Iraq

Brent crude is back near a thirteen-week-low as Kurds in Iraq have recaptured most of the big oil sources from the Islamist militants, easing supply worries.

CIA and elite soldiers search for 'The Ghost' in biggest terror search since Bin Laden

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon made the announcement as RAF makes surveillance flights and troops deployed in Erbil.

Without directly mentioning US, Iraqi government takes objection to violation of its territorial sovereignty.

Kurdish forces reclaim nearly all of Iraq's largest dam from Islamic State militants, Kurdish officials reported.

Islamic State Sunni insurgents massacre 80 Yazidi men near Sinjar Mountain after deadline to convert Islam expires.

Maliki paves way for successor, Haider al-Abadi, in order to 'preserve unity' in Iraq.

Doubts cast over Australian station's 'exclusive' interview with Islamic State military chief talking about 'caliphate'.

President Francois Hollande announces arms supply to Kurds "in the coming hours".

Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel says this is not military intervention but an effort to assist Iraqi forces.

Isis brainwashing people with female vigilante squads and 'Osama bin Laden Cub Camps'

Yazidis flee across Iraqi-Syrian border despite civil war which has claimed more than 170,000 lives.

Supporters of radical Islam split between love of actor's films and dislike of his hertical stand-up.

With the dam in their control, the Islamic State can flood Baghdad if it wants to.

Maliki says Fuad Masoum's decision to name new PM is violation of constitution.

Aid drops aborted due to safety fears, as desperate Yazidi refugees crowded to receive supplies.

Fears are growing that radicalised locals may stage attacks on home soil in Asia countries.

Washington only sold arms to Iraqi government but IS march forces change of heart.

Half of 40,000 trapped in Sinjar mountains by Islamic State escape but US consider full evacuation.

Nouri al-Maliki amasses troops in Baghdad in show of force against Iraqi president Fuad Masoum.

Unconfirmed reports from Iraq say women and children among killed, and some buried alive.

Renewed strikes target Islamists' armoured vehicles as Obama vows America's long-term commitment.

Unconfirmed reports say Islamic State has surrounded and threatened to execute 300 Yazidi families trapped on Mount Sinjar.

US president's decision reportedly came in wake of growing threat to Washington's interests in Erbil and Baghdad.

Militants using radical Islamic forums to gather force to fight the US war on Islam.

A Yazidi MP warned that the women, held at a school in Mosul, are being sold into slavery.

FAA orders no flights over Iraq as Islamic State cause security concerns on ground

London-listed oil firms pull staff from Iraq's semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan.

US jets begin striking Islamic militant positions in Gwer and Makhmur districts.

In new interview, spokesman for terror group says they will humiliate the United States