Islamic State

Incumbent Nouri al-Maliki has clung to power despite al-Abadi's nomination as Prime Minister.

IBTimes UK polls opinions from European economists to get to the bottom of the eurozone's woes.

Jihadist group Islamic State attempts to show softer side in battle for public's affection.

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

IBTimes UK examines the background behind the rise of the Al-Khansa battalion female fighters.

Prime minister returned from holiday to chair emergency Cobra meeting on Iraq crisis.

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.

RAF helping Yazidi hiding in mountains from Islamic State

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

Islamic State supporters launch leaflet campaign in London's busiest shopping district.

Iraqi army confirms MI-17 crashed after mission to deliver aid supplies to Sinjar mountains.

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

Strong appeal to Muslim world to take "clear and courageous stance" against IS or face credibility issue

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.

More than 30,000 Iraqi Yazidis who were trapped on Mount Sinjar have reached safety.

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

Islamic State fighter Khaled Sharrouf wrote: "that's my boy"

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.

The Pentagon confirmed that US drones and unmanned fighter jets attacked targets near the city of Irbil.

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.

Sister Christine Frost pulled down Isis flag has a track record of activism in London's most deprived borough.

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