish military forces don't want Turkey to interfere in the campaign.

Fiona Keating Nov 06, 2016

SAS reportedly acting on intelligence gathered by MI6, MI5 and GCHQ.

Jason Murdock Nov 06, 2016

PM Haider al-Abadi says Mosul will be liberated soon amid skirmishes between government forces and IS militants.

Pavitra Dwibhashyam Nov 06, 2016

Shia paramilitary forces report that four more villages have been liberated at Nineveh province.

Fiona Keating Nov 05, 2016

Known for their skull balaclavas and combat skills, they're taking Iraq back.

Tom Mendelsohn Nov 05, 2016

German intelligence agency is investigating up to 80 soldiers for potential Islamist beliefs.

Tom Mendelsohn Nov 05, 2016

Born Terence Kelly, and known by the nom-du-guerre Abu Usama al-Irlandi, the Irishman died in the attack.

Tom Mendelsohn Nov 05, 2016

Ex-SAS man says violence was used in self defence as team tried to fight way out of police station during riot.

Tareq Haddad Nov 05, 2016

Clashes broke out after people attending a funeral procession reportedly threw rocks at security officials.

Nandini Krishnamoorthy Nov 05, 2016

The blasts occurred in Hawija, about 120km south of the Isis stronghold of Mosul.

Ananya Roy Nov 05, 2016

The blast occurred outside a police station in Diyarbakir on 4 November amid a crackdown on pro-Kurdish leaders in the country.

Ananya Roy Nov 05, 2016

The FBI and New York police are probing reports of al-Qaeda's plan to launch attacks ahead of the 8 November presidential polls in the US.

Ananya Roy Nov 05, 2016

The UN's Human Rights Agency has said as many as 50 fighters were killed at the Ghazlani military base in Mosul.

Callum Paton Nov 04, 2016

The car the pair were travelling was shot when its driver failed to listen to orders from guards.

Callum Paton Nov 04, 2016

Violence has been escalating between longstanding foes Renamo and Frelimo.

Elsa Buchanan Nov 04, 2016

The people of eastern Aleppo don't trust government forces and have so far rejected offers to leave their homes.

Sofia Lotto Persio Nov 04, 2016