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British hostage John Cantlie tours Mosul and rides a police motorbike in new Isis propaganda video
John Cantlie is shown giving a tour around the Iraqi city of Mosul.
Bristol bus website mistakenly hacked by Islamic extremists
The hackers thought the West Country service provided transport for the whole of the West.
Syria Isis news: US Special Forces mission to rescue Jordanian pilot fails amid intense fighting
EXCLUSIVE: Two helicopter landings were called off after heavy IS gunfire in Raqqa,
Isis militants flog man for watching porn in Syria
The punishment was carried out in the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor.
Islamic State behead three Kurdish soldiers dressed in orange in new video
The three victims had been captured whilst defending the Iraqi town of Sinjar.
Isis in Iraq and Syria struck by 15 US-led coalition air strikes
Key Islamic State targets were reportedly hit in the coordinated attack.
Isis: Jordanian pilot captured by terrorists 'claims plane was struck by heat-seeking missile'
The pilot was interviewed for Islamic State's propaganda magazine, Dabiq
Captive UK journalist John Cantlie 'writes' article in new issue of Isis Dabiq magazine
Article predicts an economic meltdown centred around the collapse of the US dollar.
Isis: Pentagon convenes secret 'brains trust' to wage ideological war against Islamic State
With thousands of foreign fighters flocking to join the jihadist group, US officials concede they are no closer to understanding it.
Iraq: Suspected Isis suicide bomber kills 15 people and injures 26 at funeral
Suicide bomber strikes Sunni funeral in town of Taji north of Baghdad.
Isis launch attack on Iraq town Dhuluiya in strategic conquest move
Syrian suicide bomber detonates explosives to launch attack on strategically located Dhuluiya town
Isis release new video showing the execution of 13 'Assad spies'
The men are accused of carrying out two car bomb attacks in Raqqa.
Top Iranian general killed by Islamic State sniper in Iraq
Revolutionary Guard Brig. Gen. Hamid Taqavi had been advising the Iraqi army in Samarra.
Iraqi forces gearing up to retake Mosul from Isis
Baghdad government to set up three special bases to train volunteers for the Mosul operation against Isis militants.
Isis: Blond Australian brothers fighting for Islamic State 'took Yazidi girls as sex slaves'
Former Yazidi hostages claim Australian brothers fighting for Isis raped them.
Isis: British jihadi and Canadian brothers 'killed fighting for Islamic State' in Syria
A UK Algerian fighter paid tribute to the British fighter.
Isis issues list of seven rules for Christians in Raqqa: Pray quietly and not in public
Christians have also been ordered not to prevent each other from converting to Islam.
American jihadist reportedly killed fighting for Islamic State in Kobani
The dead fighter was named as Abu Yusuf and is reportedly from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
German journalist Jürgen Todenhöfer who lived with Isis: Group plans 'mass religious cleansing'
Jürgen Todenhöfer is first Western journalist to be granted access to territories occupied by Isis.
Iraq: Reality TV show brings Isis terrorists face to face with victims
'In the Grip of the Law' hopes to boost confidence in Iraq's security forces following their defeat to Isis last summer.
Senior Hezbollah leader Wathiq al-Battat 'assassinated by accident' in Iraq
Battat, leader of the Mukhtar army was reportedly shot dead in Diyala province.
SAS sent to Iraq to hunt down Jihadi John and Isis fighters
Islamic State have also launched a fresh offensive in the snowy mountains of Qalamoun.
Australian fighter jets bomb secret Isis bunker network in Iraq
Australian super hornets have carried out over 180 sorties against Isis.
Iraq Isis crisis: Kurdish forces claim major breakthrough in Mount Sinjar siege
Kurdish Peshmerga forces reportedly break Isis militants' months-long siege in Mount Sinjar to free trapped Yazidis.
Iraq: US led coalition confirms deaths of senior Isis leaders in airstrikes
A senior Pentagon official confirmed that three key Islamic State military leaders were killed during operations in December.
Al-Sweady Inquiry: UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon demands apology from detainees' lawyers
The Conservative MP criticised the solicitors, after the investigation into alleged abuse cost £31m.
Iraq: Isis hurl scorpion bombs with thousands of poisonous creatures to create panic
IS were launching the poisonous creatures in 2ft bombs to create a 'psychological impact'.
Al-Sweady Inquiry: UK soldiers 'mistreated' nine detainees after 2004 battle in Iraq
BREAKING: Inquiry finds allegations of torture and murder 'deliberate lies' and 'reckless speculation'.
Simon Heffer: Britain failed to prevent America's moral collapse over paranoid CIA torture
America has lost the moral authority in the fight against the Islamic State.
Isis in Iraq: Christians tortured in churches, photos show men being whipped for drinking wine
A man was also whipped for committing adultery in Syria.