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Humanitarian situation worsens for displaced Iraqis as winter months approach
The UN is preparing for a worst-case scenario in which more than a million people are made homeless and food shortages set in.
Germany's intelligence agency denies security flaws after infiltration by Islamic extremist
Spy chief says BfV performed extensive background checks on employee unmasked as Islamist radical.
If Trump cosies up to Putin, Assad's criminal regime will go unpunished
Russia would be emboldened by an alliance that serves its interests in the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
Just 10% of Isis fighters returning to Europe reject group's ideology, study says
German study finds that nearly half of returnees remain committed to extremist ideology.
Ohio State Isis knife attacker was 'Somali refugee who should not have been here' says Trump
President-elect previously made controversial remarks on Somali community during electoral campaign.
Duterte warns Isis-linked local Maute group not to force him to wage a war against them
The group is active in Lanao del Sur province, where Duterte's security convoy was hit by a blast recently.
German spy agency employee arrested over Islamist comments and internet chatroom leaks
The German intelligence agency, BfV, first became aware of the man's actions 4 weeks ago.
US military admits it targeted and killed loyalist Syrian forces by 'mistake' in Deir ez-Zor
The US-led coalition said it attacked troops loyal to Bashar al-Assad in error on 17 September.
Battle for Mosul: Isis killing civilians who refuse to let snipers use their homes
UN says it has evidence Isis dishing out brutal punishments to civilians who reject their demands.
Isis 'claim responsibility' for Ohio State University car and knife rampage
Attacker Abdul Razak Ali Artan was shot dead by police after injuring 11 students at university.
Emotional scenes as relatives who fled Mosul separately are reunited at refugee camp
Relatives hold hands and try to embrace through the wire fence around the camp, lifting up new babies so that their families can meet them.
Life inside Mosul: Residents carry white flags as war rages around them
Many residents have chosen to stay in Mosul, preferring the risk of crossfire to spending the winter in a cold displacement camp.
Muzoon Almellehan: The 'Malala of Syria' fighting for girls' education in Newcastle
After fleeing Syria in 2013, the 18-year-old is on a global mission to make sure refugee girls stay in school.
Your brain on God: How religion triggers the same response as love and drugs
The study authors say that the link between reward and decision-making could aid research into religious extremism.
Alleged Isis Brussels cell member denies group targeted UK as it is 'more difficult to attack'
Two UK men have been accused of giving Mohamed Abrini money when he visited Birmingham in 2015.
Russia buried the Arab Spring in Aleppo – but Syria is just the beginning for Vladimir Putin
Russia has been dependable, forceful, and ruthless where America has been incoherent.
Australia seeks extradition of alleged Isis beheading plotter Neil Prakash after arrest in Turkey
Prakash also allegedly appeared in Isis propaganda videos urging westerners to wage jihad.
Isis plots to attack Europe uncovered, with even bigger data haul expected in Mosul
Major-General Rupert Jones expects an even larger information trove when Mosul falls.
Isis militants and Israel clash for the first time in terror group's history
Daesh fire at Israeli military patrol, which responded with an air strike reportedly killing 4 jihadis.
FBI targets Islamic State social media chiefs
American and allied forces campaign takes out more Daesh's influential computer experts
Recently arrested Indonesian was making powerful bombs and plotting attacks under Isis orders, police say
Rio Priatna Wibawa, 23, was taking orders from Bahrun Naim, the Indonesian who is fighting for Isis in Syria.
Australian Isis operative Neil Prakash 'may be alive' after being reported dead in airstrike
Australia's most senior Isis operative known as Abu Khaled al-Cambodi was reported dead twice in 2016.
Cameroon reopens border markets with Nigeria as Boko Haram attacks decrease
Boko Haram has been carrying out attacks in northeastern Nigeria and neighbouring countries since 2009.
8 Egyptian soldiers killed as car bomb explodes in Isis-plagued northern Sinai
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.
Deadly Isis suicide bombing targets Shia pilgrims travelling from holy city of Karbala
The massive explosion happened near the village of Shomali, 60 miles south of Baghdad
Two female suicide bombers attack Cameroon's Far North in suspected Boko Haram attack
Nigeria-based Boko Haram renowned for forcing civilians to carry out suicide-bombing missions.
Air strike by Assad warplanes kill three Turkish troops fighting Islamic State
Ten other Turkish soldiers were wounded in the early-morning air strikes.
'Terror attack' kills two and wounds several in southern Turkish city of Adana
The explosion took place in the southeast Turkish province.
Battle for Mosul: Iraqi forces and Shia militia cut off key road link to Isis stronghold
Iraq's defence ministry has said that Daesh media minister Ziad Kharoufa was killed in an air strike.
US names French Foreign Legion veteran as Isis suspect behind Paris and Brussels attacks
Abdelilah Himich, also known as Abu Suleiman Al-Faransi, is believed to be living in Syria.