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London Kurdish Film Festival: Clips for five feature films not to miss
Directors from Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Iran and Europe feature in the festival's 15th year
Hillary Clinton says she would not support a war declaration against Islamic State
'You'd better have a budget that backs it up' if war is declared, Clinton warns.
Remembrance Day: Why the Cenotaph has become the dark heart of British militarism
Veterans are tired of our name and our legacy being taken in vain.
Russian plane crash: Sharm el-Sheikh airport staff questioned to find out if insiders helped plant bombs
Egyptian investigators have said that they now are "90 per cent sure" that the aircraft was bombed.
George Bush Sr slams 'iron ass' Dick Cheney for undermining son's presidency
Former vice president conducted his own foreign policy during George W Bush's reign, claims 41st US president.
Australians have sent $38m to help Islamist militants carry out terror activities
The country's anti-money-laundering agency says terror financing has jumped from 118 cases to 367 in 2014-15.
Ahmed Chalabi: Iraqi politician behind false Saddam Hussein al-Qaeda link evidence dies at 71
Chalabi told the US that Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and links to al-Qaeda.
Downing Street denies U-turn on Syrian air strikes vote
David Cameron is believed to have abandoned plans to hold a second vote because of a lack of support from MPs.
Chilcot report: David Cameron's full reply to summer 2016 publication of Iraq War inquiry
Read the UK prime minister's reply to Sir John Chilcot about the two million word report.
Former Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki allegedly siphoned off $500bn in 8 years
Iraq's parliamentary committee probes al-Maliki's massive corruption scandal amounting to half a trillion dollars.
Isis hostages: Iraqis rescued by US-led coalition reveal torture and executions by Islamic State
One rescued prisoner said his brother was beheaded and only his head was returned.
Danish woman who fought Isis in Iraq has passport confiscated in Copenhagen
Joanna Palani says she will appeal the Danish government's decision to confiscate her passport.
Little is known about the Chilcot report into Iraq even after Tony Blair's 'apology'
Sir John Chilcot has only given the public and parliamentarians a deadline for a deadline.
Donald Trump thinks world would be safer if Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi were in power
Trump had earlier expressed discontent over the US' policy towards Syria.
Isis hostage rescue video: US and Kurdish soldiers save 70 from execution as battle rages
Helmet cam shows hostages facing imminent execution being rescued as deadly gun battle rages.
David Blunkett: I warned Tony Blair about the 'risks' of Iraq invasion
Blunkett was "extremely concerned" about what would happen when Saddam Hussein was ousted.
Ashura 2015: Millions gather across Iraq to commemorate slaying of Hussein
Ashura commemorates the slaying of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Hussein at the battle of Kerbala in 680AD.
Ashura 2015: Shia Muslims flagellate themselves with swords, chains and knives [Graphic images]
Shia Muslims beat their heads and chests with chains and knives, and gash their heads with swords.
Who killed Jacky Sutton? Colleagues of ex-BBC journalist head to Istanbul for answers to inexplicable death
Suicide claims 'go against everything we understood about Jackie' says colleague.
Kurds rail against government corruption as protests turn violent in Iraqi Kurdistan
Civil servants have not been paid for three months as young Kurds eye smuggling routes to Europe.
Isis: Islamic State executioner dubbed 'The Bulldozer' wreaks terror on Syrian children
The 20-stone killer gathered children to watch as he hacked off the hand and foot of a 14-year-old boy.
Isis in Iraq: Islamic State executes 70 Sunni members of Al Bu Nimr tribe
Al Bu Nimr tribal elder in western Iraq says tribesmen were murdered in Anbar Province.
Barack Obama's failures in Syria and Iraq have gifted supremacy to Vladimir Putin's resurgent Russia
The US president's disengagement from the Middle East will be his legacy.
Isis in Syria: French jets 'wipe out' Islamic State training camp during first air strikes in Syria
President Francois Hollande tells United Nations, President Assad cannot be part of Syria peace deal.
Iraq agrees to share intelligence with Russia, Iran and Syria in battle against Isis
Announcement comes with Russia stepping up military involvement in Middle East.
Isis: Islamic State executed over 10,000 men, women and children in Syria and Iraq
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that the final death toll may be even higher.
Isis: Focus on Europe's refugees ignores plight of millions of Islamic State victims still in Syria and Iraq
Millions of displaced people have neither the means nor the money to become migrants.
France: Air strikes against Isis in Syria 'necessary' says President Hollande
French surveillance flights over Syria confirm air strikes against Isis are 'necessary'.
Ayman al Zawahiri: Al-Qaeda leader calls for lone wolf attacks working with Isis
Al-Qaeda's calls on 'all Muslims' to carry out solo attacks against the US and the West.
Syria conflict: Royal Australian Air Force send war planes to Syria for the first time
The Australia's air force is sending war planes to Syria for the first time