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Amal Clooney says Yazidi girls raped by Isis gave 'most harrowing testimony I have ever heard'
Barrister is calling on UN to investigate genocide against Yazidis, persecuted at the hands of Islamic State.
Britain's post-truth 'Iraqistan' memorial insults both veterans and reality
A gilded fiction is still a fiction, after all.
Family forced to abandon new born baby in Malaysia amid Trump's chaotic Muslim ban
Baraa Ahmed was left with no choice in the wake of the ban on travel for Yemenis.
Is Donald Trump possessed by evil spirits? Soothsayer says good beating is the cure
The Mosul 'healer' Mala Ali Kalak wants to beat him on the soles of his feet to get the jinni out of his body.
Paradise lost: How the Maldives sold its land to Saudi Arabia and turned a blind eye to Isis
King Salman's visit to the islands demonstrates the corruption of the regime that seized power in 2012.
Death to Rome: Inside Isis underground training camp discovered in former rail tunnel in Mosul
Miliants barricaded both ends of the tunnel, ripped up the tracks and built an assault course inside, on which to train their recruits.
Photos: Iraqi troops face Isis snipers and suicide car bombs in fierce battle for western Mosul
Iraqi forces have faced their heaviest clashes in their battle to reclaim western Mosul from Isis.
Battle for Mosul: Iraqi forces gain control of al-Hurriya bridge over River Tigris
The bridge connects to the old city centre that is currently held by the Islamic State.
Isis leader al-Baghdadi's cousin arrested in west Mosul says Iraqi military
The cousin is also a high-ranking member of Isis and his arrest could deal a big blow to the militant group.
Chinese Isis fighters vow to create 'rivers of blood' when they return home from Iraq
The fighters call the communist government in Beijing 'infidel lackeys' and promise to wage global jihad.
Thousands flee western Mosul as Iraqi forces battle Isis fighters in group's stronghold
Over 10,000 civilians have fled Isis-held districts since government forces breached the city's southern defences on 23 February.
Isis: British medics who went to help the 'Caliphate' killed in fighting in Iraq - reports
Ahmed Sami Khider and Hisham Fadlallah reportedly died near Mosul on the same day.
Yazidi women raped by Isis given chance to heal wounds by German-funded initiative in Kurdistan
First institute for study of psychotherapy and psychotraumatology in Middle East opens in University of Duhok.
Photos: Thousands flee as Iraqi forces fighting Isis advance into west Mosul
The UN humanitarian aid agency, OCHA, estimates that up to 250,000 people could flee the fighting in the coming days.
Children of the Islamic State: Last letters from Mosul schoolboys who became Isis 'martyrs'
Documents, found by Reuters, include some of the first first-hand accounts from Isis suicide bombers to be made public, offering an insight into the mindset of young recruits.
Kurdish newsroom mourns death of reporter Shifa Gardi, first journalist killed by Isis in Mosul
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, Iraq has been the deadliest country for media workers.
Isis has been defeated in al-Bab - but US policy in Syria needs a new direction
America's support of demographically inappropriate allies has aided jihadi recruitment.
63-year-old Iraqi sniper says he has killed 321 Isis fighters since 2015
Abu Tahseen, a volunteer with in an anti-Isis militia, says he has fought in five wars
Iraq bombs Isis in Syria for first time over Baghdad bombing as army enters western Mosul
It is the first time the Iraqi government has publicly acknowledged an airstrike in Syria.
Iraqi forces retake Mosul airport from Isis
The strategically vital site controls access to parts of Isis-controlled western Mosul.
In pictures: Mosul airport 'liberated' from Isis in battle for western half of Iraq's second city
The US-backed government forces hope to use the airport as a launchpad for their campaign to expel the jihadists from Mosul.
Isis builds escape tunnels and secret passages in west Mosul's narrow alleys
Tunnels and passageways will allow Isis militants to hide and fight among the civilian population when Iraqi forces launch an attack.
Images of defiant Iraqi officer facing Isis beheading go viral
Hashtag praising "the martyr Abu Bakr al-Samaraei" quickly spread on social media.
After Isis: Vets treat emaciated lion and bear, the only animals left alive at Mosul Zoo
The zoo in eastern Mosul was once home to a multitude of animals including four lions, but under Islamic State rule, they died of starvation or were killed off.
Buzzing at the Sill: Ten years of photos documenting America post 9/11 wars
After years of covering war in Iraq and Afghanistan, Magnum Photographer Peter van Agtmael explores everyday life in the US, as a way of understanding his experiences and his country.
What will happen when Trump's travel ban is replaced?
President's ban targeting Muslim-majority nations will see continuing court challenges, say lawyers.
Sunni Arab women raped, tortured and forced to marry Isis fighters, Human Rights Watch says
HRW said this is the first time Isis crimes against Sunni Arab women have come to light.
Isis cannot be defeated unless corruption in governments ends, Transparency International UK warns
NGO accuses western governments of ignoring corruption and allowing Islamic State to thrive across the world.
Frontline Mosul: Isis suicide bombers strike as final battle for jihadi stronghold begins
Islamic State sleeper cells in east Mosul mark the start of a new insurgency.
Latest photos of Iraqi forces' offensive to wipe out Isis in western Mosul
Federal police and elite interior ministry units known as Rapid Response are leading the charge toward the airport, just south of the city.