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Russian plane crash: Dozens of airliners deployed to bring back 80,000 Russian tourists stranded in Egypt
A total of 13 airlines are involved in the special flight programme to Egypt.
Afghanistan: Isis militants kidnap and kill 7 civilians amid heavy fighting with Taliban
Deepening rifts within the Taliban are likely to help Isis militants expand their influence in Afghanistan.
Russian plane crash: Leader of Sinai Province group Abu Osama al-Masri named as bombing mastermind
Whitehall confirms Egyptian cleric and frontman of Sinai Province is a person of interest.
Russian plane crash: Mystery 'noise' heard in last second of black box recording of downed flight
Officials investigating the Metrojet crash revealed that a noise was heard in the last second of the black box recording.
Russian plane crash: Tail may have blown off Flight KGL9268 with reports of 'celebrating' by IS militants
The downed Russian jet was suddenly torn apart in mid-air with the tail of the aircraft splitting from the fuselage.
Egypt tourism industry to shrink 70% if British and Russian visitors stay away
Egypt's tourism industry could lose 70% of its total visitors after the recent outflow of British and Russian tourists.
Russian plane crash: Isis and Sinai militants' 'chatter' strengthens bomb speculation
IS militants in Raqqa, Syria and Sinai seen 'clearly celebrating' immediately after Airbus A321 crashed.
Isis: Terror group Islamic State blamed for mustard gas attack which killed baby
Report by Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirms chemical gas attack in Syria.
Lebanon: At least 6 killed as bomber targets Muslim scholars mediating release of kidnapped soldiers
6 dead in Lebanon border town as bomb targets Qalamoun Muslim Scholars Committee.
Russian plane crash: 'Increasingly likely' it was terrorist bomb, says David Cameron
UK Prime Minister spoke as Egypt's president Sisi visited Downing Street on a state visit.
Isis in the Sinai: Who are terrorists Ansar Bait al-Maqdis that claim downing of flight KGL9268?
Known as Isis in the Sinai, Ansar's power and influence is growing in Egypt's lawless desert province.
Russian plane crash: Sharm el-Sheikh airport was a security-free zone as officers chatted on their phones
Tourists reveal their frustration at the lack of meaningful security at Sharm el-Sheikh International.
Russian plane crash: 'Significant possibility' of Isis bomb says UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond
Emergency 'short term measures' are in place to transport 20,000 UK tourists home.
Russian plane crash: Isis bomb may have downed airplane officials say, as thousands of Britons stranded
An estimated 20,000 Britons have been stranded at Sharm el-Sheikh after the government suspended flights to and from the Sinai Peninsula.
Syrian civil war: Assad's army recapture vital route into Aleppo from Isis
Aleppo has been caught in the crossfire between rival factions in the Syria conflict since 2012.
Turkey: Security forces arrest 9 'Isis members' implicated in Istanbul suicide bomb plot
Turkish prosecutors said there was a strong link between IS and the Ankara bombing which killed more than 100.
Sinai plane crash: Did Isis bring down Russia's Flight KGL9268?
It is likely Islamic State would have made more of the attack if it was behind it.
Egypt: Isis suicide car bomb near Sinai plane crash site in el-Arish kills 6 and wounds 10
IS claims responsibility for attack following explosion in northern Sinai.
Sinai plane crash: Mid-air explosion likely downed Russian airliner
Investigator says pilots of doomed Kogalymavia flight 7K9268 did not send distress signal.
Islamic State suicide bomber in Yemen found alive after botched attack rips him in half
A gruesome new video shows the terrorist mumbling a few words and shaking his head after attack.
Turkey: Erdogan purges rivals in wake of election win as police arrest 44 Gulen supporters
The arrests have focused on supporters of popular preacher Fethullah Gulen within the state apparatus.
Syria conflict: Iran threatens to withdraw from peace talks amid tension with Saudi Arabia
Tehran accuses Riyadh of playing 'unconstructive and negative' role in negotiations.
Sinai plane crash: US satellite detected heat flash when flight 7K9268 disintegrated
If confirmed it would rule out the possibility the Russian jet was shot down by a missile.
Al-Shabaab promote 'jihadi tourism' in bizarre giraffe hacking video
Jihadi militants from al-Shabaab have released a sickening new video of them killing animals in Kenya.
Russian warplanes bomb Isis strongholds in Palmyra
A fortification, an underground bunker and anti-aircraft guns were destroyed by Su-25 Russian jets.
Sinai plane crash: Who are Islamic State's Sinai Province, the group claiming responsibility for 200 deaths?
The group has made headlines shooting down an Egyptian helicopter and murdering Croatian Tomislav Salopek.
Turkey: Militant 'posing as defector' murdered activists says family as Isis claims responsibility for attack
Victims were allegedly befriended and killed by militant claiming to be defector.
Syria conflict: Islamic State seizes control of strategic town in Homs province
Isis confirms attack on Maheen that lies 20km off the main highway to Damascus.
Al-Qaeda: Ayman al-Zawahiri urges jihadis to unite against Russia and West
Terror group chief's call appeared to have been recorded after Russia began airstrikes in Syria.
Sinai plane crash: Russia flying bodies, unidentified remains of Flight 7K9268 victims to St Petersburg
Russian authorities say Airbus A321-200's black boxes have some technical damage in crash.